933 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Storming of Bexar
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(December 5-9, 1835) First of four major engagements of the War for Texas Independence, this sanguinary battle ended a siege of six weeks. The assault began at dawn, Dec. 5. 300 volunteers (Texans, Mexicans,and…
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Council House Fight
· Historical Marker
On March 19, 1840, Comanche chiefs rode into San Antonio under a flag of truce to negotiate the return of white captives. Texas officials expected dozens of prisoners. The Comanche brought one: thirteen-year-old Matilda…
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Casas Reales
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You're driving past Casas Reales, the old government house in San Antonio. Chosen in 1731 and built in 1742, this building saw official proclamations read, hosted Zebulon Pike, and even flew the flag of Mexico's rebel…
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San Antonio, TX
San Antonio's story is etched in stone and sung in its streets, a testament to the convergence of cultures that shaped its unique identity. Long before the Spanish arrived, the Payaya people thrived along the river,…
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Contrabando y traicion" by Los Tigres del Norte
In 1972, a group of brothers from a little ranch in Sinaloa — Los Tigres del Norte, named on the spot by an immigration officer back in sixty-eight — cut a song written by a Mexican songwriter named Angel Gonzalez.…
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Echo Bridge concert series
Here's a venue nobody designed. The bridge on Spur 536 was finished in 1935 to carry cars over the San Antonio River — nothing more. But sometime in the nineties, folks walking the new Mission Trail noticed something:…
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Emilio Navaira
Before he was just "Emilio," San Antonio's Emilio Navaira learned the trade the honest way — as the lead voice out front of David Lee Garza y Los Musicales, one of the great proving grounds in Tejano. In 1989 he struck…
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Flaco Jimenez and 'Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio
The song is called "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio," and Flaco Jimenez didn't write it — his father did. Santiago Jimenez Senior, all the way back in 1942. Flaco cut his own version in 1986, took the idea from the Los Lobos…
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Gunter Hotel Room 414 and the Robert Johnson sessions
There's a hotel room on the San Antonio River Walk that once did the work of a recording studio. Room 414 of the Gunter — for three days in November 1936, a music executive named Don Law rolled a mobile recording unit…
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Hidden Wonders Underground Ballroom at Natural Bridge Caverns
Just north of San Antonio, they've drilled a way to hold a concert deep underground. Natural Bridge Caverns spent seven years and a pile of money boring a seven-hundred-and-ten-foot tunnel down into the limestone,…
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Muertos Fest at Hemisfair Park
Down at Hemisfair Park every fall, families sit and build altars for the dead — ofrendas — with Lila Downs playing while they work. That's Muertos Fest. Jimmy Mendiola and Faith Radle started it in 2013 over at La…
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Vanita Leo
Vanita Leo is twenty-two, and she came up in San Antonio the third generation deep in a Tejano family. Her grandfather Refugio sang Tejano, mariachi, and boleros with a trio. Her father Marco fronted cumbia groups — Los…
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Presidio San Antonio de Béxar
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Ever wonder why San Antonio feels so different from other Texas cities? This spot, Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, is a big part of the reason. It's where the first Spanish settlement took root, shaping the city's…
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San Antonio Acequia System
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Beneath the streets of modern San Antonio runs a network of irrigation channels that has been moving water for over three hundred years. The acequias were built by Spanish missionaries and indigenous laborers beginning…
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The Cart War of 1857
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In 1857, Mexican and Tejano teamsters controlled the freight hauling business between San Antonio and the Gulf Coast ports. They were cheaper, more reliable, and had been running the routes since before Texas was a…
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Seguin, Erasmo
· Historical Marker
You're driving past the former homesite of Erasmo Seguin, a civic leader who helped found San Antonio's first public school in 1812. He befriended Stephen F. Austin and Anglo settlers, served as postmaster, and…
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Canary Islanders
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You're driving past Canary Islanders. Earliest civilian colonists of San Antonio, this nucleus of pioneers from the Canary Islands formed the first organized civil government in Texas and founded the village of San…
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Main and Military Plazas Historic District
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You're standing in the heart of San Antonio, where Texas history was forged, right here in Main and Military Plazas. These plazas were once the center of the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, the Spanish military…
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Lucchese Boot Company
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Salvatore Lucchese arrived in San Antonio from Sicily in 1883 and opened a boot shop on the city's military plaza, making boots by hand for the U.S. Army cavalry stationed at Fort Sam Houston. He was a cobbler in the…
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San Antonio Mutual Aid Association
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You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the site of the San Antonio Mutual Aid Association, organized in November of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1862</say-as>. This group aimed to keep costs…
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Bexar County Courthouse
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You're driving past the Bexar County Courthouse, a grand Romanesque structure that’s been the heart of county government since it was completed in 1896. Financed by over $600,000 in bonds authorized by citizens in the…
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Frost, T.C., and the Frost Bank
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You're driving past where T.C. Frost, a Confederate officer and former Texas Ranger, started a mercantile business in 1868. Because he had a strong safe, he began serving as a banker for his customers. This convenient…
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Jose Francisco Ruiz
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the final resting place of Jose Francisco Ruiz, a true Texas hero. Born right here in San Antonio, Ruiz was one of only two native Texans to sign the Declaration of Independence and help found the…
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The South Texas Weekend Barbacoa Ritual
· 0.1 mi · Cultural Tradition
In South Texas, weekend mornings belong to barbacoa. Saturdays and Sundays, the line forms before the sun is fully up — at meat markets, taquerias, and family-run carnicerias from the Rio Grande Valley up through…
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Moses Austin
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving near where Moses Austin arrived in San Antonio back in 1820, petitioning Spanish authorities to bring 300 families to Texas. He returned to Missouri, but exposure and exhaustion from his Texas journey led…
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Barbed Wire
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio's Military Plaza, the very spot where 'Devil's Rope' proved its worth. Back in the late 1870s, John Ware Gates, later known as 'bet-a-million' Gates, staged a wild demonstration. He built…
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Woll Invasion
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio, where Mexico launched its last invasion of the Republic of Texas. On September 11, 1842, General Adrian Woll and 1300 troops stormed the city. Texians fought back from the stone home of…
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Surrender of Federal Forces by General David E. Twiggs
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, near where Texas history took a dramatic turn in early 1861. Just blocks from here, Ben McCulloch and his volunteers cornered Federal forces. After tense negotiations and a show of…
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Bexar County under Nine Governments
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Bexar County, a place that's seen more flags than most countries! This county holds the unique distinction of having been governed by nine different powers. From Spanish…
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Commerce Street Bridge
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Antonio's Commerce Street Bridge, a river crossing that's been central to this city for centuries. Back in 1836, during the Texas War for Independence, Alamo emissary Albert Martin…
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Plaza De Armas (Military Plaza)
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the heart of San Antonio, right where the Plaza De Armas, or Military Plaza, has been a central spot for centuries. First explored by Spaniards in 1691, this plaza was once enclosed by adobe…
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Mexico Invaded Texas Twice in 1842
· 0.1 mi · Historical Account
Most people know about the Alamo in 1836. Fewer know that Mexico wasn't done with Texas after that — not by a long shot. When Santa Anna returned to power in 1841, he immediately sent General Rafael Vásquez north with…
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Polish Quarter in San Antonio
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, passing through the historic Polish Quarter. Hardship in Prussian-occupied Silesia pushed many to emigrate, and letters from Texas praised life here. Starting in 1854, Silesian…
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Frost, T.C., Wool Warehouse
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, where Thomas C. Frost, a former Texas Ranger and Confederate soldier, built his wool warehouse business in the 1870s. He stored wool from producers across the state, helping…
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Fest-Steves Block
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Fest-Steves Block in San Antonio, a collection of Victorian commercial buildings right next to the Spanish Governor's Palace. German immigrant Edward Steves built the first structure in 1880,…
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Zero Milestone_Old Spanish Trail
· 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Zero Milestone_Old Spanish Trail. Zero milestone Old Spanish Trail St. Augustine Pensacola - Mobile New Orleans - Houston San Antonio El Paso - Tucson - Yuma San Diego Dedicated By Governor Pat M.…
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Casa Navarro
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These unassuming buildings were once the home of a true Texas hero. José Antonio Navarro was a leading advocate for Tejano rights and one of only two native-born Texans to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence.…
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Aztec Theatre (San Antonio)
· 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step into a world of ornate beauty at the Aztec Theatre, a masterpiece of Aztec Revival architecture. Built in 1926, the Aztec Theatre quickly became a premier movie palace, showcasing both silent films and, later,…
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Site of de la Garza House, Gardens and Mint
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of what was once a Texas mint! In 1734, the de la Garza family built this massive home, crafted with three-foot thick limestone walls and extensive gardens. Two generations later, Jose…
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San Pedro Creek
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Pedro Creek, the very lifeblood of early San Antonio. Back in 1709, Franciscan fathers found these springs and named the creek for Saint Peter. Just nine years later, in 1718, this creek was…
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O. Henry House
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the O. Henry House, a classic two-room home built by John Kush for German settlers around 1855. This humble dwelling was once home to William Sidney Porter, better known as the famous short story…
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Old Military Headquarters
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Old Military Headquarters in San Antonio. This stone building, once known as the Vance House, served as administrative offices for the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Then, on February…
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Groos National Bank
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Groos National Bank, a San Antonio institution with roots stretching back to 1848. Frederick Groos, a German immigrant and architect, started by freighting supplies to Fort Duncan,…
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O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)
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Pull over here for a literary detour! This humble house was once home to a man who could spin a yarn like no other, O. Henry. William Sydney Porter, before he became the famous O. Henry, lived in this rented room in…
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Site of Old St. Mary's
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Old St. Mary's in San Antonio. After Texas won its independence, immigrants from Ireland, Germany, and the U.S. poured into the growing city. The first Bishop of Galveston saw the need…
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St. Mary's College
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. Mary's College, established in 1852 by four French members of the Society of Mary. This building opened in 1853, educating over 100 students of all creeds. It became the largest…
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The Pajalache Acequia
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Pajalache Acequia, an irrigation system built by the Pajalache Indians in the early 1700s. This impressive waterway began right here in La Villita and stretched all the way to Mission…
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Bowen's Island
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Bowen's Island, a natural peninsula on the San Antonio River. In 1845, John Bowen bought this land and built a home, planting orchards and operating a waterwheel for his farm. His island became a…
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Old San Antonio National Bank Building
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Old San Antonio National Bank Building. Organized in 1866 by George W. Brackenridge, it was the city's first federally chartered bank. This impressive Victorian structure, designed by…
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Majestic Theatre
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio's Majestic Theatre, a stunning example of atmospheric theatre design. Built in 1928 for a cool three million dollars, it was designed by John Eberson for the interstate theatre chain.…
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Book Building
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Book Building in San Antonio. Back in the 1850s, the U.S. Army used this spot. But it was civil engineer Dwight Dana Book who bought the property in 1904. He then built this red brick…
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Staacke Brothers Building
· 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Staacke Brothers Building, a testament to San Antonio's commercial growth. Built in 1894, this structure housed the successful carriage business of German immigrant August Frederick Staacke.…
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Site of the Old Adobe
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You're driving past the site of San Antonio's first Presbyterian Church, known as the Old Adobe. Built between 1846 and 1868 by Reverend John McCullough, this adobe structure served all Protestant faiths in the growing…
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Majestic Theatre (San Antonio)
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Step back in time as you approach the Majestic Theatre, a true gem of San Antonio’s history. This place isn't just a theatre; it's a portal to the roaring twenties and a testament to architectural artistry. Designed by…
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Smith, John W.
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of John W. Smith's early home in San Antonio. A North Carolinian by birth, he came to Texas with Green DeWitt in 1826, settling first in Gonzales before moving here in 1828. Smith was a key…
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The Stockman Building
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, past the Stockman Building. Erected in 1867, this was the shop of Diedrich Heye, a German immigrant master leather craftsman. He made the finest saddles, bridles, and harness here,…
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St. Philip's College
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. Philip's College, which opened in 1898 as a sewing class for Black girls. Bishop James Steptoe Johnston founded it, believing education could solve race problems. Under the leadership…
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Casino Club
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Casino Club. Property of Casino Association, organized 1853 among cultured German settlers. Club house and opera building, erected 1858, had a theatre; a hall seating 700; banquet rooms; club rooms.…
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Gunter Hotel
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Ever heard rumors that blues legend Robert Johnson recorded some of his most famous songs here? The Gunter Hotel, built in 1909, is a San Antonio landmark with a musical past. In November 1936, Robert Johnson recorded…
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Acequia Madre de Valero (San Antonio)
· 0.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder how San Antonio thrived centuries ago? It all started with this ingenious canal system. Back in 1718, when San Antonio was just a fledgling Spanish settlement, Franciscan priests and local indigenous people,…
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Site of the Home of Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the San Antonio home of Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff, a German immigrant who made a huge mark on Texas medicine. He came here in 1847 with a utopian group called Die Vierziger, but their commune…
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Travis Park United Methodist Church
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Travis Park United Methodist Church in San Antonio, a congregation with roots stretching back to the Republic of Texas. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1844</say-as>, missionary John Wesley…
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St. John's Lutheran Church
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past St. John's Lutheran Church. The 64 charter members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church included families who migrated to Texas from Germany in the 1840s. Organized on Dec. 26, 1857, by the Rev.
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Dick's Last Resort
· 0.3 mi · Things to Do
Intentionally rude waitstaff and bucket-sized drinks. The insults are the attraction.
