Attractions Archives - City of Falfurrias https://falfurrias.us/category/attractions/ Falfurrias, Texas Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:27:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://falfurrias.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-Picture3-32x32.png Attractions Archives - City of Falfurrias https://falfurrias.us/category/attractions/ 32 32 The Ed Rachal Memorial library https://falfurrias.us/the-ed-rachal-memorial-library/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ed-rachal-memorial-library Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:51:22 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=6063 Phone: (361) 325-2144 Address: 203 S Calixto Mora Ave, Falfurrias, TX 78355 The Ed Rachal Memorial Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Falfurrias, TX. The collection of the library contains 27406 volumes. The library circulates 25139 items per year. The library serves a population of 7753 residents.

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Phone: (361) 325-2144 Address: 203 S Calixto Mora Ave, Falfurrias, TX 78355
The Ed Rachal Memorial Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Falfurrias, TX. The collection of the library contains 27406 volumes. The library circulates 25139 items per year. The library serves a population of 7753 residents.

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]]> The Texas Ranger Room https://falfurrias.us/the-texas-ranger-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-texas-ranger-room Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:47:55 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=6054  Visit The Texas Room Ranger Website Over a hundred years ago the Texas Rangers were a shield between the pioneer settlers and a hostile land. Falfurrias was a shield with Company D, Texas Rangers, stationed here as an area headquarters. The Texas Ranger Room is dedicated to the Texas Rangers and their role in the […]

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 Visit The Texas Room Ranger Website

Over a hundred years ago the Texas Rangers were a shield between the pioneer settlers and a hostile land. Falfurrias was a shield with Company D, Texas Rangers, stationed here as an area headquarters. The Texas Ranger Room is dedicated to the Texas Rangers and their role in the history of Brooks County which was named for a famous Ranger — Captain James Abijah Brooks.

The Ranger Room features original guns, uniforms, records, personal memorabilia and pictures of famous Texas Rangers.

The museum is also the home of 100 pairs of boots that were worn by Texas Rangers, including “Big Foot’ Wallace.

If you have an ancestor or relative who has served in the Rangers, please send us his name and any information you may have pertaining to the time and place(s) of his service. A ranger roster is maintained here.

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]]> The Heritage Museum at Falfurrias, Texas https://falfurrias.us/the-heritage-museum-at-falfurrias-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-heritage-museum-at-falfurrias-texas Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:43:28 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=6048 Visit the Falfurrias Heritage Museum Website The Heritage Museum, located right along the famous Chilsom Trail and the Texas Tropical Trail of Texas, is dedicated to the preservation of a frontier heritage in artifacts, relics, records, pictures, maps and personal papers of the early pioneer settlers whose deeds and adventures are so much a part […]

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Visit the Falfurrias Heritage Museum Website
The Heritage Museum, located right along the famous Chilsom Trail and the Texas Tropical Trail of Texas, is dedicated to the preservation of a frontier heritage in artifacts, relics, records, pictures, maps and personal papers of the early pioneer settlers whose deeds and adventures are so much a part of Texas History. The museum is governed by a Board of Directors. It is supported by donations and subsidized by the City of Falfurrias. 
The museum is open and free to the public
Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thank you!
  •  Private tours by appointment.
Phone (361) 325-2907.
415 N. St Mary’s
Falfurrias, Texas

Displays & Exhibits

  •  Legend of Falfurrias Name
  •  Jose M. “Chema” Alaniz Display
  •  Sulema B. Garza Display
  •  Don Pedro Jaramillo Display
  •  Bow & Arrowhead Collection
  •  Chuckwagon Replica
  •  Pioneer Settlers
  •  Early Schools
  •  Saddles
  •  Cattle Brands
  •  Early Hats Collection
  •  Antique Appliances
  •  Antique Cameras
  •  Antique Office Equipment
  •  Victorian Phonograph
  •  J. A. Brooks
  •  Lasater Legacy
  •  E. R. Rachal

Military Exhibits

  •  Artifacts from Foreign Wars
  •  Mora Brothers Portrait
  •  Palacios Brothers Portrait
  •  Yrineo Peña’s War Memorabilia
  •  Early Aviator – Fidel Vela

The Carol Dryden Collection

The Carol Dryden Collection of approximately 99,000 photo negatives are accessible for public viewing and photo reprints can be obtained for a minimal fee. This collection includes photos of persons and places from Falfurrias, Premont, Encino, Benavides, and Hebbronville, Texas.

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]]> Veterans & Fallen Heroes Monument https://falfurrias.us/veterans-fallen-heroes-monument/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=veterans-fallen-heroes-monument Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:31:38 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=6020 In memory of all our fallen heroes that gave all to defend our country. Presented by City Council November 11, 2010  Mayor, Anna Maria Ramirez-Garcia  City Alderman, Letty Garza  Manuel Perez, Jr.  Sandra Barrera Gonzalez  Paul S. Perez  Horacio Villarreal III. World War I: PVT Gonzalez, Jose PVT Lopez, Jose World War II: PVT Benavidez, […]

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In memory of all our fallen heroes that gave all to defend our country. Presented by City Council November 11, 2010

