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DEVINE,
TEXAS
Medina County,
Texas
Hill Country
Interstate 35, Highway 81, Highway 173
32 miles SW of San Antonio
Population 4140 (2000) 3,928 (1990)
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Devine Area
Attractions
Bigfoot
Wallace Museum
- Open by appointment.
Inquire in Big
Foot,
6 miles SE via Hwy 173 and FM 472
Stroud Blacksmith
Shop
- 103 Herring St.
Blacksmith shop in continuous operation since 1903
Nearby Destinations
San
Antonio, Castroville
and Hondo on US 90 to the North.
Burnt
Boot Creek by Mike Cox ("Texas Tales" Column)
"He pulled his pickup off the interstate for State Highway
132, which leads to Devine. That's when we saw the green Texas Department
of Transportation sign...: Burnt Boot Creek..."
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Devine
water tower
TE photo, 2002 |
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Unusual
construction in downtown Devine
TE photo, March 2005 |
Divine History
"Devine ...
was established in 1881 when the rails of the International-Great
Northern Railroad were extended from San Antonio to Laredo. It was
named for Judge Thomas Jefferson Devineqv of San Antonio, an eminent
Texas jurist and attorney for the railroad. ..." -
From Handbook of Texas Online:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/hgd5.html |
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A Devine fire truck
TE photo, 2002 |
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