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W. B. Teagarden House
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the W.B. Teagarden House, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture built in 1903. It was originally home to the William Joske family. Later, it became the residence of William Baker Teagarden,…
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Little Church of La Villita
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, past the Little Church of La Villita. German Methodists erected this Gothic Revival church in 1879, with a Norwegian sailor named Olaf carving the pegs and windows. The Episcopal…
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Stevens Building
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Stevens Building in San Antonio, a real gem from the late 1800s. Designed by architect James Riely Gordon in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, it was finished in 1891. For years, the first…
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Casino Club Building, San Antonio
· 0.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Casino Club Building, San Antonio. The exclusive Casino Club was organized in 1854 by San Antonio Germans. In 1881 the San Antonio Club was established for literary purpose. The institutions merged…
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Alamo Cenotaph
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
In memory of the heroes who sacrificed their lives at the Alamo, March 6, 1836, in the defense of Texas. "They chose never to surrender nor retreat; these brave hearts with flag still proudly waving, perished in the…
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Alamo Cenotaph
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Standing here, near the Alamo Cenotaph, you're at a place forever etched in the story of Texas courage and sacrifice. In 1836, the Battle of the Alamo saw Texan defenders, including William B. Travis, James Bowie, and…
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Menger Hotel
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here – you're about to see a place where history and mystery intertwine: the Menger Hotel. Built in 1859 by William Menger, it sits right next to the Alamo, on land that was actually part of the historic…
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Alamo Low Barracks and Main Gateway
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Alamo's main gateway and low barracks. Originally part of Mission San Antonio de Valero, established nearby in 1718, this complex was fortified by Spanish cavalry in 1803. It became a…
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250th Anniversary of the Founding of San Antonio
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that's seen some history! It was first explored by Spaniards way back in 1691, but colonial settlement kicked off in May of <say-as interpret-as="date"…
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Menger Hotel
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Menger Hotel, right on Alamo Plaza! Opened in 1859 by William Menger, this wasn't just any hotel; it was built to host everyone from presidents and generals to actors and poets. They even served…
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Maverick, Samuel Augustos
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Maverick, Samuel Augustos. A native of South Carolina; came to San Antonio in 1835; was guide for Ben Milam and other leaders in first attack on San Antonio by Texas Army, Dec. 1835. As Bexar…
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Menger Hotel
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Menger Hotel. William A. (1827-1871) and Mary Menger, both born in Germany, opened a boarding house and brewery at this site in 1855, when most local buinesses were still clustered around Main Plaza…
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San Antonio Chili Queens
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
Every evening after sundown, the Chili Queens set up their tables in Military Plaza and ladled out bowls of slow-simmered chili con carne by lantern light. These Tejana women ran one of the first street food scenes in…
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Milam, Benjamin Rush
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site where Benjamin Rush Milam, a true hero of Texas, met his end. Born in Kentucky in 1788, Milam was already a veteran of the War of 1812 before coming to Texas. He traded with the Comanche,…
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Site of Rincon/Douglas School
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Antonio's first free public school for Black students. Built in the late 1860s, this stone structure was called Rincon School. It was funded by the Freedmen's Bureau and was unique in…
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Barbed Wire Demonstration
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, the very spot where a quiet demonstration in 1876 changed the American West forever. Here, salesman Pete McManus and his partner John Warne Gates set up a barbed wire…
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El Quartel (El Cuartel)
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past El Quartel, built way back in 1810. This was the staging ground for Texas's first-ever overthrow of Spanish rule in 1811, when Governor and officials were arrested right here! But the Spanish…
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La Villita
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine standing where settlers once built their homes, now a vibrant hub of art and culture. La Villita, or "little village," is one of San Antonio's oldest neighborhoods. During the Battle of the Alamo in 1836,…
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Fairmount Hotel (San Antonio, Texas)
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Believe it or not, this entire hotel was moved six blocks through downtown San Antonio in 1985! The Fairmount Hotel was built in 1906. It was one of the few small "drummer" hotels in San Antonio, catering to traveling…
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, a beautiful example of Gothic Revival architecture right here in San Antonio. Its story starts way back in 1850, on land once part of the Alamo! The church itself was…
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Ernst Homestead
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past what was once the Ernst Homestead, built around 1890. The land here bordered the Mission Concepcion Acequia. In 1896, William Ernst, a Prussian immigrant and former mail carrier, bought this land. He…
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Don Jose Miguel de Arciniega
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, near where Don Jose Miguel de Arciniega once lived. Born in 1793, this maker of Texas joined the Spanish military at 17 and later held key municipal posts, including San Antonio…
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John Hermann Kampmann
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a major building boom in San Antonio, thanks to John Hermann Kampmann. He arrived from Germany in 1848, trained as an architect and stonemason, and went on to build and renovate some of…
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William and Mary Ann Richter House
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the home of William and Mary Ann Richter, built right here in 1868 and 1869. William Richter was a barber, surgeon, and dentist who reportedly used leeches from the nearby acequia in his practice.…
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Pan American Round Table
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Pan American Round Table. Mrs. Florence Terry Griswold (1875-1941), a native Texan reared along the Mexican border, provided aid to refugees of Mexico's 1910 revolution. On October 16, 1916, she and…
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Menger Soap Works
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Menger Soap Works, a San Antonio institution that kept Texas clean for decades. Johann Nicholas Menger, a German immigrant, arrived in San Antonio in 1847. Just three years later, he…
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San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site where, in 1907, the San Antonio Section of the National Council of Jewish Women was organized at the Menger Hotel. These women immediately focused on social services, starting night school…
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The Caile House
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Caile House in San Antonio. Built by Robert Caile, an Englishman, starting in 1857, this caliche block home was later expanded after the Civil War. The property, part of an old Spanish land…
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The Alamo
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
Site of the 1836 battle during the Texas Revolution where approximately 200 Texian defenders held the former mission against Mexican forces for 13 days.
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The Alamo Before the Battle - Camino Real Mission
· 0.5 mi · National Historic Trail
Mission San Antonio de Valero, founded 1718, was the first mission and the namesake of San Antonio de Bexar. It served as the central waystation on the Camino Real de los Tejas for seventy-five years before it was…
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Alamo Mission
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a second, you've got to see this. This is the Alamo, where a small band of Texans made a legendary stand for independence. In 1836, fewer than 200 Texan soldiers, including famous figures like Davy…
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The Alamo
· 0.5 mi · Things to Do
In the spring of 1836 about two hundred Texas defenders held this old Spanish mission for thirteen days against a Mexican army of two thousand led by Santa…
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Davy Crockett's Last Stand
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This is where the road that began on a Tennessee riverbank finally ended. Davy Crockett reached San Antonio in early February of 1836 with a small band of Tennessee volunteers and joined the roughly two hundred…
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Susanna Dickinson's Account — The Alamo, 1836
· 0.5 mi · Primary Source
Susanna Dickinson's 1875 eyewitness account of the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. One of the few adult survivors, she describes Crockett playing violin during the siege, her husband's final words, and her rescue by…
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Alamo Plaza Historic District
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
You're standing on hallowed ground, a place where the fate of Texas independence hung in the balance. This is Alamo Plaza, home to the Alamo. In 1836, a small band of Texan defenders, including Davy Crockett and Jim…
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Emma Tenayuca and the Pecan Shellers Strike
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
In 1938, twelve thousand Mexican-American women walked out of the pecan-shelling sheds on San Antonio's West Side. They were paid five to six cents a pound, working bare-handed in airless rooms where the dust gave them…
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Crockett Hotel
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
If these walls could talk! The Crockett Hotel overlooks the Alamo, and it's a landmark in its own right. Built in 1909, it was one of only three hotels in downtown San Antonio at the time. Built by the local Oddfellows'…
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I-35 Purple Heart Trail — Where the Designation Was Won
· 0.5 mi · Verified Web
You're passing through the city that earned this stretch of road its Purple Heart Trail designation. In 2005, Tony Roman of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Alamo Chapter 1836 — based right here in San Antonio —…
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Eagar House
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Eagar House, a six-room stone home built right after the Civil War. It was the residence of Mrs. Sarah Eagar, born in 1842, and notably, the first Anglo-American girl born in San Antonio. The…
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Maverick-Carter House
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Maverick-Carter House in San Antonio, a grand 1893 home designed by architect Alfred Giles. It was built for William Harvey Maverick, son of a Texas Declaration signer, and later owned by…
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De Zavala, Adina
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a legendary Texas preservationist's stand! Adina de Zavala, granddaughter of the Republic's first vice-president, dedicated her life to saving historic sites. In 1908, she famously…
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Oge House
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Oge House, a stone survivor from San Antonio's early days. Its basement and first floor were built way back in 1857, even before Louis Oge owned it. Oge himself arrived in Texas in 1845, fought…
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United States San Antonio Arsenal
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the United States Arsenal in San Antonio. Founded way back in 1858, this place was a huge deal for military supplies. Construction started in 1859, but the Civil War threw a wrench in…
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Arsenal Magazine
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the old San Antonio Arsenal, a key military site that played a role in both Union and Confederate history. Land was secured here in 1858, and by 1859, it was the headquarters for the U.S. Army in…
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Acequia Madre de Valero
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the path of the Acequia Madre de Valero, the main irrigation ditch for the San Antonio de Valero Mission. Hand-dug by Spanish settlers and their Native American charges starting in 1718, this channel…
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King William Neighborhood
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio's King William neighborhood, a place with roots stretching back to the farmlands of the Alamo mission. After secularization in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1793</say-as>, the…
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Halff House
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Halff House. Mayer Halff (1836-1905) immigrated to Texas from Lauterborg, Alsace Lorraine, France, in 1850. In partnership with his brother Solomon, he opened a mercantile business in Liberty and…
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Wulff, Anton
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Anton Wulff, a German immigrant who came to Texas in 1848. Wulff became a successful merchant in San Antonio, serving on the City Council and as its very first Park Commissioner.…
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Gustav Blersch House
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Gustav Blersch House, one of only three antebellum homes left in San Antonio's King William Historic District. German immigrant Gustav Blersch built this limestone house in 1860. Over the years,…
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Site of Original Building, First Baptist Church
· 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site where San Antonio's First Baptist Church was organized on January 20, 1861. Their first permanent home, a two-story limestone building, was constructed between 1872 and 1877. Services were…
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Alfred Giles Home
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Alfred Giles, a major architect who designed buildings across Texas. Born in England, Giles moved to Texas for health reasons and established his own firm in San Antonio in 1876.…
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Toltec Apartments
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Toltec Apartments in San Antonio, a stunning example of early 20th-century classical revival architecture. Designed by Ernest P. Behles and built in 1913, it was commissioned by Dr. Augustus…
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Christopher Columbus Italian Society Hall
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Christopher Columbus Italian Society Hall in San Antonio. Built by the Italian immigrant community in 1927, this hall was dedicated just a few months later, in January 1928. It was designed to be…
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First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Antonio's First Presbyterian Church. Back in 1844, a Presbyterian and a Methodist held the first Protestant worship service right here. The church was officially organized in 1846,…
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Italian American Community in San Antonio
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the heart of San Antonio's Italian-American community. Back in the 1870s, Italian immigrants started arriving, and by 1890, they'd carved out a neighborhood northwest of downtown. Right around here,…
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San Antonio High School
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Antonio High School, the very first public secondary school in the city. It opened way back in September of 1879, with just one teacher, F.M. Halbedl, holding classes in the Fireman's…
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San Francisco Di Paola Catholic Church
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the San Francisco Di Paola Catholic Church in San Antonio. Back in 1926, the city's Italian Catholics asked for a special mission. Father Saverio Vecchio answered the call, and by the end of that…
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Sartor House
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Sartor House in San Antonio, a beautiful example of Italianate architecture. Designed by the famous architect Alfred Giles, this home was built in 1881 for Alexander Sartor, Jr. Sartor,…
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Scottish Rite Cathedral
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Scottish Rite Cathedral in San Antonio, a stunning example of Classical Revival architecture. Scottish Rite Masonry began here in 1912, but really took off after World War I when many soldiers…
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Guenther's Upper Mill
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, passing the site of Guenther's Upper Mill. Carl Guenther, a millwright trained in Germany, arrived in Texas and started his San Antonio milling operation in 1859. By 1868, he’d built…
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Wolfson House
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Wolfson House in San Antonio, a real stunner from the late Victorian era. Built between 1888 and 1889, this was the home of Saul Wolfson, a big-time merchant in post-Civil War San Antonio. Look…
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Charles F.A. and Emilie Hummel House
· 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Charles F.A. and Emilie Hummel House, completed in 1884. Designed by architects Wahrenberger and Beckmann, this two-story limestone home showcases Italianate influences with its projecting…
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Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
· 0.7 mi · Biographical
Henry B. Gonzalez (1916-2000) was the first Mexican American elected to the San Antonio City Council (1953), the Texas State Senate (1956), and the United States Congress from Texas (1961). In 1957 he and Sen. Abraham…
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Anna Barbara and Johann Engelbert Heidgen House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Anna Barbara and Johann Engelbert Heidgen House, a testament to German resilience on the Texas frontier. They arrived from Prussia in 1852, settling on the eastern edge of San Antonio's Irish…
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Oscar and Rachel Berman House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Oscar and Rachel Berman House in San Antonio. Oscar, a Jewish-Russian immigrant, built a business empire here, starting with a wholesale liquor business that shifted to loans with Prohibition. In…
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Elias and Lucy Edmonds House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Elias and Lucy Edmonds, built in 1877. Elias was a Confederate officer and lawyer, but his wife Lucy ran a 'high school for young ladies' right here on their property. Later owners…
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Westside Black Enclaves
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Westside Black Enclaves. San Antonio’s black population can be traced back to the city’s earliest days. Presidial soldiers included many of African and American Indian ancestry. Later,…
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Central Christian Church
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is Central Christian Church, a place that's been making history for over a century. It all started back in 1883 when evangelist David Pennington organized the…
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Engleman-Muench House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Engleman-Muench House in San Antonio, a home built in three stages starting way back in 1858. This place sits on land that was once part of the Alamo farmlands! It's a classic example of a San…
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Groos, Carl Wilhelm August, House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Carl Wilhelm August Groos, a key figure in San Antonio's banking history. He arrived in Texas from Germany in 1848 and went on to co-found the Groos National Bank. This house,…
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Norton-Polk-Mathis House
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Norton-Polk-Mathis House, a San Antonio landmark with a story as layered as its architecture. This property traces its roots back to Spanish land grants, but its modern history begins in 1869…
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Ursuline Convent and Academy
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, passing the site of the Ursuline Convent and Academy. Back in 1851, seven French nuns arrived, answering Bishop Jean-Marie Odin's call. They opened the very first school for girls in…
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Thiele Cottage
· 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Thiele Cottage, built in 1890 for August Thiele, Jr., a San Antonio businessman. <break time="400ms"/> This high Victorian home was designed by architect James Reilly Gordon. <break…
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Biesenbach House
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Biesenbach House, built starting in 1880 by German immigrant August Biesenbach. Its walls are stucco over brick, featuring Gothic Revival details. Later, it was home to the Guenther Mill family…
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Chabot House
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Chabot House in San Antonio, built in 1876 by George Stooks Chabot, an English immigrant who made his fortune as a commission merchant. Look for the galleries with carved bracketing on this…
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King, Dr. Claudius E.R.
