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A white ~5:8 flag with three yellow rings featuring local history details
identified with date (at the bottom of the ring), name (above the ring), and
brief description (below the ring):
- Hoistwise: "Cabeza de Vaca" / "First white traveller" / "1528" in red letters,
likeness of the said white traveller in the ring;
- Center: "Martin de Leon’s brand" / "Oldest in Texas" / "1807" in blue letters,
the said cattle iron brand, a stylized script "E", in the ring;
- Flywise: "La Salle’s Colony" / "First White Settlement" / "1685" in red
letters, likeness of the said white settler in the ring;
Above the rings "Victoria County" in blue capital letters, and below "“Where The
History of Texas Began”" in red letters (including the quote marks).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2004