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Maverick County is in the southern region of Texas and shares its western border with the Mexican state of Coahuila and its county seat is Eagle Pass. The county was created in 1856 from Kenedy County and organized in 1871. It's named for Samuel Maverick, cattleman and state legislator. The original name of the county seat was El Paso del Aguila.On March 27, 1849, Captain Sidney Burbank established Fort Duncan, to reinforce Camp Eagle Pass, on a site two miles north of the ford at Adjuntos Pass. A steady stream of immigrants bound for the gold fields of California made their way to the fort in caravans bearing such names as the Natchez California Company, the Defiance Gold Hunters, and the Mississippi Mining and Trading Company.
Frederick Groos was among the first to establish a commercial business in Eagle Pass, when he secured a contract to haul supplies for the army at Fort Duncan. Groos was able to convince seventy Mexican families to settle near the fort and engage in the freighting business. The majority of these families emigrated from the Mexican river villages and missions of San Juan Bautista, San Jose, Santo Domingo, San Nicolas, La Navaja, and San Isidro. Such names as Rodriguez, San Miguel, Cardenas, Peña, and Paniagua, early settlers of Eagle Pass, trace their roots to these Mexican villages.
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Chula Vista
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Eidson Road
El Indio
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Fabrica
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Las Quintas Fronterizes
Normandy
Olmos (g)
Quemado
Radar Base
Rosita North
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Seco Mines
Siesta Acres