News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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Texas Originals: Martí
MARTÍN DE LEÓN(1765–1834) Empresario Martín De León founded the city of Victoria and played a key role in settling the Texas Coastal Bend. De León was born in 1765 to an aristocratic family in Burgos, Mexico. After serving as a soldier, De León married and planned to settle his new family in Texas. In 1801, the couple began building a ranch along the Nueces River near present-day San Patricio. When Mexico began issuing empresario... Read More