NOVEMBER 19, 2025 www.wintertexantimes.com 20 WINTER TEXAN TIMES Call today to schedule a free consultation and let us show you how professionally designed marketing materials with clear and consistent messaging can elevate your brand. You Only Get One Chance To Make A First Impression Make It Count With Promos & Prints On Your Side Sales@promosandprints.com (956) 580-7800 1217 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX A Division of Nexus Publishing LLC HISTORY From pg. 3 Medical Laboratory, Commanding Officer’s Quarters, the Old Morgue, Commissary, Post Chapel, among other buildings. There is a Resaca that has amazing views of the campus as well. These buildings have changed uses over time and are now a college campus but still carry on the architecture of the mid-1800s. There is a City Cemetery and Train Depot Walking Tour that takes you back in time to the sounds of yesteryear hearing the trains whistling as they brought in goods, picked up goods, or transported the calvary. The City Cemetery has several sections within that highlight above ground crypts and many of the founders of the City of Brownsville. The cemetery features a Masonic section, a Hebrew Cemetery, and a Catholic Parcel. There is also a Potter’s Field in the cemetery. Potter’s Field was a designated area for the burial of the indigent and also included unclaimed bodies of bandits and criminals and victims of disease epidemics and war. Other walking tours are the Former Courthouse Tour that includes the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Lusena House and Old Jail. The Palm Boulevard Walking Tour includes the First Presbyterian Church built in 1927, Brownsville High School built in 1916, and the Clearwater School built in 1922. The Alonso Building and Sacred Heart Walking Tour includes the Brooks House (1888), Hanson House (1876), Alonso Building (1877), Sacred Heart Church (1912), Old Gas Station (1935), and many more houses of note. I invite you to visit www.brownsvillehistory.org and learn about how rich in history the city is. It played a vital role in developing our current border and developing the rest of the Valley in turn. The city has grown a lot since 1840 and continues to grow but has not forgotten its history. Historic Brownsville Museum. (Photo by Carina A. Brunson) Stillman House. (Photo by Carina A. Brunson)
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