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home and office of Dr. Claudius E.R. King, an English physician who served as a Confederate surgeon during the Civil War. He moved to San Antonio and in 1880 hired architect Alfred Giles…
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Old Edward Steves House
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Old Edward Steves House in San Antonio. Built in 1874, this place is a prime example of lavish Victorian architecture from the late 1800s. It was constructed by Edward Steves, a German immigrant…
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J.M. and Birdie Nix House
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past J.M. and Birdie Nix House. Alabama natives Joseph Madison and Birdie Lanier Nix moved to San Antonio in the early 1890s. J.M. was a businessman who built hotels and other structures. In 1899, the…
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Madison Square Presbyterian Church
· 0.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Madison Square Presbyterian Church, a San Antonio landmark with roots stretching back to <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1881</say-as>. <break time="400ms"/> That's when Reverend…
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San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District
· 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step into a living postcard, where San Antonio's heart beats along the River Walk! The San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District reflects over a century of economic growth and development beginning in the…
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Institute of Texan Cultures
· 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Get ready to dive into the heart of Texas's vibrant cultural tapestry! This is the Institute of Texan Cultures, a place dedicated to celebrating the diverse groups that make Texas what it is today. Built initially as…
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Venustiano Carranza in San Antonio
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and you're passing a place where a pivotal figure in the Mexican Revolution once plotted his country's future. Venustiano Carranza, who would become president of Mexico, used this…
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Central Catholic High School
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, where you're passing the site of Texas's oldest and largest private boys' school: Central Catholic High School. It all began in 1852, when San Antonio had no schools for boys at all.…
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The Southwell Company
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the legacy of a San Antonio business that's literally shaped history. The Southwell Company started way back in 1866 as the San Antonio Rubber Stamp Company, originally making stencils. It wasn't…
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Schulze-Schilo House
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Schulze-Schilo House, a testament to San Antonio's German craftsmanship. Built around 1891 by Carl Schulze, a prominent homebuilder, this house later belonged to Fritz and Laura Schilo, who…
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Rechel-Stumpf House
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through San Antonio, and right here is the Rechel-Stumpf House. Built around 1880, this home belonged to Ernst Rechel, a pioneer music teacher who helped shape the city's cultural landscape. Imagine the…
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Silvestre Revueltas
· 1.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, passing the former home of a brilliant Mexican composer and violinist, Silvestre Revueltas. Born in Mexico in 1899, Revueltas came to San Antonio in 1926, becoming concertmaster at…
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Petty House
· 1.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Petty House in San Antonio, a home that saw a dramatic architectural transformation. Originally built in 1895 with Queen Anne style, it was purchased in 1901 by Van Alvin Petty, Sr. Then, in 1910…
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Alejo de la Encarnacion Perez
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of a man who lived an incredibly long life, spanning some of Texas' most pivotal moments. Alejo de la Encarnacion Perez was born in 1835, and as an infant, he was the youngest known…
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Brooks, Sidney J., Old Home
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the old home of Judge Sidney J. Brooks, built around 1890. This grand Victorian house was designed by M. T. Eckles and built by T. R. Hertzberg. In 1909, Judge Brooks, a prominent lawyer and the…
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Jose Antonio Navarro
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of Jose Antonio Navarro, a true Texas legend. Born right here in San Antonio in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1795</say-as>, Navarro wasn't just any Tejano; he was a signer of…
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Col. Jose Francisco Ruiz
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of Colonel Jose Francisco Ruiz, a man who wore two hats in early Texas. First, he served as an officer in the Mexican Army starting in 1831. But when Texas declared its independence in…
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The Grass Fight
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio, and you're about to pass the site of one of the strangest battles in Texas history: The Grass Fight. It happened right near here, back on November 26th, 1835. Texan forces had been…
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Don Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the area where Don Jose de Jesus Rodriguez lived. He was a veteran of the Texas War for Independence, fighting in 1835 and 1836. Rodriguez was part of the storming party that entered Bexar in…
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Old Lone Star Brewery
· 1.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Raise a glass to the history of brewing in Texas at this former Lone Star Brewery, now a landmark of San Antonio's industrial past. Originally built in 1884 as the San Antonio Brewing Association, the complex later…
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Capt. Jose Antonio Menchaca
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of Captain Jose Antonio Menchaca, right here in San Antonio. Born in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1797</say-as>, Menchaca fought in the Texas Revolution and was a veteran of…
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Halff, Alexander and Alma Oppenheimer
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of Alexander and Alma Halff, a couple from two prominent San Antonio families. Alexander was a merchant, banker, rancher, and civic leader. Their imposing house, built in 1904, was a…
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Placido Olivarri
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of Placido Olivarri, a San Antonio native who became a guide for the Texas Army in 1835. Born in February of 1815, Olivarri lived a long life, passing away on September 8, 1894. His…
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Don Juan Ximenes
· 1.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of Don Juan Ximenes, right here in San Antonio. Born in 1810, Ximenes was a true veteran of the Texas War for Independence, fighting from 1835 to 1836. He was even part of the daring…
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Elmendorf, Emil
· 1.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Emil Elmendorf residence in San Antonio. Built in 1884, this house was designed by Alfred Giles, a notable architect. It's a fantastic example of the 'raised cottage' style, meaning the main…
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Driscoll, Clara
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the final resting place of Clara Driscoll, the woman who saved the Alamo! Born a wealthy rancher's daughter, Driscoll learned in 1903 that the historic Long Barrack at the Alamo was about to be sold…
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John Lang Sinclair
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
Hey road-trippers, look to your right! You're passing the spot where John Lang Sinclair grew up, the man who gave Texas its unofficial anthem. Back in 1903, Sinclair was a student at UT, and his Glee Club leader dared…
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Old Powder Mill
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Antonio's Old Powder Mill. Long before Texas was a state, Spanish settlers were making gunpowder right here. They'd mix charcoal from Hill Country wood, saltpeter gathered from bat…
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Alamo Masonic Cemetery
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Alamo Masonic Cemetery in San Antonio. Chartered in 1848, Alamo Lodge Number 44, the Masons, bought this land in 1853 to ensure a burial place for their members. The oldest marked grave here…
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Clegg, L.B.
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of L.B. Clegg, a North Carolina native who founded the San Antonio Printing Company. In 1901, he hired architect Harvey Page to design this very house. Page, who also designed the…
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Fisk, James Nathaniel
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the resting place of James Nathaniel Fisk, a Vermonter who came to Texas and fought for its independence. He joined the Army of Texas on March 6th, 1836, just as the revolution was heating up, and…
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Fisk, Simona Smith
· 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the marker for Simona Smith Fisk. Born in 1829, she was the daughter of the legendary Texas Ranger, Erastus 'Deaf' Smith. Simona lived a full life, marrying James…
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Hall, Lee, Captain
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the marker for Captain Lee Hall, a man who spent his life defending Texas and the U.S. honor. Born in North Carolina, Hall came to Texas in 1869 and quickly made a name for himself. By 1871, he was…
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Committee on Public Safety
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio, where a pivotal moment in the Civil War unfolded, long before Fort Sumter. Back in January of 1861, Texas was forming its own path. Governor Sam Houston was out of step, but the Texas…
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Battle of the Alazan
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Battle of the Alazan, fought way back on June 20th, 1813. This was a clash in the long struggle between Spanish Royalists and rebels trying to control Texas. Colonel Ygnacio Elizondo,…
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Old San Pedro Springs
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Old San Pedro Springs, a place that's seen a lot of Texas history unfold. Back in the late 1840s, it was a popular camping spot for the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. By the 1850s, it was the…
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King, Charles Frederick
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the San Antonio home of Charles Frederick King, a man who saw Texas history firsthand. King fought in the Texas Army in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>, right in the thick of our…
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Smith, Samuel S.
· 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the resting place of Samuel S. Smith, a man who saw action in two significant Texas expeditions. Smith was part of both the Woll and Somervell expeditions back in 1842. He was born in Boston,…
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Otto Koehler House
· 1.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Otto Koehler House in San Antonio. Built in 1901, this was one of the first homes in this neighborhood. Otto Koehler, the man behind the Pearl Brewing Company, hired local architect Carl Von…
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Adina Emilia de Zavala
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the San Antonio home of Adina De Zavala, a fierce protector of Texas history. In 1907, she famously barricaded herself inside the Alamo Long Barracks to stop its demolition. Her lifelong dedication…
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Confederate Cemetery
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Confederate Cemetery. This land was originally granted by the King of Spain, then divided into city cemeteries. But in 1885, the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of…
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Col. Edward Miles
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the resting place of Colonel Edward Miles. He arrived in Texas way back in 1829, long before it was a state. Miles fought in the Texas War for Independence,…
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Gould-Onderdonk House
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the home of a distinguished Texas art dynasty. In 1878, Robert J. Onderdonk, a leading landscape and portrait painter, settled here, bringing a realistic style to Texas art. His children, Julian and…
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Mill on the Pajalache Acequia
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a mill that was already grinding grain before 1824. Built on the Pajalache Acequia, this was no ordinary gristmill. It was a vital stop for early settlers, providing food, and a welcome…
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Monte Vista Historic District
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through San Antonio's Monte Vista Historic District, a neighborhood that really blossomed between 1890 and 1930. Look around, and you'll see the grand homes built by some of the era's biggest names: Otto…
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David J. and May Bock Woodward House
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of David J. and May Bock Woodward, designed by architect Atlee B. Ayres for the family in 1904. May Woodward herself was instrumental in the design, working closely with Ayres. After…
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Roy and Madge Hearne House
· 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Roy and Madge Hearne House in San Antonio. Roy Hearne, a cotton broker, and his wife Madge, a granddaughter of Sam Houston, bought this property in 1910. They hired architect Atlee B. Ayres to…
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Ford, John Salmon "Rip"
· 1.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the final resting place of John Salmon "Rip" Ford, a man who truly lived by his motto: "Ready, ay, ready!" Born in South Carolina in 1815, Ford came to Texas and became a jack-of-all-trades and a…
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Bee, Hamilton P.
· 1.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the marker for Hamilton P. Bee, a man who saw a huge chunk of Texas history unfold. He was a legislator, serving as Secretary of the 1st Texas Senate and even Speaker of the House. But Bee was also a…
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Jay Adams House
· 1.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Jay Adams House in San Antonio, a stunning example of Queen Anne architecture. Developer Jay Adams built this home in 1888 to set the standard for his new Laurel Heights neighborhood. Notice the…
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Christ Episcopal Church
· 1.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Christ Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Episcopalians started worshipping in this neighborhood back in 1907, under another church's wing. Christ Church itself was officially formed in 1911, with John…
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Pershing House
· 2.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a moment! You're about to pass a house that witnessed the birth of modern American military power, right here in San Antonio. Since 1881, this very residence has housed the commanding officers of Fort Sam…
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St. Paul's Epsicopal Church
· 2.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Formed in 1883 to serve soldiers at Fort Sam Houston, the parish immediately planned this building. The first Bishop of West Texas donated the land, and…
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Building
· 2.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Building in San Antonio. It opened in 1923 as the Woodlawn Exchange, serving the city's growing north side neighborhoods. Imagine thirty-five…
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Belgian Transit of Venus Observation Site
· 2.1 mi · Historical Marker
Hey road trippers! You're cruising past a spot in San Antonio that played a small but significant role in understanding our solar system. Back in 1882, Belgian astronomer Jean-Charles Houzeau brought an international…
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Bullis House
· 2.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former home of General John Lapham Bullis, a man who made his name on the Texas frontier. <break time="400ms"/> In 1873, he took command of Seminole Scouts, a company renowned for tracking and…
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St. Anthony Catholic School
· 2.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. Anthony Catholic School in San Antonio. Back in 1907, neighbors wanted a local school, so they asked the Sisters of the Divine Providence to open one. They bought land, and while…
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Mission Concepcion
· 2.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
These weathered stones whisper tales of faith, resilience, and cultural collision. Mission Concepcion began as Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais in East Texas in 1711. It was established by…
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Lerma's Nite Club
· 2.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Feel the rhythm of conjunto music history right here! Lerma's Nite Club was a legendary venue that helped shape the genre.The building itself went up in 1942. Around 1948, Lerma's opened its doors, initially called El…
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Friesenhahn Cave
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, not far from Bulverde, and you're passing over one of the most important fossil sites in the United States: Friesenhahn Cave. Once called Bone Cave, this sinkhole is a time capsule.…
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Coker, John
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, near the Coker Community. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>, John Coker was part of a small, daring group that changed the course of…
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Jiménez, Damacio
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, and right here is a story that was lost for 150 years. Damacio Jiménez was a defender of the Alamo, fighting alongside William Travis. He was there when Travis answered the Mexican…
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Linton, Dolores Burton
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near West San Antonio Heights, and right here, a determined teacher named Dolores Burton Linton changed lives. Back in 1931, she discovered the black children in this isolated community had to travel…
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Patton, William Hester
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the Republic of Texas, and right here, in Bexar County, lived William Hester Patton. He came from Kentucky in 1832 and quickly jumped into the fight for Texas independence. Patton…
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Rosillo, Battle of
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, not far from where a pivotal, yet often forgotten, battle took place. On March 29, 1813, the Battle of Rosillo erupted near the Salado and Rosillo creeks. It was a clash between the…
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Brackenridge Park
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is Brackenridge Park. This place has been a magnet for people for thousands of years, long before it was a park! Native Americans hunted and gathered here at least…
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Viva Kennedy-Viva Johnson Clubs
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Viva Kennedy-Viva Johnson clubs were originally partisan groups of Mexican Americans who supported the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency. The Viva Kennedy clubs constituted the first statewide partisan…
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Zambrano House
· 2.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Zambrano House, a home built in San Antonio in the 18th century. It's a classic example of rammed earth construction, built by Macario Zambrano, an early landowner. But the Zambrano family's…
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Brooks Air Force Base
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here is the site of Brooks Air Force Base. It started in 1917 as Gosport Field, a place to train pilots using a British method where instructors talked to students mid-flight.…
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Camp Bullis
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving north of San Antonio, right past where Camp Bullis stands today. Back in September of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1917</say-as>, this area was designated Camp Bullis. It was named in honor of…
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Jones, William E.
