Veterans & Fallen Heroes Monument
In memory of all our fallen heroes that gave all to defend our country. Presented by City Council November 11, 2010
- Mayor, Anna Maria Ramirez-Garcia
- City Alderman, Letty Garza
- Manuel Perez, Jr.
- Sandra Barrera Gonzalez
- Paul S. Perez
- Horacio Villarreal III.
World War II
PVT Benavidez, VictorPFC Bone, Clarence A.
PVT Compian, Inez O.
PVT, Garcia, Jose D.
PFC Garza, Ramiro
PVT Gonzalez, Lionel 1st
LT Lee, Cleen E.
PFC Lopez, Faraon
SGT Lopez, Jose M.
SI C Naya, Juan L.
2nd LT Negri, John, Jr.
PVT Peña, Maclovio
SGT Pineda, Rodolfo G.
1st LT Taylor, Tommy, Jr.
SGT Walters, Virgil
PFC Williams, Ernest M.
PO 3rd CLASS Stillman, Roberto O.
VETERANS MONUMENTS
History showcased
The Heritage Museum, located right along the famous Chilsom Trail and the Texas Tropical Trail of Texas, is dedicated to the preservation of a frontier heritage in artifacts, relics, records, pictures, maps and personal papers of the early pioneer settlers whose deeds and adventures are so much a part of Texas History.
The museum is governed by a Board of Directors. It is supported by donations and subsidized by the City of Falfurrias.
The museum is open and free to the public on Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., and on Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and private tours by appoinment.
Phone (361) 325-2907.
Website: www.heritagemuseum-falfurrias.com/
History
Falfurrias, the county seat and principal trading center of Brooks County, is on State Highway 281 sixty miles southwest of Corpus Christi and ninety miles from Laredo in the northern part of the county. Its founding and development were largely the effort of Edward C. Lasater, pioneer Rio Grande valley rancher and land developer, who in 1895 started a cattle ranch in what was then northern Starr County; his spread came to be known as Falfurrias Ranch, after La Mota de Falfurrias, the grove of trees he chose as the site of his headquarters. To increase settlement in the area Lasater encouraged the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to extend a line to his ranch in 1904. At the railway terminus four miles east of his ranch house he founded Falfurrias; he also changed the name of his ranch to La Mota. His Falfurrias Immigration Company set about attracting settlers by offering subdivided ranch land near the railroad at low prices and advertising extensively in the East and Midwest.