ʻO Brownsville kahi kūlanakauhale nui o Texas. Aiaʻo ia ma ka piko o Texas, aiaʻo Brownsville ma nā kapa o Rio Grande River, aia ma kaʻaoʻao pono'ī o Matamoros, Mexico. He wahi mamao wale nō ia mai ke kahawaiʻo Mexico. Ma ka pōkole, hoʻonui kēia wahi i ka Brownsville kahi makahiki kūpono e pili ana i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaha.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Brownsville pono'ī nui loa. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa ma Texas, e pili ana i ka manawaʻo Texas he moku'āinaʻo'Ikikoka.
Ma hope o ke kūʻokoʻa o Texas a me ka hoʻohui hopeʻana oʻAmelika Huipūʻia, ua hoʻokumuʻo Brownsville i ka mea nui ma ka Kauaʻo Mexico. Ua hoʻonohoʻiaʻo Zachary Taylor a me kona pūʻali koa ma Ft Texas, kokoke i kahi i kēia manawaʻo ka papa'olepaʻo Fort Brown. ʻO ke kaua mua loa o kēia hoʻoili kauaʻana i kahi mau mile ma ke'ākau o Brownsville i Palo Alto. Ua mālamaʻia kēia pūnaewele e like me Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site a ua weheʻia i ka lehulehu i nā lāʻehiku o ka pule.
ʻO kekahi meaʻokoʻa nui ma loko o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Brownsville ka mea kaulanaʻo Gladys Porter Zoo . Ma nā makahiki i hoʻonuiʻia e Gladys Porter Zoo i ka hanohano nui o ke aupuni no kāna mau hulu kūikawā kūikawā a he nui nā holoholona. I kēia mau lā,ʻo Gladys Porter he 26 mauʻeka a he hale ia he 1,300 holoholona. Aia ma waena o nā hōʻikeʻike nui loa o Zoo,ʻo iaʻo Macaw Canyon, ka aviary manuahi a me ka Tropical America. Hāpai ka Zoo i kahi māla maikaʻi a me nā wahi o nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi i kaulana loa.
Ma kahi o 400,000 poʻe e hele i ka Gladys Porter Zoo i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻO nā malihini he nui i Brownsville e hoʻohana pū ana i kahi o ka palena'āina eʻoliʻoli ai i ka "hoʻomaha'āinaʻelua." E hele ana a holoholo paha ma'ō aku o ka Pīpī Alakaʻi o Gateway i nā malihini ki ke kauwela o Matamoros. ʻO kaʻoihana a me kaʻaiʻana ma'ō aku o ka muliwai ma Matamoros kahi ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai i ka papaʻo South Texas.
ʻO ke kūlana o kahi o Brownsville kokoke i ke kahakai he kiʻi nui loa. Hele nā malihini ki Brownsville i nā koho koho kaiāulu. Aiaʻo Boca Chica Beach ma ka hikina o Brownsville. ʻO Boca Chica, ka mea iʻike muaʻiaʻo ka Mokupuni Brazos, e moe ana mai ka waha o Rio Grande River a hiki i ka Brazos Santiago Pass, kahi e hoʻokaʻawale ai mai South Padre Island, kahi koho'ē aʻe no nā mea malihini kipa no Brownsville. Ua mamao iki akuʻo South Padre ma mua o Boca Chica, akā aia nō i loko o kahi 20 minute mai ke alanuiʻo Brownsville. ʻOiaiʻelua wale nā kahakai i kahi kaʻawale iki, ua likeʻole lākou. He kahakaiʻo Boca Chica, kahi kahakai i nohoʻoleʻia, a ua pihaʻo South Padre Island i nā hale kūʻai hou, nā hale kūʻai, a me nā hiʻona.
He nui nā manawa hoʻolimalima no waho no nā malihini kipa ma Brownsville. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, i loko o nā makahiki he hala i hala, ua liloʻo Brownsville i hoʻokahi o nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka pae'āina no nā manu lele. Eʻikeʻia nā pilikino e hele ana i Brownsville i ka maʻalahi hiki i ka World Birding Center,ʻo Texas Texas Coastal Birding Trail, ka Lahui Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, a me kekahi mau meaʻoi aku eʻoi aku ana i nā mea pale. ʻO ka lawaiʻa ma ke kahawaiʻo Mexico a kokoke kokoke i Lower Laguna Madre Bay. Aʻo kekahi nō hoʻi o nā mea hahai holoholona,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Brownsville kahi eʻimi ana i ka manu nūnū keʻokeʻo, nā leke, kaʻala o ka lole, ka pipi a me nā mea'ē aʻe.
Ma loko o ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa,ʻike pūʻo Brownsville i nā hāʻina e hoʻopiha ana i kāna mau papa kuhikuhi. Eia naʻe,ʻo ka hana ma Brownsville i kēlā me kēia makahiki,ʻo ia ka Hōʻaikahi Hōkū Hoʻola makahiki. ʻAʻole waleʻo Charro Days kekahi o nā hoʻokani nui loa ma Texas,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea mua loa. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolauleʻa "Charro Days" i ka makahiki 1938. Akā naʻe, "he kūʻole,"ʻo Charro Days i ka hōʻailona o 1800 i ka wā i hoʻomaka mua ai nā kānaka o Matamoros a me Brownsville e hōʻailona i ko lākou manaʻo kōkua. ʻO ka papahana kaiaulu ka mea nui o kēiaʻahaʻaina hebedoma.