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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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.
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Nearby Destinations
Corpus Christi
is only 47 miles east on Hwy 44.
Alice
Chamber of Commerce612
E. Main Street.
Phone: 512-664-3454.
Website: http://www.alicetx.org/
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Alice
Texas ForumSubject:
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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