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1. www.discovervictoriatexas.com › p › victoriatx200Our Founders - Discover Victoria, Texas

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   Martín De León, the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas, was born in 1765 in Burgos, Nuevo Santander (now Tamaulipas), where his parents, Bernardo and María Galván De León, settled after moving from Burgos, Spain.

2. nl.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lijsten-_en_schilderijenfaLijsten- en schilderijenfabriek Martin Douven - Wikipedia

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   Lijsten- en schilderijenfabriek Martin Douven. De schilderijen- en kaderfabriek Martin Douven ("Art Factory Douven") in Leopoldsburg werd in 1928 door Martin Douven (1898-1973) opgericht. Tussen de jaren 1955-1975 was het de grootste schilderijenfabriek in Europa.

3. www.emilevandorenmuseum.be › 20---hotel-en-museum#20 - Hotel en museum in één - Emile Van Dorenmuseum

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   In de collectie van het Emile Van Dorenmuseum bewaren we een zicht op Hôtel de la Cloche, geschilderd door Martin (us) Douven (1898-1973). Dit werk ontvingen we enkele jaren geleden in schenking.

4. texashighways.com › culture › peopleThe Untold Stories of 3 Mighty Women in Texas History

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   Although Patricia de la Garza de León was the co-founder of Victoria, the town where I grew up, I only recently learned her name. I knew of her husband, Martín de León, the dashing empresario who, in 1824, brought 41 families to the Guadalupe River to build this town, back before there was a Texas.

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5. texancultures.utsa.edu › collections-blog › objectObject: Painting (Martin DeLeon Building Victoria, Texas, 1824)

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   This painting shows Martin De Leon (1765-1833), a Mexican empresario, or entrepreneur, overseeing the creation of the colony Nuestra Señora Guadalupe de Jesús Victoria, today known as Victoria, Texas. In the painting, De Leon sits on a horse that is standing on a hill overlooks the location he chose to build Victoria, Texas, and the scene ...

6. www.discovervictoriatexas.com › p › victoriatx200De Leon Memorial Statue - Discover Victoria, Texas

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   De Leon Memorial Statue. In 1824, empresario Martín de León recognized his dream of founding a colony in Texas. Along with his extraordinary wife, Patricia de la Garza, they bravely came to Texas and established what today is Victoria.

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   Who is Don Martín de León?

   • Don Martín de León is the dashing empresario who brought 41 families to the Guadalupe River in 1824 to build the town of Victoria before there was a Texas. There is a marker in the town square, De León Plaza, reminding us of his role in the town's existence.

   The Untold Stories of 3 Mighty Women in Texas History

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   Who was Patricia de la Garza De León?

   • Patricia de la Garza de León was one of the co-founders of Victoria, the town where I grew up. I knew of her husband, Martín de León, the dashing empresario who brought 41 families to the Guadalupe River to build this town in 1824, before there was a Texas. However, it was only recently that I learned Patricia's name.

   The Untold Stories of 3 Mighty Women in Texas History

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   Who was Don Martín de la Garza?

   • Don Martín de la Garza was the backbone of her family and the town when she died of cholera in 1833. She oversaw social and religious life, ensuring that children were married and babies were baptized. I had no idea who she was.

   The Untold Stories of 3 Mighty Women in Texas History

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   Who was De la Garza?

   • De la Garza (1775-1849) was a well-to-do woman from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. She forked over her dowry to finance the Mexican colony that would someday be your home. The passage goes on to describe how she hauled her family to Texas to start anew.

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   Is Texas' past full of Forgotten People Like de la Garza?

   • Texas' history is full of forgotten people like De la Garza. According to Nancy Baker Jones, president of the Ruthe Winegarten Foundation for Texas Women’s History, a nonprofit that researches the role of women in the state’s past, history may get told a certain way, but it’s almost never the full story.

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   How did de León become a trail driver?

   • De León then established a new ranch on the east bank of the Nueces River near the site of present San Patricio, where he enclosed another pasture. He had by this time driven several herds of livestock to market at New Orleans, thus becoming one of the earliest traildrivers in Texas.

   Our Founders - Discover Victoria, Texas

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8. www.encyclopedia.com › de-leon-martin-1765-1833de León, Martín (1765–1833) | Encyclopedia.com

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   Martín de León (b. 1765; d. 1833), successful Mexican rancher, colonizer, and founder of Victoria, Texas. De León was born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, in Mexico, to Spanish parents. He became a muleteer and merchant, and in 1790 joined the Fieles de Burgos Regiment in Nuevo Santander, reaching the rank of captain. He married Patricia de la Garza ...