Brownsville, Texas

-Population: 139,722

-Elevation: 33 whole feet!

-15th largest city in the state of Texas.

-During the Civil War, Brownsville was used as a smuggling point for Confederate goods into Mexico, most importantly cotton smuggled to European ships waiting at the Mexican port of Bagdad.

-Brownsville is the southernmost city in Texas.

-Brownsville is among the southernmost of all U.S. cities. Hawaii has a couple of cities more south, and Florida has North Miami Beach which is also a little more south.

-Home of the 2nd annual Duramed FUTURES Tour Historic Brownsville Open.