Edward Burleson "E. B." Raymond (November 12, 1848 – October 19, 1914[1]) was a lawyer, rancher, politician, banker, and founder of Raymondville, Texas.
E. B. Raymond came to South Texas on horseback in 1870. In his first years there, he herded cattle to Kansas. In 1874 he was hired by Richard King to open the new El Sauz division of the King Ranch. Raymond would serve as the manager of the El Sauz division for 37 years and was empowered to purchase land on King's behalf until 1882. In 1893, the El Sauz Post Office was established where Raymond served as the postmaster and telegraph operator. In 1898 he was elected Cameron County Commissioner, a position he held until 1910. In 1904, he joined with the King Ranch to deed the right of way to the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway and donated a station site near his Las Majadas Ranch which was later named in his honor. In that same year he formed the Raymond Town and Improvement Company, was granted a post office, and began selling plots of land with Henrietta King. In 1907 he established the Raymondville State Bank where he served as president until his death. In addition, Raymond built a telephone exchange and cotton gin.[4]
Raymond was married to Juanita Rodriguez, and was the father of two sons. When Raymond died he left his 92,000-acre (370 km2) Las Majadas Ranch to his two sons and wife.
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^Historical Landmarks of Brownsville Archived 2012-12-12 at archive.today, Historical Landmarks of Brownsville University of Texas at Brownsville
^Texas Historical Documents 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
^History of Texas, A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879
^ abEntry for Edward Burleson Raymond 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine from Texas Historical Markers
Early Picture of Raymondville State Bank from The Center for American History and General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, Robert Runyon Photograph Collection
December 15, 2023
edward, burleson, raymond, edward, burleson, raymond, november, 1848, october, 1914, lawyer, rancher, politician, banker, founder, raymondville, texas, raymond, named, after, father, friend, edward, burleson, born, cabin, congress, avenue, austin, texas, natha. Edward Burleson E B Raymond November 12 1848 October 19 1914 1 was a lawyer rancher politician banker and founder of Raymondville Texas Raymond who was named after his father s friend Edward Burleson was born in a log cabin on Congress Avenue in Austin Texas to Nathaniel C Raymond and Lucinda Riggs Raymond His father was Secretary of State 2 under Governor James Throckmorton and Secretary of the Texas Senate 3 E B Raymond came to South Texas on horseback in 1870 In his first years there he herded cattle to Kansas In 1874 he was hired by Richard King to open the new El Sauz division of the King Ranch Raymond would serve as the manager of the El Sauz division for 37 years and was empowered to purchase land on King s behalf until 1882 In 1893 the El Sauz Post Office was established where Raymond served as the postmaster and telegraph operator In 1898 he was elected Cameron County Commissioner a position he held until 1910 In 1904 he joined with the King Ranch to deed the right of way to the St Louis Brownsville amp Mexico Railway and donated a station site near his Las Majadas Ranch which was later named in his honor In that same year he formed the Raymond Town and Improvement Company was granted a post office and began selling plots of land with Henrietta King In 1907 he established the Raymondville State Bank where he served as president until his death In addition Raymond built a telephone exchange and cotton gin 4 Raymondville became the county seat of Willacy County in 1921 when Kenedy County was split from Willacy 4 Raymond was married to Juanita Rodriguez and was the father of two sons When Raymond died he left his 92 000 acre 370 km2 Las Majadas Ranch to his two sons and wife References edit Historical Landmarks of Brownsville Archived 2012 12 12 at archive today Historical Landmarks of Brownsville University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Historical Documents Archived 2007 02 14 at the Wayback Machine John P McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center History of Texas A pictorial history of Texas from the earliest visits of European adventurers to A D 1879 a b Entry for Edward Burleson Raymond Archived 2011 07 07 at the Wayback Machine from Texas Historical MarkersExternal links editRaymondville from the Handbook of Texas Online El Sauz Ranch History from El Sauz Ranch Early Picture of Raymondville State Bank from The Center for American History and General Libraries University of Texas at Austin Robert Runyon Photograph Collection Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Burleson Raymond amp oldid 1166502244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