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here, near San Antonio, you're driving through a place that saw a dramatic moment in the Republic of Texas. It was September 1842, and William E. "Fiery" Jones, a legislator and lawyer, was attending district…
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Maverick Ranch
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, just northwest of San Antonio, near where the Maverick Ranch sits. Established in 1869 by Ernst and Emma Altgelt, this place was called Wassenberg and served as their…
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Murphree, David
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the heart of the Texas Republic, and right here, David Murphree was a key player. He arrived in 1835, fought in the Siege of Bexar, and was even in charge of fortifying the Alamo.…
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Richard Beene Site
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through southern Bexar County, right near the Medina River. What's now known as the Richard Beene Site was almost lost forever. Back in 1990, bulldozers were already moving millions of cubic feet of dirt…
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Bullis Buck
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, in Bexar County, where in 2004, a truly remarkable white-tailed deer was discovered. It was opening day of deer season on Camp Bullis, a massive military training facility. A Blackhawk…
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Perez, Desiderio [Jesse]
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and right here is where Desiderio 'Jesse' Perez began his legendary career. Born in 1869, Perez wasn't just a Texas Ranger; he was a deputy sheriff, a police…
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Stevens, Chloe [Aunt Cloe]
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, and right here, in the twilight of the Texas Revolution, you might have encountered Chloe Stevens, known to all as Aunt Cloe. When the Dever family fled the approaching…
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Acequia de Arriba
· 2.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Acequia de Arriba. In the late 1700s, residents of the Villa de San Fernando petitioned the King of Spain for permission to furrow an acequia (irrigation ditch) to water the land for the growing…
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Coker, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Coker community, now within the city limits of San Antonio, was located in north central Bexar County along the present north loop road between the San Antonio streets of Nacoma Avenue, West Avenue, Bitters, and…
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Garza's Crossing, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Garza’s Crossing, also known at times as Garzas and Paso de las Garzas, is at the intersection of Old Somerset Road and the Medina River in southwest Bexar County. The original ranchers in the area were Ignacio Pérez ,…
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St. Hedwig, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Saint Hedwig, Texas, is located on Farm Road 1346, approximately eighteen miles east of San Antonio in Bexar County. Its approximate coordinates are 29° 25' N 98° 13' W. In December 1854 immigrants from Upper…
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Cottage Hill, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The community of Cottage Hill was located in far eastern Bexar County and eighteen miles from San Antonio and began about 1850 when settlers began purchasing land along the Gonzales Road. The area was first known as the…
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Burnet, James
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, near San Antonio, where Confederate Major James Burnet made his mark. A Scottish immigrant, Burnet enlisted in the Ninth Texas Infantry during the Civil War. His unit saw heavy…
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Leon Springs Military Reservation
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, not far from where the Leon Springs Military Reservation was established back in 1906. As the Army consolidated its frontier posts, they needed larger training grounds. This…
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Boldtville, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Boldtville is located south of U. S. Highway 87 about nine miles southeast of downtown San Antonio in east central Bexar County. This farming community began around the 1870s and was called Calaveras. Settlers included…
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Timberwood Park, TX
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Timberwood Park, also known as Timberwood, is a suburban residential community located west of U. S. Highway 281 and east of Blanco Road about twenty miles north of San Antonio in north-central Bexar County. Timberwood…
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Artesian Belt Railroad
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here, the Artesian Belt Railroad once served this land. Chartered in 1908 by Charles F. Simmons, its goal was to develop his own landholdings, stretching seventy miles from…
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San Antonio Southern Railway
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what used to be the heart of the San Antonio Southern Railway. Chartered in 1920, this line took over existing tracks and planned grand extensions all the way to the Rio Grande. While those…
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Toothless Blindcat
· 2.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through southern Bexar County, and right beneath your tires, in the dark, watery depths of the Edwards Aquifer, lives a creature stranger than fiction. It's the Toothless Blindcat, a fish so specialized…
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Protestant Home for Destitute Children
· 2.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Protestant Home for Destitute Children, which opened its doors right here in this building back in December of 1890. Originally organized in 1886 as the San Antonio Home for Destitute…
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Brackenridge Park
· 2.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Believe it or not, this peaceful park was once a strategic point during a war. During the Mexican-American War, in 1846, U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor camped near here, using the San Antonio River as a water…
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Mission San Franscico Xavier de Najera
· 2.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Mission San Francisco Xavier de Nájera, established way back in 1722. It was a short-lived mission, with its few Native American converts transferred to the care of the missionaries at…
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Confederate Tannery
· 2.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a Confederate tannery, established in 1863 to equip soldiers. <break time="400ms"/> This wasn't your average operation; they used a unique tanning agent made from chopped mesquite wood.…
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Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Company
· 2.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a Texas first! Back in 1879, an Englishman named William Loyd stumbled upon a unique blue limestone right here. A local chemist confirmed it was perfect for making portland cement. Loyd…
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Portland Cement Plants
· 2.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a Texas industrial first! Right here, the Alamo Roman and Portland Cement Company fired up the first Portland cement plant west of the Mississippi River. Incorporated in 1880, this plant…
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Alamo Stadium
· 2.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wondered where the heart of San Antonio's high school sports beats? Look no further than Alamo Stadium, affectionately known as 'The Rock Pile.' This isn't just a stadium; it's a monument to community spirit and…
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Ludwig Mahncke
· 2.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Mahncke Park in San Antonio. This park is named for Ludwig Mahncke, an immigrant who became a key figure in shaping the city's green spaces. Arriving from Germany in 1882, Mahncke was a…
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Houston Road
· 2.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the historic Houston Road, a vital artery connecting San Antonio to the ports of Houston and Galveston. For decades, this was the main route for freight and passengers, linking the Spanish Texas…
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Our Lady of the Lake University
· 3.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where a legacy of learning began. It all started back in 1866, when American Bishops decided Texas needed more Catholic education. Bishop Dubuis of Texas got the…
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Brackenridge Park Bridge
· 3.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This unassuming bridge tells a story of San Antonio's growth and ingenuity. Constructed in 1890, this Lenticular truss bridge was built to improve access within Brackenridge Park. It's a relatively rare design, with…
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Bordelon, William James
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the first Texas Marine to earn the Medal of Honor in World War II. William James Bordelon was born right here in 1920. After enlisting just days after Pearl Harbor, he landed on the…
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Cole, Richard Eugene [Dick]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1942</say-as>, a young pilot named Dick Cole was training for one of the most daring missions of World War…
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Fiesta San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you might even be feeling the energy of Fiesta! This huge celebration started way back in 1891, not as a party, but as a way to honor the heroes of the Alamo and San…
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Hill, David Lee [Tex]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here in San Antonio, you might be passing near the childhood stomping grounds of David Lee "Tex" Hill. Born in Korea to missionary parents, Hill found his calling in the skies. He…
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Hugman, Robert Harvey Harold
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the famous River Walk. But did you know it was the vision of one man, Robert Hugman? Back in the late 1920s, after a devastating flood, engineers wanted to pave over…
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Johnson, Robert
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that played a pivotal role in the legend of Robert Johnson, the King of the Delta Blues. Back in November of 1936, right here in downtown, a young bluesman with a guitar and a…
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KCOR
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, you're driving past the birthplace of a media revolution! Back in 1946, Raoul Cortez launched KCOR, the very first full-time Spanish-language radio station in the United States owned by a…
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Lewis, William Irvine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing hallowed ground. William Irvine Lewis, born in Virginia in 1806, was one of the many who answered the call for Texas liberty. He arrived in Nacogdoches…
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Maverick, Samuel Augustus
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and you might just be passing the very land that gave us a new word. Samuel Augustus Maverick arrived in Texas in 1835, a land baron eager to build his empire. He fought in the Texas…
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Menger Hotel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here on Alamo Square stands the Menger Hotel. Opened in 1859 by German immigrants William and Mary Menger, this place has seen it all. It started as a boarding house, but…
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San Antonio River
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you're following the lifeblood of this city: the San Antonio River. It all started back in 1691 when Domingo Terán de los Ríos and Father Damián Massanet named this…
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San Antonio River Walk [Paseo del Rio]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you might be looking down at the famous River Walk. But did you know this beautiful spot was born out of tragedy? In September of 1921, a massive flood, fueled by a…
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San Fernando Cathedral
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, and right here is the San Fernando Cathedral, the oldest continuously functioning cathedral in the United States. Its story begins way back in 1731, when Spanish officials…
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San Fernando de Béxar
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, but did you know this city started out as San Fernando de Béxar? <break time="400ms"/> It was founded way back in 1731 by Canary Islanders, making it the very first chartered civil…
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Southwest Airlines
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing the birthplace of a travel revolution: Southwest Airlines. It all started in San Antonio back in 1967, not with a napkin, as the legend goes, but with a…
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Tenayuca, Emma Beatrice
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history of powerful voices. Right here, in 1938, Emma Tenayuca, a young labor organizer, led the largest strike in the city's history. Thousands of pecan shellers,…
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White, Edward Higgins Ii
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Edward White II, the first American to ever walk in space! Born right here in 1930, White was a decorated Air Force pilot who dreamed of the stars. On June 3rd,…
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Kelleher, Herbert David
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, in San Antonio, a legend was born. Herbert Kelleher, a lawyer with a vision, sat down with a client in 1966 and sketched out an idea on a cocktail napkin. That idea became…
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Wood, John Howland, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that once saw a federal judge assassinated right here. Judge John Howland Wood, Jr., known as 'Maximum John' for his tough sentences, was gunned down outside his home on May…
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San Antonio, TX
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with over 300 years of history! Its story begins way back in 1691 when Spanish explorers named the San Antonio River. But the city itself really started to take shape in 1718…
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Mexican Invasions of 1842
· 3.3 mi
You're driving through Central Texas, but back in 1842, this area was the front line. Twice that year, Mexican armies marched into San Antonio, aiming to harass the young Republic of Texas. The first invasion, led by…
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Alarcón, Martín de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the very birthplace of Spanish Texas. <break time="400ms"/> Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1718</say-as>, Governor Martín de Alarcón founded this city. <break…
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Alsbury, Juana Gertrudis Navarro
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Juana Gertrudis Navarro Alsbury survived the Battle of the Alamo. Born in 1812, she was the niece of Texas signer José Antonio Navarro. Her cousin, James…
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Astronomy and Astronomers
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that, back in 1882, was considered the best spot in North America to observe a rare celestial event: the transit of Venus. This wasn't just any old stargazing.…
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Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital. This massive facility, dedicated in 1973, honors one of Texas's most famous sons. Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier…
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Autry, Micajah
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, and right here, you're near the hallowed grounds of the Alamo. Micajah Autry, a lawyer from Tennessee, arrived in Bexar in early 1836. He joined the garrison under William Travis and…
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Ayala, Antonio C., Jr. [Tony, El Torito]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city known for many things, but perhaps few are as dramatic as the story of boxer Tony "El Torito" Ayala. He was a San Antonio kid, a "vicious brawler" with a nickname meaning "The…
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Barrios, Viola Botello
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the legacy of Viola Botello Barrios. After her husband's tragic death in 1975, she bravely founded Los Barrios restaurant in 1979 with just $3,000. It started in an…
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Béthencourt, María Robaina de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the very first chartered civil settlement in Texas. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1731</say-as>, Canary Islanders arrived, seeking a new life. Among them was…
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Bexar County
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, the heart of South Texas, home to San Antonio. But this area was a destination long before it was a city. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1718</say-as>, Spanish explorers,…
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Booker, Shields
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the Republic of Texas, and right here, you might have been Shields Booker, a doctor who saw some of the wildest days of the frontier. He fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and later…
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Brackenridge, George Washington
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here in San Antonio, you're passing through the legacy of George Washington Brackenridge. He wasn't just a wealthy businessman who helped found the San Antonio National Bank…
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Brient, Ellen Louise
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Ellen Louise Brient. Born in England in 1882, she moved to San Antonio as a baby and became a pioneer in Texas nursing. In the early 1900s, she was…
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Briscoe, Hattie Ruth Elam
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe made history. In 1956, she became the first African American woman to graduate from St. Mary's University Law School. But that wasn't the end…
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Buckhorn Saloon
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to a truly unique collection: the Buckhorn Saloon. It all started back in 1881 with Albert Friedrich, who began collecting exotic horns. He displayed them in his saloon, which…
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Butthole Surfers
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of a band that pushed boundaries and shocked audiences: the Butthole Surfers. Formed in 1981 by Trinity University students, their name reportedly came from an…
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Canary Islanders
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Texas, and right here is where a pivotal chapter of its story began. Back in 1719, a royal decree from Spain called for families to make the long journey from the Canary…
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Carey, William Ridgeway
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, near San Antonio, where William Ridgeway Carey made his stand. Born in Virginia around 1806, Carey arrived in Texas in 1835 and quickly joined the fight for independence. He was…
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Casa Navarro State Historic Site
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, and right here is Casa Navarro State Historic Site. This place centers on the home of José Antonio Navarro, a true Texas hero who actually signed the Texas Declaration of…
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Chalupec, Barbara Apolonia [Pola Negri]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to one of the silent film era's biggest stars. Pola Negri, the Polish actress known for her dramatic roles and fiery on-screen persona, moved here in 1957. She…
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Chollet, Louise [Mother Madeleine]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a great deal to Mother Madeleine Chollet. Arriving here in 1869, when San Antonio was a frontier village plagued by disease, she saw a desperate need. She founded the…
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Coleman, George [Bongo Joe]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and you might have heard the unique sound of oil drums being played like a drum set. That was Bongo Joe, George Coleman. Born in Florida in 1923, he moved to Houston…
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Cook, Daniel John, Jr. [Dan]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that became home to a man who became a San Antonio institution: Dan Cook. He started at the Express-News in 1952, but it was his debut as a sportscaster for KENS-TV…
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Cromwell, Carl G.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Reagan County, and right here, back in 1923, a determined oilman named Carl G. Cromwell, known as 'the Big Swede,' struck black gold! For nearly two years, he and his family lived in a shack on…
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Dewees, John Oatman
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Wilson County, and you're passing through the territory of John Oatman Dewees. He wasn't an outlaw, but he was a cattle baron who helped shape the Texas cattle industry. In…
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Dickinson, Angelina Elizabeth
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here is a story that begins in the shadow of the Alamo. Angelina Dickinson, born in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1834<say-as></say-as> in Gonzales, was just a toddler…
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Eaker, Ira Clarence
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Llano County, Texas, the birthplace of Ira Eaker, a true aviation pioneer. Back in 1926, Eaker was one of ten pilots chosen for the Pan American Goodwill Flight. Imagine this: flying a floatplane…
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Esparza, Jose Maria
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Atascosa County, not far from where the town of San Augustine was founded. Right here, the Esparza family has a unique story tied to the Alamo. Gregorio Esparza and his family took refuge inside…
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Esquivel, Antonio, Jr. [Tony]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Texas Hill Country, maybe near Bandera, where a legendary cowboy got his start. Antonio 'Tony' Esquivel Jr. grew up ranching here, learning to ride and rope. His incredible skills caught the…
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Farmer’s Daughter
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you might still feel the echoes of a legendary country music spot: The Farmer's Daughter. Opened in October of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1961</say-as>,…
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Fischer, Alva Jo [Tex]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the hometown of Alva Jo "Tex" Fischer. Born right here in 1926, she became one of the few Texas women to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. At just…
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Friedrich, Wenzel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once home to a master craftsman named Wenzel Friedrich. Arriving in Texas in 1853, Friedrich was a cabinetmaker by trade. But around 1880, he began crafting something…
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Frito-Lay Corporation
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing the birthplace of a snack food empire! Back in 1932, during the Great Depression, Charles Doolin bought a hundred-dollar recipe for fried corn chips. Working…
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Garcia, Hipolito Frank [Hippo]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place named for a local legend, Hipolito Frank Garcia, better known as 'Hippo.' Born in San Antonio in 1925 to Mexican immigrant parents, Garcia didn't speak…
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Garza, Eva
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that's produced a true star. Right here, Eva Garza got her start. From singing at parties as a child, to winning contests at the Texas Theatre for $500, her voice was clearly…
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Garza, José Antonio de la
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the neighborhood of a man who literally made money in Texas. José Antonio de la Garza, born in 1776, was the first person to coin money in…
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Gebhardt Mexican Foods Company
