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| View Original: | A portion of Fort Leaton, a Texas State Historic Site, on the edge of Presidio, along the Rio Grande River in Brewster County, Texas LCCN2014630294.tif.tiff (7360x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: A portion of Fort Leaton, a Texas State Historic Site, on the edge of Presidio, along the Rio Grande River in Brewster County, Texas LCCN2014630294.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; The adobe structure which now serves as the western-side visitor center for BIg Bend Ranch State Park was built in the 1830s and purchased by a prominent Anglo-American landholder Ben Leaton who expanded it into fortress dimensions and made it his home What came to be called Fort Leaton though contrary to erroneous local lore it was never a Spanish fortification was also Presidio County's first seat of government ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014630294 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/26000/26094a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 26094 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 26094 29 32 5459 0 N 104 19 6232 0 W alt 779_source exif_heading 325 47 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||