Jacob de Cordova Historical Marker

ID: 2344 ~ Source: Hall, Duane, "Jacbo de Cordova," Historical Marker Database, May 14, 2016, https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=94685
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Jacob de Cordova Historical Marker

The historical marker for de Cordova is exactly where you would expect—by the Brazos River into which he invested so much of his life.

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By Anabel Burke
Settlers of the Texas Frontier were undeniably an eclectic bunch, and the founders of Waco were no exception. One of the main organizers of the new city was a Jewish, Jamaican-born Spaniard named Jacob de Cordova. De Cordova was not only…