Starr
Fort Ringgold, C.S.A.
Rio Grande City, TX
Occupied early in Civil War by Texas Confederates under Col. John S. Ford.
Heinrich Portscheller
Roma, TX
(1843 - 1915) German-born architect, builder and brickmaker Heinrich (Enrique) Portscheller arrived in Starr County by way of Mexico,...
Old Rancho Davis
Rio Grande City, TX
Home of Henry Clay Davis, a Kentuckian; came to Texas in 1939.
Rio Grande City, C.S.A.
Rio Grande City, TX
An official Confederate port of entry, customhouse and major terminus of the cotton road to Mexico.
Site of Cortina Battle
Rio Grande City, TX
Dec. 27, 1859 Crushing defeat for partisan leader Juan Cortina who in late 1859 laid waste the lower Rio Grande Valley.