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| | Bee County, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | Bee County was established shortly after the settlement of the Cart War, which originated ten miles east of the site of Beeville. |
 | | The county, named for Barnard E. Bee, Sr., was formed from San Patricio, Goliad, Refugio, Live Oak, and Karnes counties on December 8, 1857, and officially organized on January 25, 1858, when the first officers were elected. |
 | | In 1860 Maryville became county seat; this community was later designated Beeville-on-the-Poesta to distinguish it from the former county seat. |
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