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing the legacy of William Gebhardt. This German immigrant, who first settled in New Braunfels, had a vision back in 1896: to bring the bold flavors of…
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Glanton, John Joel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near the California trail, but the story of John Joel Glanton starts right here in Texas, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1835</say-as>. Glanton, a soldier of fortune and notorious outlaw, had…
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Gonzáles, Sophie
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where history was made for Texas labor. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1959</say-as>, Sophie Gonzales became the first Mexican-American female organizer…
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Gutiérrez, Salomé
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the city where Salomé Gutiérrez built a Tejano music empire. Born in D'Hanis in 1930, Gutiérrez moved to Mexico as a child but returned to Texas, eventually settling here in San…
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Healy-Murphy Center
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, at Live Oak and Nolan Streets, you're passing the site of a groundbreaking achievement. Back in 1888, Margaret Mary Healy-Murphy saw a dire need for education for…
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Healy-Murphy, Margaret Mary
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, where a remarkable woman named Margaret Mary Healy-Murphy dedicated her life to serving the forgotten. Born in Ireland, she came to Texas and, after nursing victims of yellow fever and…
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Henry, William R.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once home to William R. Henry, a man whose life was as wild as the Texas frontier. A grandson of Patrick Henry, he ran away from home, lied about his age to join the…
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Herrera, William Carson [Nemo]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where William "Nemo" Herrera made history. Born in 1900, Herrera was a standout athlete who played minor league baseball and even got his nickname from a comic…
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Huantes, Margarita Electra Rivas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, you're driving past the legacy of Margarita Rivas Huantes. In 1960, she founded the San Antonio Literacy Council, driven by a powerful mission: to end adult illiteracy, especially in the…
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Jackson, Dudley, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Dr. Dudley Jackson, Sr., a pioneer in cancer research. Born in Eddy, Texas, in 1890, Jackson dedicated his life to fighting cancer. After serving in World War…
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Johnson, William Thomas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, maybe even near San Antonio, where William Thomas Johnson, a man who started as a banker and rancher, became a rodeo legend. Known as 'Colonel' Johnson, he produced rodeos that packed…
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Kampmann, John Herman
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place connected to John Herman Kampmann, a Prussian immigrant who became one of this city's most important builders. In 1859, he opened the famous Menger Hotel, a…
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Karnes, Henry Wax
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Karnes County, but back in the 1830s, this land was a battleground. Right here, Henry Wax Karnes was a name whispered with respect – and maybe a little fear – by both Texans and…
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Kelly Air Force Base
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past San Antonio, and right here is the site of Kelly Air Force Base, once the oldest continuously operating flying base in the U.S. Air Force. It all started back in 1916 when Captain Benjamin Foulois…
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KONO
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the birthplace of a radio revolution. KONO, originally country music, became a Top 40 powerhouse in the late 1950s, igniting the rock-and-roll era in Texas. Its…
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La Villita
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of San Antonio, right past La Villita. This area wasn't always a vibrant arts district; it began as a Coahuiltecan Indian village around 1722. Later, families of soldiers from the San…
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Lackland Air Force Base
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here is Lackland Air Force Base. It's known as the 'Gateway to the Air Force,' and for good reason. Since 1942, almost everyone entering the Air Force has passed through these…
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Leal, Joaquín
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1813</say-as>, Joaquín Leal, a wealthy rancher and descendant of Canary Islanders, made a fateful choice. He aligned his…
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Lee, Milton A.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, a place that remembers Private First Class Milton A. Lee. Lee, a San Antonio resident and Medal of Honor recipient, was serving in Vietnam in 1968. On April 26th, his platoon came under…
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Lee, Robert Edward
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas right now, a land once patrolled by none other than Robert E. Lee. Before he commanded the Confederacy, Lee spent crucial years here, from 1856 to 1857, stationed at Camp Cooper on the…
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LeSueur, Lucille Fay [Joan Crawford]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Lucille LeSueur, who you know better as the legendary Hollywood actress Joan Crawford. Born right here in 1906, her early life was tough, marked by poverty and a…
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Lessing, Ruth Elizabeth [Tex]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Ruth Elizabeth "Tex" Lessing. In 1944, eighteen-year-old Tex left the Alamo City for the first time to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She…
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Linn, Jacob
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, perhaps near San Antonio, and you might be passing by a place that was once home to an incredible survivor. Jacob Linn arrived in Texas as a young boy in the 1830s, but tragedy…
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Lockhart, Matilda
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, maybe not too far from San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1840</say-as>, a young girl's harrowing story unfolded. Matilda Lockhart, just…
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López, Arcadia Hernández
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing the legacy of Arcadia Hernández López. Born in Mexico and fleeing revolution, she arrived in this city as a young child. Because she didn't speak…
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MacLeary, Bonnie
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the birthplace of Bonnie MacLeary, a sculptor who made her mark on Texas and beyond. Imagine a six-year-old girl, digging clay from the San Antonio River banks to…
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Madero, Francisco Indalecio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that once served as the revolutionary headquarters for Francisco Madero, the man who would become president of Mexico. Born into a wealthy family, Madero became a fervent…
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Majestic Theatre (San Antonio)
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, and right here is the Majestic Theatre. Opened in 1929, this wasn't just any movie palace. It was an atmospheric theater, designed to transport you outdoors to a fantasy…
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Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the McNay Art Museum. It’s the legacy of one woman, Marion Koogler McNay. She was an artist and collector who, upon her death in 1950, left her home, her estate, and…
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Melton, Eliel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, right where history was made at the Alamo. Eliel Melton was here, serving as quartermaster. He arrived in Texas as a merchant, but the fight for independence called him. Before the…
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Menger, Maria Clara Baumschlüeter [Mary]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the legacy of Mary Menger, a German immigrant who built a hospitality empire from the ground up. Arriving in 1846 with nothing, she first ran a boarding house, then…
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Mexican American Youth Organization
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where the Mexican American Youth Organization, or MAYO, kicked off in 1967. These weren't your typical student activists. They were pushing for Chicano cultural…
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Negley, Laura Schley Burleson
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, maybe near San Antonio, and right here is where Laura Negley made history. Born into a political dynasty, Negley wasn't just a socialite; she was a force. In 1928, she became the…
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Olivarri, Placido
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the city where Placido Olivarri was born in 1815. He wasn't just any resident; he was a legendary scout for Sam Houston's Texas Revolutionary Army. His tracking skills were so sharp…
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Pearl Brewing Company
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the historic Pearl Brewery. It started back in 1887 as the San Antonio Brewing Association, with a name that supposedly came from a German brewmaster who thought the…
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Quillin, Ellen Dorothy Schulz
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Witte Museum, a place that owes its very existence to Ellen Dorothy Schulz Quillin. A botanist and educator, she arrived in San Antonio in the 1920s and saw a…
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Recording Industry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, a state that's been a powerhouse in the recording industry since its earliest days. Back in 1893, Edison's engineers made the first known recording in Texas, capturing a performance of 'Los…
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Reynolds, John Purdy
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, headed toward the Alamo. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>, a young doctor named John Purdy Reynolds made his final stand. Born in…
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Rodriguez v. San Antonio ISD
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was the scene of a major legal battle for educational equality. Back in 1968, students at Edgewood High School walked out, protesting unfair conditions. Ninety percent of…
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Rodriguez v. Terrell Wells Swimming Pool
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, right where a fight for equality was brewing back in 1943. Jacob Rodriguez took Terrell Wells Swimming Pool to court, demanding Mexican-Americans be allowed to swim. His lawyers…
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Rodríguez, Dionicio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city filled with art you might not even recognize. Right here, you might be passing works by Dionicio Rodríguez, a sculptor who mastered a secret process. He could make treated…
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Ross, Reuben
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, but this story starts way back in 1812, when Reuben Ross was leading a filibuster expedition to help Mexican rebels fight Spain. He wasn't always in command, but at the Battle of Rosillo,…
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Rote, William Kyle, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Kyle Rote, Sr., a man nicknamed 'The Mighty Mustang.' In the late 1940s, Rote was a star halfback at SMU, sharing the backfield with Doak Walker. But in a legendary…
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Ruiz, Francisco Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through history connected to the Alamo. Francisco Antonio Ruiz, known as Don Pancho, was the alcalde, or mayor, of San Antonio in 1836. During the…
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Salazar de Esparza, Ana
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you might be near where Ana Salazar de Esparza chose to stay. She survived the devastating siege of the Alamo in 1836. Born in San Antonio, she married Victor de Castro and…
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing history that's still flowing. These aren't just old buildings; they're part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. For nearly 300 years,…
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San Antonio Spurs
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home of the Spurs! But did you know this championship team started its life way up in Dallas? Back in 1967, they were the Dallas Chaparrals, an original ABA team. They struggled with…
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San Fernando Cathedral Parish
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the site of Texas's first Christian community west of the Mississippi River, founded way back in 1731. This was San Fernando Parish, entrusted not to missionaries,…
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San Francisco de la Espada Mission
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past Mission San Francisco de la Espada, right here in San Antonio. Back in 1731, this mission was founded with a unique contract: the Pacaos Indians would own it. What's truly remarkable is the oldest…
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San Pedro Springs Park
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is San Pedro Springs Park, the oldest park in Texas! Back in 1729, the King of Spain declared these springs and the surrounding land public for all settlers. It quickly…
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Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1896</say-as>, the Servants of the Holy Ghost became the first Catholic community of religious women founded in Texas. It all…
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Smith, John William
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to John William Smith, also known as El Colorado. He was the last messenger to escape the Alamo, carrying a vital message to the Convention of 1836. Born in…
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Spanish Governor's Palace [Comandancia]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, and right here is the Spanish Governor's Palace, the only remaining example of Spanish Colonial residential architecture in Texas. It started in the 1730s as a single adobe…
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Stinson, Katherine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a hub for one of aviation's earliest pioneers: Katherine Stinson. Born in 1891, she wasn't content with just learning to fly; she wanted to push the limits. In…
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Stockton, Richard Lucius
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, perhaps near San Antonio. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>, Richard Lucius Stockton made his last stand. He was just eighteen years old, a…
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Stribling, Eleanor Alexander
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped in part by Eleanor Alexander Stribling. Born in Illinois in 1836, she moved to San Antonio with her family in the 1850s. After inheriting vast land holdings, she became…
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Sutton, Garlington Jerome
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Garlington Jerome Sutton. He was the first Black elected official from Bexar County, breaking barriers in 1948 when he joined the school board. Sutton…
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Taylor, Amanda Cartwright
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes so much of its historic charm to Amanda Cartwright Taylor. Back in the 1920s, she saw historic sites disappearing and decided enough was enough. In 1924, she rallied…
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Tejeda, Frank Mariano, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that's seen its share of heroes. One of them is Frank Tejeda, Jr. He grew up tough on the South Side, but the Marines changed his life. Serving in Vietnam in 1965 and '66,…
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Tex-Son Garment Workers’ Strike
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1959</say-as>, something historic happened. This was the site of the Tex-Son Garment Workers' Strike, a four-year fight for…
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Thomas, B. Archer M.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, and right here, you're near the hallowed ground of the Alamo. Among the defenders was Archer Thomas, a young man barely eighteen or nineteen years old. He left his home in Tennessee…
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Tobin, Edgar Gardner
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the home of Edgar Gardner Tobin, a World War I flying ace who became a pioneer in aerial mapping. After downing five enemy planes and an observation balloon, earning the title 'ace'…
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Tobolowsky, Hermine Dalkowitz
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, where Hermine Dalkowitz Tobolowsky started her journey. Born in 1921, she became a lawyer at a time when it was a man's world. She faced discrimination head-on,…
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Toepperwein, Adolph [Ad]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, perhaps near Boerne, where Adolph "Ad" Toepperwein got his start. Born in 1869, Ad became one of the world's most famous exhibition marksmen. In 1907, right here in San…
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Treviño, Felix Benjamin
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that Felix Benjamin Treviño helped shape. He was born here in 1920, and after being rejected for a printing job because of his ethnicity, he founded his own business at just…
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Twiggs, David Emanuel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city with a pivotal role in the lead-up to the Civil War. In early 1861, David Emanuel Twiggs, a decorated general in the U.S. Army and commander of the Department of…
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Twohig, John
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing the historic stomping grounds of John Twohig, a merchant and banker who wasn't afraid to fight for his city. During the 1842 Adrián Woll invasion, when…
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Ugartechea, Domingo de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, near San Antonio, where a Mexican officer named Domingo de Ugartechea found himself in a tense standoff in 1835. He commanded the forces here, struggling with shortages of men and…
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Velásquez, William C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Starr County, where a pivotal moment in Chicano activism unfolded. In 1967, Willie Velásquez, a young organizer, left graduate school to coordinate the boycott during the…
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Villanueva, María Andrea Castañon
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place tied to a legend of the Alamo: María Andrea Castañon Villanueva, known as Señora Candelaria. While some question her exact role, multiple accounts and…
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Willis, George Rodney
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing by the legacy of George Rodney Willis. He wasn't just any architect; he was a student of the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright himself, learning the Prairie…
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Alexander, Kathleen Jones
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here, you're passing through the territory where Kathleen Jones Alexander built an empire. Born in Bee County in 1885, she wasn't just a rancher's daughter; she became one…
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Cárdenas, José Angel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where right here, in 1969, José Angel Cárdenas became the first Mexican American superintendent of Edgewood Independent School District. He used that position to bring national…
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Peña, Maria Gertrudis de la
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history far deeper than you might imagine. Right here, in what was then San Fernando de Béxar, back in 1785, an enslaved Indigenous woman named Maria Gertrudis de la…
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Newman, Prentice Alexander
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, Prentice Alexander Newman was busy building more than just airplanes. In 1905, after his sister’s tragic death and his own acquittal for murder, Newman turned his focus to aviation. He studied…
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La Quinta (1813)
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a place with a dark chapter from 1813. Following a brutal battle, Spanish General Joaquín de Arredondo ordered around 500 women imprisoned in a building called La Quinta.…
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Vargas, Juan
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through history. Juan Vargas was here, an eyewitness to the Battle of the Alamo. Born in Mexico around 1795, he fought in the Mexican War of…
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Lerma's Nite Club
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here on North Zarzamora Street is the site of Lerma's Nite Club. For over sixty years, this place was the heart of conjunto music in the city. Opened after World War II, it…
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Nix Hospital
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the site of a true Texas innovation: the Nix Hospital. Opened in 1930, it wasn't just a hospital; it was a vertical medical mall. Imagine this: twenty-four stories…
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Stinson, Marjorie Claire
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to one of America's earliest female aviation pioneers: Marjorie Stinson. Born in 1894, she earned her pilot's license in August 1914, becoming the ninth woman in…
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Urrutia, Aureliano
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that became home to a brilliant surgeon fleeing revolution. Aureliano Urrutia arrived here in 1914 with his family, a political exile from Mexico. But he didn't just…
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Jingu, Miyoshi Otsuki [Alice]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Japanese Tea Garden in Brackenridge Park. It wasn't always a city-run attraction. For over twenty years, it was the home and livelihood of Miyoshi "Alice" Otsuki…
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San Antonio Shopmen's Locomotive Explosion (1912)
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, near the Southern Pacific Roundhouse, a horrifying explosion tore through the railroad yard on the morning of March 18, 1912. The boiler of locomotive Number 704, just…
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Charlí, Concepción de los Angeles
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history stretching back to the Spanish mission days. Right here is where Concepción de los Angeles Charlí was born in 1779, at the San Antonio de Valero Mission. Her…
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Cullum, James Albert, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here on the River Walk is where a jazz legend made his home. Jim Cullum Jr. and his father opened The Landing here in 1963, a place that became synonymous with traditional…
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Baseline Bums
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're cruising through San Antonio right now, and if you're lucky, you might still feel the echoes of the legendary Baseline Bums. Back in 1973, when the struggling Dallas Chaparrals became the San Antonio Spurs, the…
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Blakley, Sherry Lee King
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, and right here is where Sherry Lee King Blakley got her start in auto racing. Born in Austin in 1962, she grew up in San Antonio, excelling in sports before hitting the go-kart…
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the site of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Its story begins way back in 1848, when a bishop visited to see if the city was ready for an Episcopal congregation. A few…
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Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center. It started life back on June 7, 1942, as a Station Hospital for aviation cadets. By the end of World War II, it had…
