Turcotte, Texas, Kenedy County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Named to honor Marie Stella Turcotte Kenedy, wife of Rancher John G. Kenedy, Sr., the �town� was merely a stop alongside the tracks of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad. It had a station built at one point (no longer standing) and remains a shipping point for cattle from the King Ranch.

Photographer�s Note:
�All there is now is just a spot on a map, a railroad, the highway, and the King Ranch.� �

Gerald Massey, Oct. 2010

Kenedy County 1940s map showing Turcotte
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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