1955 Map of East Brownsville

About this map

Brownsville and its surrounding borderlands are captured here in a period of significant post-war industrial expansion. The landscape is defined by the winding oxbow loops of the Rio Grande, where numerous bancos like Los Tomates Banco and Jeronimo Banco mark the shifting course of the international boundary. To the north, the Resaca de la Palma Battlefield and its associated Historical Monument preserve the site of the 1846 conflict, while the Old Fort Brown Reservation anchors the city's historic military footprint near Southmost College.