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About Brownsville Heritage Museum
The Historic Brownsville Museum is housed in the 1928 Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, a Texas Historical Landmark and National Register of Historic Places site. It details events leading to Brownsville's establishment and features exhibits on local history. The Simon Celaya building displays Rio Grande Engine No. 1, an 1872 Baldwin wood-burning, narrow gauge railroad locomotive, the last of its kind, telling the story of the Rio Grande Railroad.
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Serving Brownsville, TX
The Historic Brownsville Museum is housed in the 1928 Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, a Texas Historical Landmark and National Register of Historic Places site. It details events leading to Brownsville's establishment and features exhibits on local history. The Simon Celaya building displays Rio Grande Engine No. 1, an 1872 Baldwin wood-burning, narrow gauge railroad locomotive, the last of its kind, telling the story of the Rio Grande Railroad.