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First County Commission Acted On TransportationTransportation — one of themajor factors In Valley development—was the principal topic dis* cussed at the first meeting of the Cameron county commissioners.The meeting took place Sept. 11, 1848, at Santa Rita, the first county seat.Permits GrantedAmong permits granted were the following: IJohn Webb, licen. e for Brownsville ferry; P. C. Shannon, Freejiort ferry; J, H. Clay, ferry at Mansfield; R. E. Clements, ferry from mouth of the Rio Grande to Burrita; P. J. Mahan, ferry across Boca Chica; M. Browne, ferry lrom Brazos San- 1 liago to Padre Island.Rates w* re established on ferry service, oj)en to all. from Port Isabel to Brazos Santiago.Highway SurveyedSurvey of a public highway from Brownsville to Santa Rita was ordered. and later Hugh McCarty got a permit to build a bridge at, Santa Anna's canal, near BoraI Chica.During the first year, 11 road districts were created, and Clark and Gernwell got a permit for abridge across the ’Little Rio I Grande. The Little Rio Grande * was a resaca, north of the river, between Brownsville and the mouth.Three towns BornSanta Rita was acquired in 1834as a river banco by John Strvkerof Matarnoro In 1846, mast Americans in Mutamoroa moved toStryker’s ranch, which became a I village and the first county seat.Three new towns w«*ic later cre-I ated — Brownsville, Freeport, and Mansfield, on the banks of the river. Brownsville, the only one1 that prospered, later became theI county seat.j The site of Santa Rita was ac-| quired by James Crogan and Simon Messina, who laid out a new town called “Villanueva de Santa RiU.
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Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 09, 1941
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