  •  Mayor, Anna Maria Ramirez-Garcia
  •  City Alderman, Letty Garza
  •  Manuel Perez, Jr.
  •  Sandra Barrera Gonzalez
  •  Paul S. Perez
  •  Horacio Villarreal III.
World War I:
  • PVT Gonzalez, Jose
  • PVT Lopez, Jose
World War II:
  • PVT Benavidez, Victor
  • PFC Bone, Clarence A.
  • PVT Compian, Inez O.
  • PVT, Garcia, Jose D.
  • PFC Garza, Ramiro
  • PVT Gonzalez, Lionel 1st
  • LT Lee, Cleen E.
  • PFC Lopez, Faraon
  • SGT Lopez, Jose M.
  • SI C Naya, Juan L.
  • 2nd LT Negri, John, Jr.
  • PVT Peña, Maclovio
  • SGT Pineda, Rodolfo G.
  • 1st LT Taylor, Tommy, Jr.
  • SGT Walters, Virgil
  • PFC Williams, Ernest M.
  • PO 3rd CLASS Stillman, Roberto O.
Korean War:
  • SGT Edwards, Flack Jack
  • SGT Potts, Bernable F.
Vietnam War:
  • CPL Canru, Ernesto
  • SGT Garcia, Oscar
  • 2nd LT Johnson, Jerry Jack
  • SGT Maldonado, Patricio, Jr.
  • PVT Rodriguez, Domingo, Jr.
  • SGT Vela Vitalio, Jr
Iraq War:
  • SGT Peralez, Johnny B., Jr
Afghanistan War:
  • L/Cpl Maldonado, Jose Luis

Veterans Monuments

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]]> Don Pedro Jaramillo Shrine https://falfurrias.us/don-pedro-jaramillo-shrine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=don-pedro-jaramillo-shrine Mon, 09 Aug 2021 02:34:19 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=5885 Don Pedro Jaramillo, was a curandero, or faith healer from the Mexico-Texas region. He is known as “the healer of Los Olmos” and “el mero jefe” (English: the real chief) of the curanderos. Origin Jaramillo was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Tarascan Indian parents,[3] and died at an unknown age in Starr County, Texas […]

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Don Pedro Jaramillo, was a curandero, or faith healer from the Mexico-Texas region. He is known as “the healer of Los Olmos” and “el mero jefe” (English: the real chief) of the curanderos.
Origin
Jaramillo was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Tarascan Indian parents,[3] and died at an unknown age in Starr County, Texas in 1907. Jaramillo first came to notice when he arrived at the Los Olmos ranch near Falfurrias, Texas and he announced he was a curandero and began treating the Mexican families in the region. At the height of his career, families from as far away as New York would travel to seek help from Jaramillo.
 
Jaramillo’s story as a curandero begins when he was suffering from a nose ailment and as a cure, daubed his nose with mud at the edge of a pool. Three days of this self-prescribed treatment cured the ailment, however, it left Jaramillo with an identifying scar on his nose. On the third night of this treatment, Jaramillo believes he heard a voice telling him God had given him the power to heal. Testing such power, he prescribed a tepid bath to his master which healed his ailment.
 
The first accounts of his cures and powers were collected and printed in 1934 in Spanish, they were later in 1951 translated to English. There is a shrine in Falfurrias at his burial site.
Themes

In many of Jaramillo’s treatments, the number nine plays a prominent role, such as prescribing treatments often for nine consecutive nights, or in quantities of nine. The tales of such treatments include stories of people who did not follow his instructions or changed his prescription and failed to recover, leaving only those who followed his treatments exactly as prescribed as achieving complete recovery. Jaramillo’s cures were often miraculous in nature, even to the point of curing paralysis.

Water has also been identified as a central theme in Jaramillo’s cures, often requiring the ailing person to drink water for a specified length of time, or bathing in the water a certain number of days.

Other Abilities

Some of the tales portray Pedro Jaramillo as a clairvoyant. He would know inherently if someone was lying about an illness or ailment. In one story he knew of a conversation that took place without him present. In Mexican culture, Jaramillo is displayed prominently in adorning homes in the form of paintings and statues.

Don Pedro Jaramillo Shrine
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Don Pedrito Jaramillo Historical Landmark

References

  •  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  •  Dorson, Richard M. (August 1972). Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States. University of Chicago Press. pp. 418, 419. ISBN 0-226-15862-4.
  •  West, John (May 2007). Mexican-American Folklore. August House. ISBN 0-87483-059-1.
  •  Silverthorne, Elizabeth (1997). Women Pioneers in TX Medicine. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-789-X.

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]]> Ed Rachal Memorial Golf Course https://falfurrias.us/ed-rachal-memorial-golf-course/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ed-rachal-memorial-golf-course Mon, 09 Aug 2021 01:05:39 +0000 http://www.falfurrias.us/?p=5737 Non-profit Golf Tournaments/Events | Ed Rachal Memorial Golf Course Fees The present day golf course is situated on part of the properties owned by Mr. Ed Rachal. The foundation created by Mr. Ed Rachal granted the property to the City of Falfurrias which subsequently turned over the operation of the golf course to the present; […]

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Non-profit Golf Tournaments/Events | Ed Rachal Memorial Golf Course Fees

The present day golf course is situated on part of the properties owned by Mr. Ed Rachal.

The foundation created by Mr. Ed Rachal granted the property to the City of Falfurrias which subsequently turned over the operation of the golf course to the present; non-profit organization. Falfurrias Golfers, Inc membership has changed over the years but the quality of the membership has remained the same.

Our organization has provided funds for charitable purposes via the use of facilities at the Ed Rachal Golf Course as well as promotion of the game of golf.

The golf course is mainly used for recreation by the citizens of the city of Falfurrias, Premont, Hebbronville, Alice, Riviera and Kingsville. The course gets an added boost in the winter months from our winter texans that visit us from October thru February/March from all parts of the country and Canada (estimates show over 1000 different golfers of both genders and vary from 15 to 90 years of age). These folks leave much needed sales tax funds in Falfurrias and surrounding areas.

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