Dolores Townsite

Only settlement founded in John Charles Beales' ill-fated Rio Grande colony of 1834-1836. Beales (1804-1878) -- empresario of 70,000,000 acres in present Southern and Western Texas and New Mexico -- was Texas' largest known land king. In 1833 he and a partner brought 59 settlers here to colonize a town to be named for Beales' Mexican wife. Indian raids and drouth soon took their toll, but the death blow came in 1836. As the group fled the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution, Comanches killed all but 7 of one party. This ended the town's existence. (1970)

Dolores Townsite is a historical marker in Brackettville, Kinney County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Kinney County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 35 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3055, -100.4233 near Brackettville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Commanding Officer's Quarters (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Married Officers' Quarters 8-9, Officers' Club Open Mess, and 2nd Cavalry Division at Fort Clark.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5271001243. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.