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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQB_la-villita-and-the-river_San-Antonio-TX.html
La Villita And The River. . La Villita, located on the south bank of the San Antonio River a short distance south of Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), was settled in the 1700s. Situated on the river's high bank near the mission, villa, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQA_presa-street-crossing_San-Antonio-TX.html
Presa Street Crossing. . Spanish missionaries, soldiers, and families who settled San Antonio in the 1700s relied on the San Antonio River and irrigation ditches (acequias) to provide water for household and agricultural use. One of the earliest d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPB_television-history-was-made-here-aqui-se-hizo-historia-en-la-television_San-Antonio-TX.html
Television History was Made Here, also, Aquí Se Hizo Historia en la Televisión. . This site was the longtime home of KWEX-TV, a pioneering national and international broadcasting innovator. . . Por un largo tiempo, este fue el hogar de KWEX-TV…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKP_bowens-island_San-Antonio-TX.html
Bowen's Island. . The narrow strip of land known to residents in the middle 1800s as Galveston Island was actually a peninsula surrounded on three sides by a bend in the San Antonio River. It was called an island because the fourth side was almost…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BTF_lt-col-william-barret-travis_San-Antonio-TX.html
Legend states that in 1836 Lt. Col. William Barret Travis unsheathed his sword and drew a line on this ground before his battle-weary men stating: "Those prepared to give their lives in Freedom's cause, come over to me!"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294D_st-anthony-de-padua_San-Antonio-TX.html
San Antonio is named for the Catholic saint, Anthony (San Antonio) of Padua. Born in Portugal in 1195, he joined the Franciscan order and became a celebrated teacher of scripture. Anthony was declared a saint in 1232, less than a year after his de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294C_missions-in-the-san-antonio-river-valley_San-Antonio-TX.html
Spain, which ruled Mexico for 300 years ending in 1821, paid little attention to its northeastern frontier until French settlers built outposts near the Red River in Louisiana. The Spanish responded by establishing missions in East Texas in the 16…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2937_navarro-street-bridge_San-Antonio-TX.html
San Antonio's population tripled to 161,000 between 1900 and 1920. Commercial and residential development boomed, and automobiles and streetcars clogged narrow thoroughfares. Local leaders recognized the need to modernize the outdated infrastructu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2926_twohig-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
Irish immigrant John Twohig built his house here on the San Antonio River in the late 1840s. A suspended footbridge connected the house with his business on the opposite side of the river. Twohig became known as the "breadline banker" f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2925_the-san-antonio-river_San-Antonio-TX.html
The San Antonio River begins four miles north of here, fed by springs that rise from the Edwards Aquifer deep below the Texas Hill Country. The river is also fed by tributaries along its winding, southeasterly course to join the Guadalupe River ne…
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