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unusual facts about Soto la Marina


Francisco de Garay

He reconnoitered by sending a small boat upriver about 25 miles, probably reaching the site of the present day city of Soto la Marina.



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José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda

Between December 25, 1748, the date of the foundation of Llera, and 1755, he founded over twenty towns or villages and a number of missions in the colony, including Santander, Soto la Marina, Güemes, Camargo, Reynosa, Mier, and Revilla south of the Rio Grande, and Laredo and Nuestra Señora de los Dolores hacienda north of the Rio Grande.