Fort Brown
Before the Mexican-American War the United States Government was looking to build a permanent Fort along the Rio Grande River. Charles Stillman having a deed to the land offered to lease it to the Government to build a Fort on. This land was part of the Espiritu Santo Land Grant but due to a complication involving the owners not listing the land with the Mexican or Texas Government a land dispute ensued which reached the Supreme Court.
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