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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM291H_still-on-patrol_San-Antonio-TX.html
U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 submarines still on "patrol"
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28RC_travis-street-crossing_San-Antonio-TX.html
County leaders purchased land on the west bank of the San Antonio River in 1859, intending to build a new courthouse and jail. Their plans changed and the property was sold in 1866 to a miller, Jacob Laux, who dammed the river and built a four-sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28RB_houston-street_San-Antonio-TX.html
Houston Street, known from the 1700s until the middle 1800s as Paseo (passageway) or Paseo Hondo (deep passageway), was sloped to the San Antonio River. Nearby land drained to the river, and the usually dusty street became a muddy bog when it rain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28R7_commerce-street_San-Antonio-TX.html
Life in San Antonio in the 1700s revolved around Main and Military plazas west of the river and Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) east of the river.
Residents traveled between the plazas and mission along an unpaved street that led to a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28QE_nueva-street-dam-and-marina_San-Antonio-TX.html
The river in the downtown area is kept at a constant level by floodgates located just below the Nueva Street Bridge. The gates open during heavy rains, allowing water to pass safely from the upper to the lower channel. When this occurs, other gate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L2_crockett-hotel_San-Antonio-TX.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28GE_moses-austin_San-Antonio-TX.html
(Panel 1)
Born in Connecticut, October fourth 1761; moved to Philadelphia in 1783, thence to Virginia in 1785 and to Missouri in 1798.
Arrived in San Antonio on December 23, 1820.
Died in Missouri June tenth, 1821.
(Panel 2)
Moses Austin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D4_site-of-de-la-garza-house-gardens-and-mint_San-Antonio-TX.html
Erected on this site in 1734 for prominent Bexar citizens Geronimo and Javiera Cantu de la Garza, the de la Garza family home was designed by Geronimo's brother-in-law Pedro Flores Valdez. The complex occupied an entire city block and was crafted …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283Z_plaza-de-armas_San-Antonio-TX.html
One of oldest permanently settled locales in Texas, this area was first explored by Spaniards in 1691. The Presidio (Fort) of Bexar was relocated here in 1772 and for many years, Plaza was enclosed on three sides by adobe fortifications.
During …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283Y_st-marys-institute_San-Antonio-TX.html
Many immigrants from both the United States and Europe were attracted to the Republic of Texas after it became independent from Mexico in 1836. Among the new Texans were missionaries of various faiths, including the French Catholic priest Jean Mar…