Carricitos is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population...
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Rancheria in the San Pedro de Carricitos Land Grant,[citation needed] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population...
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Arroyo City Boca Chica (to be incorporated as "Starbase") Buena Vista Carricitos Cavazos Holly Beach La Penusca Landrum Lantana Las Yescas Los Cuates Monte...
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Thornton Affair (category Texas Campaign)
Affair, also known as the Thornton Skirmish, Thornton's Defeat, or Rancho Carricitos, was a battle in 1846 between the military forces of the United States...
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crossing the Rio Grande. Thornton and 63 U.S. dragoons moved to Rancho de Carricitos and discovered several houses in the area. Mexican General Anastasio Torrejón...
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Lower Rio Grande Valley (redirect from Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Carricitos USMC War Memorial original plaster working model, located on the campus of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen Museum of South Texas History...
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Battle of Palo Alto (category Battles of the Texas Ranger Division)
Camp Belknap. Period map of the battle Rancho de Carricitos, the site of the Thornton Affair Texas historical marker Mexican cannon Painting of the battle...
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Mexican troops and subsequently captured on April 25, 1846, at Carricitos Ranch, Texas, during the "Thornton Affair". He was exchanged on May 11. Now...
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Farm to Market Road 1472 (redirect from Farm to Market Road 1472 (Texas))
unincorporated Webb County before reaching the end of its designation north of Carricitos Creek. The unimproved roadway continues as Eagle Pass Road, which becomes...
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American troops, commanded by Captain Seth Thornton, at Rancho de Carricitos. Defending Fort Texas on the Rio Grande, Taylor's army advanced on Palo Alto and...
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Anastasio Torrejon surprised and defeated a U.S. squadron at the Rancho de Carricitos in Matamoros in an event that would later be known as the Thornton Skirmish;...
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