A portrait of Victoria founder Martin De Leon and a sword he owned took a trip Thursday from Victoria to their temporary home in Austin. The De Leon family, Victoria Regional History Center and ...

Alonzo de León y Pérez, "El Mozo," is an iconic Spanish legend that often does not get the credit he deserves. He was a soldier, colonial administrator and explorer from New Spain, remembered for ...

Blanche De Leon presented the history of her family — the founding family of Victoria — at Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Victoria County Historical Commission. De Leon said she has been immersed in ...

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 ...