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Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera (June 4, 1709 - January 21, 1796) was a veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the only town in the Nuevo Santander province.
Jan 8, 2020 · Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera y Garza, founder of Laredo, son of Tomás Sánchez and María Josefa de la Garza, was born in the Valle de Carrizal near Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1709. As a young man he served in the army of his king and later ran a ranch in Coahuila.
Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera (June 4, 1709 - January 21, 1796) was a veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the only town in the Nuevo Santander province.
Apr 27, 2022 · Don Tomás Sánchez de Barrera y de la Garza was a veteran Spanish Captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, at the time it was one town in the Nuevo Santander Province.
- Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Reino de León
- Catarina de Uribe Treviño, Teodora Izaguirre
- Nuevo Reino de León
- June 4, 1709
This year, Laredo celebrates the 265th anniversary of its founding by Captain Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera y Garza. While Capt. Tomás Sánchez founded San Agustín de Laredo on May 15, 1755, he passed away on January 21, 1796 – 244 years ago – in the city he founded.
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Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera (June 4, 1709 - January 21, 1796) was a veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the only town in the Nuevo Santander province.
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May 15, 2020 · On May 15, 1755, Captain Tomás Sánchez along with three families arrived to settle the area that he named San Agustín de Laredo, after the birthplace of José de Escandón in Spain.
