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Boutique Offers Goods Rooted In History

Leather goods made in the United States and Mexico are branded with the H.Yturria Ranch name in highlighting ranching elements found in South Texas.

The front gates of the Yturria ranches along U.S. Highway 77 represent a contiguous network of brush lands with a history that dates back to the pre-Civil War era.   The patriarch of the Yturria ranchlands is Francisco Yturria, a close business associate of Charles Stillman and who would become known as Richard King’s banker. The former is considered one of Brownsville’s founders and the latter became a rancher of legendary…

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