County Seat: Rio Grande City • County Population: 60,968 (2010 U.S. Census) County Judge: Eloy Vera County Commissioners: Abel Cantu Raul Pena Jr. Eloy Garza Ruben D. Saenz The Starr County Courthouse was built in 1939 in a Moderne style as designed by Stanley Bliss. The inaugural county capitol was a two-story warehouse erected on Water Street in 1854. … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Starr County Courthouse
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Monuments of Justice: Lipscomb County Courthouse
County Seat: Lipscomb • County Population: 3,302 (2010 U.S. Census) County Judge: Willis V. Smith County Commisioners: Precinct 1: Juan Cantu Precinct 2: Stan Born Precinct 3: Scotty Schilling Precinct 4: Phil Ridgway The Lipscomb County Courthouse was completed in 1916 in a Classical Revival style complete with portico and Doric columns, as designed by … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Lipscomb County Courthouse
Courthouse Trails: La Salle County
County: La Salle County was created in 1858 and organized in 1880 with La Salle as the county seat. Both the county and capitol were named for the famous French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle who died in Texas. Unique points of interest in La Salle County include the Welhausen School in the county seat of Cotulla where Lyndon B. Johnson taught in 1927. When … [Read more...] about Courthouse Trails: La Salle County
Courthouse Trails: Terry County
County: Located on the southern High Plains of West Texas, the area in and around Terry County served as the original hunting ground for the Comanches and other Indians in search of buffalo. Terry County has some 170,000 acres under irrigation, with cotton as the principal crop. In fact, the county is one of the state leaders in cotton production, and also one of the … [Read more...] about Courthouse Trails: Terry County
Monuments of Justice: Houston County Courthouse
County Seat: Crockett • County Population: 23,732 COUNTY JUDGE Erin Ford COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Precinct 1 Roger Dickey Precinct 2 Willie Kitchen Precinct 3 Pat Perry Precinct 4 Kennon Kellum The Houston County Courthouse was erected in 1939 in a Modern style coupled with several Art Deco elements, as designed by architect Blum E. Hester of Houston. … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Houston County Courthouse