Historical Sites
Beeville and Bee County

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05 - JIM LITTLE HOMESTEAD

41/2 Miles West of Beeville on Cadiz Road
On F9 Ranch, granted to Little in 1873, grazed earlier by his cattle.

Home built about 1870 of cypress and heart pine that came by steamer from Florida to Saint Mary’s, then by oxcart to site. Kiln on ranch made caliche blocks for chimneys. Good water well Country store made this a camp site for such travelers and Mexican horse traders. A stage stop on San Antonio-Brownsville Road until railroad came into area, 1886.
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