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Estrada, Ignacio [Nacho]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe heading towards San Antonio, and you might just remember Nacho Estrada. For over forty years, Ignacio 'Nacho' Estrada used his ventriloquist puppets, Maclovio and Tortiya…
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Negley, William
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the hometown of William "Bill" Negley, a man who turned a $1,000 bet into a legendary hunting career. In 1957, Negley took on a $10,000 wager: could he hunt an elephant with a bow and…
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Brackenridge Park Golf Course
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is Brackenridge Park Golf Course. Opened in 1916, this was the very first eighteen-hole public golf course in all of Texas! It was designed by Albert Warren…
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Selene Club
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place that broke barriers. Back in 1933, María Rodriguez Magnón founded the Selene Club, the first interracial debutante society in the city. Imagine this: young…
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Ramos, Romana Rios
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you might have passed the former site of La Casa de Maternidad. <break time="400ms"/> This maternity home was opened in 1927 by Romana Rios Ramos, a remarkable midwife…
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Grote, Gerald Wayne [Jerry]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas right now, and you might be passing by the birthplace of a baseball legend. Gerald Wayne 'Jerry' Grote was born in San Antonio back in 1942. He played high school ball there, but…
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Loring, Porter Fred
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the legacy of Porter Loring. He wasn't just a businessman; he revolutionized the funeral industry in Texas. In 1918, Loring opened the first Porter Loring Mortuary,…
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Alaniz, John C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
John C. Alaniz, Mexican American attorney and state representative, son of Pedro Alaniz and Louisa (Cardenas) Alaniz, was born in Mercedes, Texas, on June 4, 1929. Alaniz was raised in the Denver Heights neighborhood of…
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Bowden, Artemisia
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Artemisia Bowden, African American school administrator and civic leader, was born on January 1, 1879, in Albany, Georgia. She was the daughter of former slaves Milas Bowden and Mary (Molette) Bowden. She grew up in…
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Hemmings, Myra Lillian Davis
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings, African American suffragist, Delta Sigma Theta founder, teacher, actress, and producer, was born in Gonzales, Texas, on August 30, 1895, to Henry and Susan (Dement) Davis. By 1910 her…
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La Agrupación Protectora Mexicana
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
La Agrupación Protectora Mexicana was a federation of mutual aid societies ( sociedades mutualistas ) founded and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, in June 1911. Like other such self-help organizations of the early…
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Solis, John C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
John (Juan) C. Solis, a founder and organizer of the League of United Latin American Citizens , was born in San Antonio on January 1, 1901, to Juan M. and Francisca (Flores) Solis. He married Amparo Villalongin on April…
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Acequias
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, and right here, the Spanish brought a vital piece of their homeland to survive. They called them acequias – irrigation canals. In this often dry land, they were essential for…
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Aerospace Medicine, Air Force
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, Texas, you're driving past the birthplace of aerospace medicine! It all started taking shape back in 1918 when the Air Service Medical Research Laboratory evolved into a training academy. This…
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Alamo Noncombatants
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the legendary Alamo wasn't just a fortress for soldiers. In February of 1836, as the Mexican army approached, dozens of civilians, including women, children, and…
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Alessandro, Victor Nicholas, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by the baton of Victor Alessandro. Born in Waco in 1915, Alessandro's musical journey began incredibly early, reportedly conducting a children's band at just four years…
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Allen, Atwood Grant
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the city where Atwood Grant Allen, known as 'The Electric Iceman,' honed his musical talents. Born in Robstown in 1937, Allen became a vital harmony vocalist and songwriter,…
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Allison, Wilmer Lawson
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, Wilmer Allison was born in 1904. He grew up to be a world-class tennis player, even upsetting a legend at Wimbledon in 1930. He became the number-one ranked player in the U.S. and won the U.S.…
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Alsbury, Young Perry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near Salado Creek, just north of Dittmar Road, and right here lies the unmarked grave of Young Perry Alsbury, a hero of the Texas Revolution. Alsbury was one of six men who accompanied Deaf Smith to burn…
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America's Favorite Chicken [Church's Fried Chicken]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of a fast-food empire that changed the way Americans ate on the go. Right here, back in 1952, a retired incubator salesman named George W. Church, Sr., saw an…
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Arocha, Simón de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, near where Simón de Arocha was born in San Antonio de Béxar. He was the son of Canary Islanders who came to Texas, and Simón himself became a leading figure. He served as a judge,…
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Attwater, Henry Philemon
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in Texas, you're driving through an area that was once home to a remarkable naturalist, Henry Attwater. In March of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1892</say-as>, a sudden, fierce storm known as a blue…
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Babbitt, Edwin Burr
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Alamo. You might know it as a symbol of Texas independence, but in the spring of 1850, it was just a collection of battle-damaged buildings. That's when Major…
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Bellinger, Charles
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city where a Black businessman named Charles Bellinger carved out an incredible empire in the early 1900s. Starting with a saloon in 1906, he expanded into gambling, real estate, a…
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Bellinger, Valmo Charles
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich African-American history, and right here, you're passing the legacy of Valmo Charles Bellinger. In 1931, after being denied an ad for a political candidate,…
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Beretta, Sallie Ward
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of Sallie Ward Beretta, the "Bluebonnet Lady." Born in Austin in 1873, she became a prominent civic leader in San Antonio. In the…
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Bonner, Mary Anita
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to a remarkable artist named Mary Anita Bonner. In the early 1920s, while many Texas artists struggled for recognition, Bonner found her calling in Paris, France,…
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Brewing Industry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the birthplace of the state's commercial brewing industry. Before the Civil War, most beer was home-brewed, especially by German immigrants who…
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Brooke Army Medical Center
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to one of the nation's most important military medical facilities: Brooke Army Medical Center. But did you know this massive hospital complex has roots going back to the very…
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Carleton, James Henry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here in San Antonio, the story of General James Henry Carleton comes to a close. But his impact on the West was far from over when he arrived here. Stationed in California at the…
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Carlos Villalongin Dramatic Company
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a haven for a vibrant Mexican theater troupe fleeing revolution. In 1911, the Carlos Villalongín Dramatic Company, a family affair that had toured Mexico and the…
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Cassiano, María Gertrudis Pérez
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich past. Right here, you're passing near the site of the former Governor's Palace, which was once owned by María Gertrudis Pérez Cassiano's family for over a century.…
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Chaves, Francisco Xavier
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Montague County, but over 250 years ago, this was home to a young boy named Francisco Xavier Chaves. Captured by Comanches before he was ten, he lived among the Taovayas along the Red…
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Chicana Rights Project
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history of fighting for rights. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1974</say-as>, the Chicana Rights Project was born. Launched by MALDEF, it was a…
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Cinquin, Jeanne Pierrette [Mother St. Pierrette]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that was once a frontier village struggling with disease. But in 1869, hope arrived with Mother St. Pierrette Cinquin. Leaving her native France, she and two other…
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Cisneros, Elvira Munguía
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by families like the Munguía-Cisneros clan. Elvira Munguía Cisneros was born in Mexico in 1924, but her parents brought their family here in 1926, escaping violence. Her…
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Clínica de la Beneficencia Mexicana
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich history of community care. Right here, during the Great Depression and the 1940s, the Clínica de la Beneficencia Mexicana stood as a beacon of hope. This health…
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Colquhoun, Ludovic
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that in 1842 was the scene of a dramatic turn of events for Ludovic Colquhoun. He was a Republic of Texas senator, a staunch advocate for war with Mexico. But during…
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Constantineau, Henry A.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its educational and financial landscape to Father Henry Constantineau. Arriving in Texas in 1901 seeking a warmer climate for his health, he quickly became a…
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Coppini, Pompeo Luigi
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, maybe thinking about the Alamo. But right here, in this city, lived Pompeo Coppini, an Italian immigrant who became one of Texas's most prolific sculptors. Arriving in the U.S. with…
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Crimmins, Martin Lalor
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once home to a remarkable man named Martin Lalor Crimmins. Crimmins wasn't just any officer; he was a pioneer in treating snakebites. Imagine this: he'd inject himself…
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Cupples, George
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Dr. George Cupples. He arrived here in 1844, seeking a healthier climate for his wife. Cupples was more than just a physician; he was a pioneer in Texas…
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Delgado, Clemente
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with roots stretching back to the earliest days of Spanish Texas. Right here, Clemente Delgado was born in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1760</say-as>, the grandson of…
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Devine, Thomas Jefferson
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Thomas Jefferson Devine, a prominent jurist and Confederate diplomat. When the Civil War broke out, Devine was right in the thick of it, serving on the…
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Diga Colony
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1932</say-as>, a unique community called Diga Colony sprang up. It was the brainchild of Maury Maverick, a disabled WWI…
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Dominique, Albert Anité [Don Albert]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Antonio, you're driving past the legacy of Don Albert, a jazz pioneer who fused New Orleans sounds with Texas blues. Albert started his own band, "Don Albert and His Ten Pals," right here in Texas in…
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Dunne, Amy Cresswell Bell
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you might have passed the offices of the San Antonio Express or the San Antonio Light. That's where Amy Cresswell Bell Dunne worked in the early 1900s. She wasn't just…
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Elliott, George Washington
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here in Bexar County, a doctor named George Washington Elliott was pioneering ranching in the 1870s. He brought purebred Durham cattle to Texas, a first for the state! To test…
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Escalona Perez, Beatriz
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of a pioneering Mexican-American entertainer, Beatriz Escalona Pérez, known by her stage name, Noloesca. Born in 1903, she was captivated by theater from a young age,…
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Escobar, Eleuterio, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich history of activism. Right here, Eleuterio Escobar Jr., a man who only finished the sixth grade, became a powerful voice for the Mexican-American community. In…
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Evans, Onesimus
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a past tied to a dramatic fugitive slave case. Onesimus Evans, a man who would later represent this area in the Texas Legislature, was once tasked with guarding Nelson…
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Fisk, Simona Smith
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the story of Simona Smith Fisk. Born in 1829 at Mission San Francisco de la Espada, she was the daughter of the legendary frontiersman Erastus…
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Flores de Abrego, José Salvador Ramon [Salvador Flores]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the territory of Salvador Flores, a Tejano rancher who became a key military figure in the Texas Revolution. His family had been in this region…
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Fries, John M.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Maverick County, but back in the late 1800s, this was home to John M. Fries, an architect who left his mark all over Texas. After arriving in Texas in 1846 and surviving a shipwreck…
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Frost, Thomas Claiborne
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing the birthplace of a Texas financial giant: Thomas Claiborne Frost. Frost arrived in Texas in 1854, taught Latin, studied law, and even served with the…
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Fry, Elizabeth Austin Turner
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Elizabeth Fry, a woman who fought for the right to vote. Born in Tennessee in 1838, she moved to Bastrop, Texas, as a girl and later to Seguin. But it was…
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Furey, Francis James
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Texas, where Archbishop Francis James Furey took the helm of the Catholic Archdiocese in 1969. He arrived amidst controversy but quickly became a champion for social…
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Garzes, Daniel Zuñiga, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Karnes County, and right here is the story of Daniel Garzes. Born in Meyersville in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1920</say-as>, Garzes learned guitar from his…
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George Dullnig
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to immigrants like George Dullnig. He arrived from Austria as a boy in 1854 and, after his father died young, he and his brothers became prosperous merchants.…
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Gonzalez, Leonides
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a haven for Mexican political exiles. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1911</say-as>, Leonides González arrived with his family. He'd narrowly…
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Gordon, James Riely
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and chances are you've passed by one of James Riely Gordon's buildings without even knowing it. He was an architect who came to San Antonio from Virginia in 1874. Though he only practiced…
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Green, Mary Vance
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city that owes a lot to preservationists like Mary Vance Green. Born here in 1903, Green was an artist who found her calling in saving the city's soul. During the 1930s,…
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Green, Robert Berrien
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, and right here in San Antonio, you might have passed the Robert B. Green Hospital, named for a man who was a true public servant. Back in the late 1800s, Green became one of the…
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Grenet, Louis Edward
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Louis Edward Grenet, born way back in 1856. His dad wanted him in business, but young Louis had other plans, painting portraits that impressed even the neighbors.…
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Guenther, Carl Hilmar
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Carl Hilmar Guenther, a German immigrant, started his American dream. Arriving in Texas in 1851, he first built a mill near Fredericksburg, digging the mill…
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Hammond, Benjamin Morton
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you might be passing by some of the very streets Benjamin Morton Hammond helped build. Hammond wasn't just a businessman who sold lumber for railroads or ran the…
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Harris, Mose C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you might be passing through the stomping grounds of Mose C. Harris, a journalist with a serious reform streak. Born in Kentucky, Harris learned the printing trade before…
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Holzhaus, David Christopher [Chris]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city known for its vibrant music scene. Right here, Chris Holzhaus, a blues guitarist hailed as one of the best San Antonio ever produced, honed his craft. Born in 1950, he learned…
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Howard, George Thomas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the wild frontier, and right here, you're passing through the stomping grounds of George Thomas Howard. Born in Washington D.C. in 1814, Howard came to Texas in 1836 and quickly…
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Howard, Richard Austin
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, and you might be on a route that Richard Austin Howard helped map. Born in Maine around 1824, Howard came to Texas and became a surveyor and soldier. In 1847, he…
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iHeartMedia, Inc.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of a media giant. Back in 1972, Lowry Mays and Red McCombs bought their first local radio station for just over 125,000 dollars, calling it the San Antonio Broadcasting…
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Jacoby, Florence Rabe
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Florence Rabe Jacoby, later known as Hollywood actress Florence Bates, got her start. Born in 1888, her life took unexpected turns. After a hand injury ended…
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James, John
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and you're passing through land once shaped by John James. He arrived here from England at just seventeen, drawn by the Texas Revolution. Though he missed the…
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Jesuits
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, right where a group of Jesuit priests found refuge. In 1873, facing persecution in Mexico, twenty-two Jesuits led by Father Andrés Artola arrived in San Antonio. Bishop Claude Marie…
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a vibrant jazz history, thanks in large part to the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. It all started in 1962 when Jim Cullum, Sr., and his son Jim, Jr., frustrated by a lack of local…
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Jiménez, Santiago, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Santiago Jiménez, Sr., a legendary conjunto accordionist. Born in 1913, he started playing by age eight and was on live radio by twenty. Jiménez was known for his…
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Jordan, Powhatan
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and you're passing through the life of Powhatan Jordan. He wasn't just a doctor; he was a soldier. In 1858, he rode with John Salmon 'Rip' Ford against the…
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King William Historic District
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, just south of downtown, where you'll find the King William Historic District. This neighborhood was once the heart of the city's German community. Between 1853 and 1859, streets like…
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Lafora, Nicolás de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the wild Texas frontier, and right here, you're passing through the area where Nicolás de Lafora traveled in 1766 and 1767. He was a Spanish soldier and engineer, tasked with a…
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League of Women Voters of Texas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in the historic St. Anthony Hotel, a pivotal moment for Texas women took place. On October 19, 1919, the Texas Equal Suffrage Association dissolved, only to be reborn…
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Lewis, Nathaniel C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich past, and right here, Nathaniel C. Lewis was a major player. Born in Massachusetts, Lewis's journey to Texas was anything but straightforward, with tales of…
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Lucchese, Samuel James
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of some of the most iconic cowboy boots in the world. Right here, the Lucchese Boot Company got its start in 1883, thanks to Sam Lucchese. His grandson, also named Sam,…
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Luckie, Samuel H.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near the Medina River, a place where history nearly ran out for Samuel Luckie. <break time="400ms"/> It was September 22, <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1842</say-as>, during the retreat of Adrián…
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Lyons, Jacob
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Jacob Lyons, a former slave, became a leader for African American soldiers. After serving in the Civil War, Lyons moved to San Antonio and joined the Excelsior…
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Lyons, James H.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city with a rich history, and you might be passing by places that James H. Lyons once knew. Born in Kentucky in 1805, Lyons came to Texas after a series of personal and…
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Martinez, Celia Mireles
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you might have been listening to a voice that could have been as famous as Lydia Mendoza's. Celia Mireles Martinez, born in 1915, was a pioneering Tejana singer,…
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Maverick, Fontaine Maury
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city Maury Maverick helped revitalize. <break time="400ms"/> As mayor from 1939 to 1941, he was known for an honest and efficient administration. <break time="400ms"/> But what he…
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Maverick, Lucy Madison
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place connected to Lucy Maverick, a true Texas Renaissance woman. Born in Missouri in 1883, she became an artist, collector of Mexican arts and crafts, and even…
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Medical Field Service School
