Click on thumbnail for larger view of 1927 Greeting Postcard. My name is Maggie Stewart, and I will be your host while you are here! I hope to make your visit a pleasurable one. I do not live in Brewster County, but will try my best to make this an informative and useful site, and hope that you will return often. My thanks to Ken Short the previous county host.
County Information Organized in 1887 and carved from
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County is the largest county in the state of Texas. Larger than the state of
Connecticut, this county is situated in the Big Bend area of western Texas. The
county seat is Alpine.
Click on thumbnail for larger picture of 1920 Alpine, Texas. County records - marriages, probates, deeds, and district court minutes from 1887 are available; a limited number of these records have been microfilmed. Records prior to 1887 can be found in the counties which contained this area of western Texas: 1831-1866 [an error occurred while processing this directive] Bexar County1866-1875 [an error occurred while processing this directive] El Paso County 1875-1887 [an error occurred while processing this directive] Presidio County
Brewster County Courthouse
Click here to view the 1895 map of Brewster County.
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