ALICE, TEXAS

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History in a Pecan Shell

The land dates back to the 1750s when it was part of a Spanish land grant administered by Jose Escandon. Escandon was responsible for establishing missions throughout the area to keep the French from colonizing the area.

A recent statue to Jose de Escandon y Elguera TE photo

Alice would be the first entry in a long list of towns, cities and counties named after King-Kleberg relatives and friends. Alice was the daughter of Richard and Henrietta King and the County was named after the family lawyer, James Wells.

The railroad still plays an important part in the economy of Alice. TE photo

In the late Nineteenth Century, two railroads intersected at Alice, making it the busiest shipping point in the world for beef.

The old railroad depot - still in use TE photo

Alice has retained some of the petroleum business that made the whole area boom in the 1930s.

Downtown Alice retains some of it's former dignity - although several buildings seem to have been closed for years. A few buildings reveal their age - while others have been sheathed in plywood and aluminum.

The old Rialto Theater TE photo

One of them - the Texas State Bank of Alice - was involved with improprieties concerning George Parr of neighboring Duval County - the infamous "Duke of Duval".

A view of the Texas State Bank TE photo

The South Texas Museum is located in a handsome old building at 66 South Wright Street.
Hours: 1 - 5 Tues- Friday
10 - 2 on Saturdays.

The Jim Wells County Courthouse

One of Alice's older buildings TE photo

Nearby Destinations
Corpus Christi is only 47 miles east on Hwy 44.

Alice Chamber of Commerce

612 E. Main Street.
Phone: 512-664-3454.
Website: http://www.alicetx.org/

Alice Texas Forum

Subject: Ghost Stories
I have a Ghost Story for you.

There is a story of a man dressed in Army fatigues hitchhiking by the overpass (going into Alice from Orange Grove). The story is if you are going through the overpass at midnight and you see the hitch hiker dressed in army fatigues, (he is trying to get home from the war) you better stop and pick him up because if you don't he will appear in your back seat.

I was a Senior from Orange Grove Tx. It was the summer of 1984. .. next page - Melisa Sammons, August 04, 2005

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