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is Fort Sam Houston, the "Home of Army Medicine." Back in 1946, the Medical Field Service School packed up from chilly Pennsylvania and moved south. They needed more…
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Menchaca, José Antonio [1800–79]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Travis County, not far from San Antonio, and you might be passing near a place named for a Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution. José Antonio Menchaca was a San Antonio native who fought bravely at…
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Mexican American School Boards Association
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, we're talking about a powerful force for educational change: the Mexican American School Boards Association, or MASBA. Back in 1970, when Mexican Americans made up a huge…
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Mexican-Texan Club
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, right where history was made during Reconstruction. Back in 1868, the Mexican-Texan Club was founded here, a powerful voice for equality and for keeping former Confederates out of…
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Meza, María de Socorro González [Choco]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to the tireless work of María de Socorro González Meza, known to many as 'Choco.' She wasn't just a political activist; she was a force for change, a mentor,…
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Montalbo, Gregoria Goya
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that remembers the fight for workers' rights. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1959</say-as>, Gregoria Montalbo led one of the longest garment strikes in…
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Monte Vista Historic District
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio's Monte Vista Historic District, a neighborhood born from Texas's Gilded Age boom. <break time="400ms"/> Between 1890 and 1930, British, New England, and Denver capital poured into…
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Morris, John Dabney
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Texas history. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1840</say-as>, John Dabney Morris, a lawyer and district attorney, found himself in the middle of the…
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National Pan American Golf Association (NPAGA)
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in what's now the historic El Mercado area, a story of sports and community began back in 1938. Five local Tejanos met to form an amateur golf club, originally called…
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Navaira, Emilio H. III
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're cruising through San Antonio, the birthplace of Emilio Navaira III, the undisputed "King of Tejano Music." Born here in 1962, Navaira wasn't just a singer; he was a cultural force, bridging Tejano and country…
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Navarro, Angel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing by the legacy of Ángel Navarro. Born in Corsica, this man traveled the world, working his way from servant to merchant, eventually making his way to…
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Navarro, José Angel [The Younger]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, right through the heart of San Antonio, where José Angel Navarro the Younger made his mark. Born into a prominent Texas family, he earned a law degree from Harvard in 1850. He served…
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Navarro, José Eugenio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a city with a history as dramatic as any novel. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>, a man named José Eugenio Navarro raced to warn Texas defenders…
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Noah, Samuel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, near San Antonio, where a unique battle plan was hatched. It's 1813, and Samuel Noah, a Jewish immigrant from England and a West Point graduate, is fighting with the Republican Army…
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Oconór, Hugo
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Spanish Texas, a land where fiery red hair could earn you an Indian nickname. That was Hugo Oconór, governor of this province back in the late 1760s. Born Irish, he was known to the…
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Ogden, Duncan Campbell
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, the heart of San Antonio, where Duncan Campbell Ogden found himself in the thick of Texas's fight for survival. Arriving in Texas in 1838, Ogden quickly joined the…
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Oppenheimer, Daniel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here, in the heart of ranching country, you're passing through the legacy of Daniel Oppenheimer. He arrived in Texas a peddler in 1854, eventually partnering with his…
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Perez, Juan Ignacio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Texas, near San Antonio, where Ignacio Pérez made his mark. Born in 1761, Pérez was a staunch Royalist during Texas's turbulent revolutionary years. He fought in the decisive Battle…
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Primer Congreso Femenino
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once the stage for a groundbreaking event in 1919. Right here, the first Primer Congreso Femenino, or First Women's Congress, took place. Sponsored by the Pan American…
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Quin, Charles Kennon
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that, in the 1930s, was run by a powerful political machine. Right here, Charles Kennon Quin inherited that machine when his partner, C.M. Chambers, suddenly died in 1933. Quin…
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Robertson, Theodore Zanderson
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is where a significant figure in Texas law navigated some of the most turbulent times in our state's history. Theodore Robertson wasn't just any judge; he was a survivor.…
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Rodriguez, Jose Maria
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Laredo, and you might be passing the legacy of José María Rodríguez. Born in San Antonio in 1829, his childhood was marked by the dramatic events of the Texas Revolution.…
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Rose, Noah Hamilton
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you might be passing the legacy of Noah Hamilton Rose. Born in Kendall County in 1874, Rose wasn't your typical Texan. He started as a printer and taught himself photography…
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Samaroff, Olga
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Olga Samaroff, a concert pianist who dared to change her name and her destiny. Born Lucy Hickenlooper in 1880 at Fort Sam Houston, she showed musical talent early.…
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Samuel, William Giles Martin
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through a city that William Giles Martin Samuel captured on canvas. Born around 1825, Samuel was more than just a Bexar County lawman and deputy sheriff…
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San Antonio Art League
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich cultural history. Right here, the San Antonio Art League got its start. It officially reorganized in 1912, spurred by art exhibits touring Texas. They had big…
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San Antonio Charro Association
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the home of the San Antonio Charro Association. Founded in 1947, this group is dedicated to preserving charrería, a tradition of Mexican horsemanship dating back to…
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San Antonio de Béxar Presidio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, right past where the San Antonio de Béxar Presidio once stood. Founded way back in seventeen eighteen, this was the heart of Spanish defense in western Texas. Imagine soldiers living…
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San Antonio River Authority
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the San Antonio River Authority has shaped this city's destiny. Established in 1937, its initial dream was a barge canal from the Gulf all the way here. But the Texas…
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San Antonio Zoo
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the San Antonio Zoo, a place with roots going back over a century. It all started in San Pedro Springs Park with a private collection of animals. Then, in 1915, the…
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Sanders, Valerius P.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once Confederate territory, and right here in San Antonio, Valerius P. Sanders enlisted for the Civil War in 1862. <break time="400ms"/> He quickly rose to captain in the Fifteenth Texas…
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Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1869</say-as>, the very first hospital opened its doors. It was called the Santa Rosa Infirmary, founded by the Sisters of…
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St. Philip's College
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the site of St. Philip's College. It started in 1898 as a weekend sewing class for six Black girls, held in an old adobe house. Under the dedicated leadership of…
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Stem, Jesse
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and you might be passing by the site of a frontier drama. It's 1851, and Jesse Stem, an Indian agent from Ohio, arrives in San Antonio seeking better health and a…
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Stout, Beecher Franklin
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Dr. Beecher Franklin Stout. Back in 1904, right here, he established the very first private laboratory for clinical pathology in all of Texas! He didn't stop…
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Sunny and the Sunliners
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of a Tejano music pioneer! Right here, in the 1960s, Sunny Ozuna formed Sunny and the Sunliners. They weren't just any band; they were the first all-Tejano group to hit…
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Sutherland, John, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Wilson County, near Sutherland Springs. This place owes its existence to Dr. John Sutherland Jr., who arrived in San Antonio in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1835</say-as>. Hired by the…
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Sutton, John Schuyler
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Sutton County, named for a man who lived a life of adventure and died a hero: John Schuyler Sutton. Born in New York, Sutton came to Texas in 1836 and quickly became a Ranger, a…
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Tauch, Waldine Amanda
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the legacy of Waldine Tauch, a sculptor who defied expectations. Born in Schulenberg, she came to San Antonio to study under Pompeo Coppini. Coppini doubted a woman…
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Texas Historical and Landmarks Association
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, a story of preservation begins. Back in 1887, a group of determined women, led by Adina De Zavala, started meeting to record San Antonio's unique history and protect…
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Tobin, William Gerard
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where a man named William Gerard Tobin was trying to put Texas on the map... with chili con carne! After serving as a Texas Ranger and fighting in the Civil War,…
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Vance, William
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to the Vance brothers. William Vance, originally from Ireland, arrived here in 1846 with General Zachary Taylor's army. After the Mexican War, he and his…
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Veramendi, Juan Martín de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Juan Martín de Veramendi. He was a prominent businessman and public figure who rose to become governor of Coahuila and Texas. In 1830, his daughter Ursula married…
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Wahrenberger, James
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by the vision of James Wahrenberger. Born in Austin in 1855, Wahrenberger was the first Texas architect to hold a professional degree, having studied in Germany. He…
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Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became home to a decorated World War II hero. General Jonathan "Skinny" Wainwright, who famously surrendered Corregidor to the Japanese and endured three and a half years…
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Witte Museum
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Witte Museum. It all started back in 1925 with a local teacher, Ellen Schulz, who raised five thousand dollars to buy a private collection of natural history…
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Woman's Club of San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you're passing the birthplace of a powerful local movement. Back on October 1st, 1898, the Woman's Club of San Antonio was organized. Imagine this: the gavel used at…
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Wool, John Ellis
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich military past. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1846</say-as>, General John Ellis Wool organized a division right here to invade Mexico. He…
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Ximenes, Edward Treviño
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Dr. Edward Ximenes. Born in Floresville, he served as a flight surgeon in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, earning the Air Medal. After the…
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Zambrano, José Darío
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Texas history. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1811</say-as>, Father José Darío Zambrano found himself caught between revolution and loyalty. As…
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Curbelo, Juan
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Texas civilization. Right here, in what is now San Antonio, Canary Islanders arrived in 1731 to found the civil settlement of San Fernando de Béxar. Juan Curbelo was…
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Pace, Linda Marie
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the place that gave us Pace Picante Sauce! The company was founded in 1947 by Linda Pace's parents, using startup money from her grandmother. But it wasn't until…
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Arciniega, José Gregorio de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history as layered as its past residents. Right here, in what is now San Antonio, was the home of José Gregorio de Arciniega. Born in Mexico, Arciniega was a mestizo…
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Yturri y Castillo, Manuel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich history that includes immigrants like Manuel Yturri y Castillo. Born in Spain around 1790, he came to Mexico and eventually made San Antonio his permanent home in…
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Arocha, Tomás Antonio de la Trinidad de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, a place that was once home to Tomás de Arocha, a prominent public figure and rancher with deep roots in early Spanish Texas. Born in 1756, Arocha came from a distinguished…
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Woman's Pavilion
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the Woman's Pavilion, a unique building from HemisFair '68. <break time="400ms"/> In the late 1960s, a group of San Antonio women decided the city needed a place to…
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Armiñán, Benito de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, a region forever changed by the fight for independence. Right here, in 1813, Spanish officer Benito Armiñán arrived with reinforcements, aiming to crush the rebellion. He played a…
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Travieso, Vicente
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, a place that was a hotbed of revolutionary activity. Vicente Travieso, a prominent rancher and descendant of Canary Islander settlers, found himself on the wrong side of royal…
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Machado, Mike Montes
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, we remember Mike Montes Machado. He was a San Antonio kid who became a B-24 nose gunner in World War II. On a raid over Munich in 1944, his bomber was shot down over…
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Polish Quarter of San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, maybe near downtown. Right here, in 1854, immigrants from Polish Upper Silesia arrived, looking to build a new life. Unlike many who headed to rural settlements, these folks stayed…
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Texas Federation of Republican Women
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, in San Antonio, a pivotal moment for Texas politics happened in 1955. Three hundred conservative women gathered at the White Plaza Hotel to form the Texas Federation of…
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Woodward, David J.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to the vision of David J. Woodward. By the early 1890s, Woodward was already a prominent businessman, running a horse and carriage stable on South Flores…
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Smith, John Marvin, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Dr. John Marvin Smith, Jr. This physician, who grew up right here in Texas, served in World War II. His unit operated a 1000-bed general hospital, even…
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Urrutia, Manuel de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once Spanish Texas, near San Antonio, where a soldier named Manuel de Urrutia was a prominent figure. Born in 1733, Urrutia was a presidial soldier who faced constant controversy due to…
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Dodd, Elizabeth Hobart [Betty]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once home to a rising star in women's professional golf. Betty Dodd, often called Babe Zaharias's protégé, moved here after World War II and quickly made a name for…
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Battle of Flowers Association
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the Battle of Flowers Association got its start. Back in 1891, a group of women, led by Ellen Maury Slayden, decided to create a parade to celebrate Texas's victory at…
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Castañeda, María Francisca
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich history. Right here, in the late 1820s and early 1830s, María Francisca Castañeda served as the unofficial First Lady of Texas. Her husband, Ramón Músquiz, was the…
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Arocha, José María
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history as deep as its roots. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1835</say-as>, a young man named José María Arocha enlisted in Captain Juan N.…
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United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to a crucial piece of aviation history. Right here, the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine got its start, though it wasn't always in Texas. It began in New York…
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Spangenberg, Augustín William
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history of welcoming folks from all over. Back in 1794, a German physician named Augustín Spangenberg arrived here, fresh from Louisiana. He didn't speak Spanish and his…
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United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to a critical U.S. Army research facility: the Institute of Surgical Research. It started in 1943, not here, but in New York, focusing on penicillin for war wounds. Then, in…
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Koehler, Emma Bentzen
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich brewing history. Right here, you're passing near the site of the old San Antonio Brewing Association, later known as Pearl. It was co-founded in 1887 by Otto…
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Curbelo, Joseph
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the site of a significant early Texas settlement. Joseph Curbelo arrived here in 1731 with his family, part of the original Canary Islanders who founded San Fernando de Béxar. He…
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Becerra, María Josefa Agustina
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that has seen centuries of change. Right here, Josefa Becerra lived a life that spanned much of that history. Born around 1790, she was the wife of prominent leader Erasmo…
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Wischer, Irene Mae Stimson Katzmark Cox
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, and right here is where Irene Stimson Katzmark Cox Wischer carved out a remarkable career. Born in Nebraska, she came to Texas during the Great Depression.…
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Navarro, Adela Margarita
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with deep roots. Right here, Adela Margarita Navarro, a descendant of Texas signer José Antonio Navarro, made her mark. During World War II, she enlisted in the Women's Army…
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Arocha, José Clemente de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where a pivotal moment in Texas history unfolded. Right here, José Clemente de Arocha, a native priest from a prominent Tejano family, was chosen by chance to represent Texas at the…
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Confederate Army Tannery
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the Confederate government tried to build a massive industrial complex during the Civil War. In 1863, they bought seventy-eight acres along the San Antonio River to…
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Medical Arts Building [Emily Morgan Hotel]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through downtown San Antonio, and right here at Houston Street and Avenue E, you're passing the Emily Morgan Hotel, originally the Medical Arts Building. Opened in 1926, this Neo-Gothic skyscraper was…
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Camp Capron
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near downtown San Antonio, and right here, where the Brackenridge Park Golf Course now sits, was once Camp Capron. In the summer of 1899, this spot, leased from the San Antonio Jockey Club, became a…
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San Antonio Jockey Club
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where back in 1893, a group of wealthy locals formed the San Antonio Jockey Club. Their goal? To lure the massive International Fair, with its racetrack and exhibits, to their…
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Sueltenfuss, Sister Elizabeth Anne
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where a true pioneer in education made her mark. Sister Elizabeth Anne Sueltenfuss wasn't just a nun; she was the first woman president of Our Lady of the Lake…
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Arizmendi Mejía, Elena Irene
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that played a crucial role in the early life of Elena Irene Arizmendi Mejía. Born in Mexico City in 1884, she came here to study nursing at the Santa Rosa Hospital School of…
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San Antonio Water Works Company
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that once relied on ancient irrigation ditches for water. But in 1878, that all changed. The San Antonio Water Works Company, led by Jean Batiste LaCoste, built a revolutionary…
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Koehler Park
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is Koehler Park. This fourteen-acre spot was a Christmas gift to the city in 1915 from Emma Koehler, the widow of the man who owned the San Antonio Brewing Association.…
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Childers, Marvin Alonzo, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here in San Patricio County, you're passing through a place that was once the headquarters for a powerful, and controversial, organization. Marvin Alonzo Childers, Sr., a…
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Gurza, Jayme
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history of medical pioneers. Right here, in the early 1800s, Dr. Jayme Gurza was making his mark. He wasn't just any doctor; he was a key figure in one of Spain's first…
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Pineda de Hernández, Antonia
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to a true pioneer of Mexican-American theater. Antonia Pineda de Hernández, born in Mexico around 1855, became a celebrated actress and manager. She led her…
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La Cruz Blanca Neutral
