Blanche De Leon, sixth-generation granddaughter of Victoria founder Martin De Leon. Blanche De Leon presented the history of her family — the founding family of Victoria — at Tuesday evening’s meeting ...

Martin De Leon applied for several land grants before he was granted one to colonize in South Texas. It was April 1824. At the time, Mexican officials had only given permits to Anglo empresarios. De ...

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 ...

A pair of Big Country defensive backs — De Leon's Calvin Martin and Munday's Brady Weaver — were both selected first-team all-state by the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors to headline a list of ...

Forever Tango currently features guest star Luis Fonsi, who will play his final performance Sept. 1. The production includes 16 tango dancers, one vocalist and an 11-piece orchestra. Forever Tango ...