Martin De Leon applied for several land grants before he was granted one to colonize in South Texas. It was April 1824. At the time, Mexican officials had only given permits to Anglo empresarios. De ...

Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. Ten years after ...

Plácido Benavides is called the “Paul Revere of Texas” for his role in the Texas Revolution. Born in 1810 in Mexico, Benavides moved to Texas in 1828. He found work in Victoria with the family of ...

Martin De Leon Elementary is a public school located in Victoria, TX, which is in a small city setting. The student population of Martin De Leon Elementary is 541 and the school serves PK-5. At Martin ...

VICTORIA, Texas, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The de Leon family will come from around the state - and nation - to gather in Victoria for a family reunion celebrating the family's legacy and honoring ...