Points of Interest On The Trail
Texas Tropical Trail Region
The Cultural Heartland Of South Texas
The Texas Tropical Trail Region will showcase the heritage, natural beauty and rich culture of South Texas for the benefit and enjoyment of Texans and travelers.
The Texas Tropical Trail Region will showcase the heritage, natural beauty and rich culture of South Texas for the benefit and enjoyment of Texans and travelers.
Cities & Towns Along The Texas Tropical Trail
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Corpus Christi began as a frontier trading post, founded in 1838-39 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney, an adventurer, impresario and colonizer. The small settlement was called Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. It remained an obscure settlement....
The scenic beauty and the abundant natural resources, with near by water-ways, South Padre Island and shopping in Mexico attract visitors to our area. Edinburg is the first major city visitors see when entering the Rio Grande Valley as they come in f....
The pictures were taken around 1988 to 1989. I wanted to go to Frio Town on my honeymoon. I love old ruins, towns, grave yards etc. So, since the town was no longer on any Texas map, I went to the courthouse and found it on an old map. I saw that the....
Just west of the Gulf of Mexico, in an area called The Wild Horse Desert by early settlers, lies the historic town of Kingsville - the birthplace of the American ranching industry. Captain Richard King changed the area forevermore as he purchased, fe....
Laredo is on the Rio Grande in southwestern Webb County in South Texas, about 150 miles southwest of San Antonio and 135 miles west of Corpus Christi. It is served by Interstate Highway 35, U.S. highways 59 and 83, State Highway 359, Ranch Road 1472,....
MISSION, Texas was established in 1824 by Oblate Fathers on a site three miles south of the present city. Priests are said to have planted an orange grove that was one of the first experiments with citrus culture in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Missi....