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, a humanitarian crisis sparked a Texan-born movement. It's 1911, the Mexican Revolution is raging, and the Mexican Red Cross is refusing to treat wounded…
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Amador, Vicente Ferrer Enríquez de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a place that Vicente Ferrer Enríquez de Amador helped lead in the late 1700s. In 1791, he was elected first alcalde, or chief official, of San Fernando de Béxar. Governor Manuel Muñoz…
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Jaime, Adela Hernandez
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, Adela Hernandez Jaime was a force of nature. Born in 1881, she wasn't just a midwife; she was a civic leader and a political powerhouse. From 1926 to 1950, she…
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Delgado, Jacinto
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Spanish Texas, and right here in what is now San Antonio, you're passing through the world of Jacinto Delgado. Born in 1733, Delgado was a man of his time – a rancher, a militiaman,…
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Davis, Ann Bradford
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right now, you're driving through San Antonio, a city that was once home to a beloved TV actress. Ann B. Davis, best known as Alice Nelson, the warm and witty housekeeper on "The Brady Bunch," spent her final years…
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Pals Social Club
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich cultural history. Right here, in 1925, a group of young Black women, inspired by Vivian Reed Lowery, founded the Pals Social Club. They wanted to create a space for…
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Bullard, Henry Adams
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, and right here, in San Antonio, a pivotal moment in early Texas history unfolded in 1813. Henry Adams Bullard, a Harvard-educated lawyer with a knack for languages, found himself in…
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Reasner, Charles A. II
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place that's making a huge difference in the fight against diabetes. In 1999, Dr. Charles Reasner II opened the Texas Diabetes Institute. He chose this location on…
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Horlen, Joel Edward [Joe]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the hometown of Joe Horlen, a pitcher who earned the nickname "Hard Luck Horlen." In 1967, at age 29, he peaked, leading the American League with a stellar 2.06 ERA and a career-high…
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Flores, Roberto Julian
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Roberto Julian Flores, priest, educator, and activist, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on January 9, 1935, to Francisco Flores and Celia (Gomez) Flores. He had three brothers and three sisters. Flores was raised in…
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Hernández, María L. de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
María L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist, was born in 1896 in Garza García, outside of Monterrey, Nuevo León, to Eduardo Frausto and Francisca (Medrano) Latigo. Her father was a professor. She taught…
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Hijos de Texas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Hijos de Texas (Sons of Texas) was founded in 1922 by Feliciano G. Flores as a splinter group from Hijos de America. The new organization obtained its charter in June 1922 and stressed the "intellectual, economic, and…
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Kelley, Augusta Lewis Maverick [Gus]
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Augusta “Gus” Lewis Maverick Kelley, artist, suffragist, teacher, and trendsetter, was born on June 24, 1885, in St. Louis, Missouri, to George Madison and Mary Elizabeth (Vance) Maverick . Augusta Maverick belonged to…
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Padres
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Padres Asociados para los Derechos Religiosos, Educativos, y Sociales was founded in San Antonio in 1969. Among the founding members were diocesan priests Ralph Ruiz and Henry Casso, Franciscan Manuel Martínez, and…
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Mexican American Unity Council
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC), with offices in San Antonio, was incorporated in 1967 and is an economic development agency that provides funding for Mexican American communities and businesses in South…
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Adams, Carleton W.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city known for its unique architectural blend. Right here, you're passing through the legacy of Carleton W. Adams, an architect who shaped much of the city's look from the…
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Allen, Thomas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that inspired an important American artist. In the winter of 1878, painter Thomas Allen traveled here from Europe. While in town, he captured the local spirit in three notable…
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Anderson, Charles
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Charles Anderson, a former Ohio State Senator and even a minister to Turkey, tried his hand at ranching. In 1859, he returned to Texas with his family, buying…
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Arbuckle, Maclyn
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bowie County, and right here is where a young Maclyn Arbuckle, who'd later become a famous character actor, was trying to make it as a lawyer. He was so broke he slept on his office table! But he…
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Arciniega, José Miguel de
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, near San Antonio, where José Miguel de Arciniega lived and worked. Born in 1793 in Mexico, he came to San Antonio as a young man and became a key figure in Mexican Texas.…
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Beckmann, Albert Felix
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its architectural character to Albert Felix Beckmann. Born here in 1855, Beckmann studied architecture in Germany before returning to San Antonio around 1880.…
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Beckmann, John Conrad
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with deep German roots. Right here, John Conrad Beckmann, a master ironworker, arrived in 1846. He was trained as a locksmith, woodworker, and blacksmith in Europe. The U.S.…
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Bexar Archives
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of Spanish and Mexican Texas for over a century. Right here, the Bexar Archives were assembled, holding the single most important record of Texas history up to 1836. Think…
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Blanco, Beatriz
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a haven for Mexican exiles during the Revolution of 1910. Many of them, like Beatriz Blanco, saw themselves as temporary residents, waiting to return home. Blanco…
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Brooke, Roger VII
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here at Fort Sam Houston, you're passing by a place named for a remarkable military doctor. Brigadier General Roger Brooke VII commanded the Station Hospital here from 1928…
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Cameron, Minnie Bardenwerper
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city Minnie Bardenwerper Cameron helped shape for decades. For thirty-seven years, she was the reference librarian at the San Antonio Public Library. Imagine this: when she started…
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Cameron, Ralph Haywood
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Ralph Haywood Cameron, an architect who also had a remarkable military career. He served in World War I, even being gassed on the last day of the war in…
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Círculo Cultural Isabel La Católica
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1937</say-as>, a group of Mexican women founded the Círculo Cultural Isabel la Católica. They met at the Biblioteca Mexicana,…
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Cocke, Bartlett
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by the vision of architect Bartlett Cocke. Born in Floresville in 1901, Cocke returned to San Antonio after his studies and began a prolific career. During the Great…
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Collins, Isaac C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place tied to I.C. Collins, a prominent African-American funeral director and civic leader. Collins founded the Collins Funeral Home in <say-as interpret-as="date"…
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Delgado, Miguel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near the Nueces River, and right here is land once owned by Miguel Delgado. Born around 1775 in San Fernando de Béxar, what we now call San Antonio, Delgado was a descendant of…
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DeVilbiss, John Wesley
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, and you're passing through a place where history was made. Back in 1844, John Wesley DeVilbiss, a Methodist minister who had traveled all the way from Ohio, stood right here…
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Dielmann, Leo Maria Joseph
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by the vision of Leo Maria Joseph Dielmann. Born here in 1881, Dielmann dedicated his life to architecture, becoming one of Texas's most prominent church designers.…
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Dobie, James Madison
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, a land built on cattle. Right here, James Madison Dobie, a name you might know from his famous nephew, the folklorist J. Frank Dobie, built an empire. After returning to Texas in 1895…
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Eickenroht, Marvin
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of Marvin Eickenroht, an architect who helped preserve the very soul of Texas. During the Great Depression, Eickenroht led the…
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Farmer, William Carlton
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a pioneer in tuberculosis treatment thanks to Dr. William Carlton Farmer. <break time="400ms"/> In 1906, Dr. Farmer established the San Antonio Tent Colony, an…
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Fenwick, Marin B.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that Marin B. Fenwick called home for nearly forty years. Arriving in 1891, she quickly became a fixture in the city's press, working for the San Antonio Express and later the…
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Forest, John Anthony
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the wild frontier of Texas, and right here, in the early days, a determined group of French missionaries faced a perilous journey. In 1863, John Anthony Forest and fifty fellow…
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French, James Henry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its modern layout to James Henry French. He served as mayor here from 1875 to 1885, a decade of significant change. Right here, French implemented the street…
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Glenn, Lloyd
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Lloyd Glenn, a true pioneer of the "West Coast" blues sound. Born right here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1909</say-as>, Glenn's piano skills would…
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Gordon-Cumming, Charles Lenox
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once the wild frontier, and right here, you're passing through the story of Charles Lenox Gordon-Cumming. Born in India to a British army major, this aristocrat traded his privileged life…
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Grice, Frank
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place connected to Frank Grice, a man who shaped a major Texas newspaper. Born in Ohio in 1842, Grice fought with Sherman on his infamous March to the Sea during…
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Groos, Carl Wilhelm August
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once a wild frontier, and right here in San Antonio, you're passing the site of a banking revolution. Carl Wilhelm August Groos arrived in Texas in 1848, eventually joining his brothers…
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Groos, Friedrich Wilhelm Carl
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its early financial backbone to German immigrants like Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Groos. He arrived in Texas in 1848, initially farming in Fayette County before…
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Groos, Gustav
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, and you might be passing the historic King William District. Right here, in 1875, Gustav Groos built his family home. But Groos wasn't just a homeowner; he…
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Hart, Lawrence Joseph
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by people like Lawrence Joseph Hart. Arriving here in 1890 from Iowa, Hart quickly became a major force in the city's development. He was instrumental in founding the…
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Howard, Volney Erskine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, Texas, a place that once hosted a fierce legal mind and a duelist. Volney Erskine Howard arrived in San Antonio in December 1844, a lawyer and former Mississippi legislator. He…
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Huntress, Frank Granger
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Frank Granger Huntress. He started right here as a newspaper boy for the San Antonio Express back in 1884. He didn't just deliver papers; he climbed the…
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Keating, Mary Aubrey
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Mary Aubrey Keating. Though she once had a promising opera career, she gave it up for family. But her creative spirit found a new voice in painting. Keating…
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Kincaid, Edgar Bryan, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here, we remember Edgar Bryan Kincaid, Jr. Born in San Antonio in 1921, he grew up on a ranch in Uvalde County. Kincaid became a renowned ornithologist, an expert on Texas…
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King, William Anthony
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its modern public health to Dr. William Anthony King. For over thirty years, starting in 1912, King served as the city's health officer. He wasn't just a…
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Leutenegger, Benedict
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city steeped in history, and right here is where a dedicated translator spent his final years. Benedict Leutenegger, a Franciscan priest, lived at the historic Mission San José y…
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Lucchese, Josephine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the hometown of Josephine Lucchese, the "American Nightingale." Born in 1893, she defied expectations for opera singers of her era, achieving international fame…
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McAllister, Walter Williams, Sr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by leaders like Walter Williams McAllister, Sr. He wasn't just a businessman; he was a force in local development. In 1945, McAllister co-founded what is now the Alamo…
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Mescal Indians
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and the very ground beneath you might have been home to the Mescal people. <break time="400ms"/> Back in the late 1600s, these native peoples ranged from northeastern Mexico all the…
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Miles, Edward
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where Edward Miles spent much of his life. Born in Mississippi in 1816, his family moved to Texas in 1829. Miles was involved in the Anahuac Disturbances in 1832 and…
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Neraz, Jean Claude
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to a French immigrant priest named Jean Claude Neraz. He arrived in Texas way back in 1852, one of the first seminarians to study for the priesthood in the new…
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Nichols, Pansy
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once Williamson County, near San Antonio, where Pansy Nichols dedicated her life to public health. Born in 1896, she started with the Texas Tuberculosis Association in 1918. For over…
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Onderdonk, Robert Jenkins
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that became a canvas for Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, a pioneering artist and teacher. He arrived in Texas in 1879, hoping to paint portraits to fund his European art studies. But…
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Oppenheimer, Frederic Goldstein
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich cultural history. Right here, Frederic Goldstein Oppenheimer lived a fascinating life. Born in 1881, he first became a doctor, practicing in New York before…
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Page, Harvey Lindsley
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by the vision of architects like Harvey Lindsley Page. Arriving around 1900, Page left his mark on the city with buildings like the stunning Masonic Temple and the…
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Paschal, Franklin Lafayette
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, near San Antonio, where Franklin Lafayette Paschal carved out a life in the Republic of Texas. He arrived in 1836, serving as a volunteer soldier and later a commissary sergeant. As…
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Pellicer, Anthony Dominic Ambrose
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the heart of the first Catholic Diocese of San Antonio, established in 1874. Its first bishop was Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer. He was a Confederate chaplain during the Civil War,…
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Phelps, Henry Truman
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Texas, and right here is a reminder of the buildings that shaped our cities. Henry Truman Phelps was born near Anaqua back in 1871, but he made his mark designing some of San…
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Pohl, Hugo D.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to artist Hugo D. Pohl. In 1919, Pohl wasn't just looking for inspiration; he was a pioneer of the road trip! He built a traveling studio on an automobile chassis…
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Pyron, Charles Lynn
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near San Antonio, and you might be passing near the final resting place of Colonel Charles Lynn Pyron. Pyron was a Confederate officer who saw action throughout the Civil War,…
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Railroad Construction, Public Aid to
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, a state built on big dreams and even bigger landscapes. And for a long time, the biggest dream was getting connected. Right here, in the mid-1800s, places like San Antonio and Bexar County…
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Ralston, James Harvey
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the Alamo wasn't just a battlefield. During the Mexican War, from 1846 to 1848, it served as a crucial quartermaster depot for the U.S. Army. James Harvey Ralston, a…
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Richardson, Walter Raleigh
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is where a man known affectionately as "Dean Richardson" left his mark. Walter Raleigh Richardson, born right here in Houston, became the very first native Texan…
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Russ, Witten Booth
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city shaped by remarkable figures like Dr. Witten Booth Russ. Born in Louisiana in 1874, Russ moved to San Antonio in 1890 and became a pioneering surgeon and public health…
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San Antonio, Catholic Archdiocese Of
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city whose Catholic roots run deep, all the way back to 1718 with the founding of Mission San Antonio de Valero. But the Catholic Church's story here really got its own chapter in…
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Smith, Ruth Bingaman
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Ruth Bingaman Smith, a remarkable pianist. Born in Ohio in 1894, she moved here with her family around 1903. She studied piano right here, making her debut…
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Solsona Dramatic Company
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where a remarkable Spanish-language theater troupe, the Compañía Dramática Solsona, made its home. Arriving in Texas in late 1891, this professional company, led by musician Francisco…
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Steinfeldt, John Mathias
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its musical soul to John Mathias Steinfeldt. Born in Germany in 1864, Steinfeldt came to America as a boy and studied music in places like Cincinnati and New…
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Steves, Edward
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to German immigrants like Edward Steves. He arrived from Germany in 1848, eventually settling near Comfort and marrying Johanna Kloepper in 1857. By 1866,…
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Stowers, George Arthur
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city whose skyline was literally changed by the furniture business. George Arthur Stowers, a young man who started with a candy company job, opened his first furniture store here in…
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Sweet, James R.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that once had a Canadian-born mayor who traded the chilly north for Texas sunshine and speculation. James R. Sweet arrived from Nova Scotia in 1849, seeking opportunity. He…
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Thielepape, Wilhelm Carl August
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes some of its cultural richness to August Thielepape. Born in Germany, he arrived in Texas in 1850, first settling in Indianola before making his way here in 1854.…
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Tobin, John Wallace
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that once had a sheriff known as the 'gunless sheriff.' That was John Wallace Tobin, who served as Bexar County sheriff for an incredible twenty-one years, from 1900 to 1923.…
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Újházi, László
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, on land once owned by László Újházi, a Hungarian nobleman who fled revolution in his homeland in 1849. He was a staunch republican and a supporter of Lajos Kossuth, even serving as…
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University of Texas at San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to the University of Texas at San Antonio. Established by the Texas legislature in 1969, this university was designed to be a 'university of the first class.' Just a few years…
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, home to the University of Texas Health Science Center. It all started back in 1959 when the Texas Legislature authorized a new medical school, then called the South Texas Medical…
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Vance, James Milton
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich history of innovation. Right here, James Milton Vance was a pioneer in the dairy industry. In the late 1800s, he established Hillside Dairy Ranch just north of the…
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Walton, James Todd
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Wharton County, the birthplace of Dr. James Todd Walton. Born in 1870, Walton came to San Antonio as a young man. A benefactor sent him to medical school, and when he returned, his practice was…
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Wilcox, John Allen
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that played a key role in the life of John Allen Wilcox. He arrived here in 1853, a lawyer who'd already served in the Mississippi Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.…
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Wurzbach, Charles Louis
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Charles Louis Wurzbach, a man who lived a life steeped in Texas history. Born in Germany in 1835, his family brought him to Texas when he was just nine. By…
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Salinas, Manuel
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here is the territory where Manuel Salinas made his mark. Born in 1756, Salinas wasn't just any rancher; he came from a family with deep Texas roots, including ancestors who…
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Flores de Ábrego, María Gertrudis Eusebia
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of María Gertrudis Eusebia Flores de Ábrego. Born in 1807, she came from one of San Antonio's most prominent families, with roots in ranching and descendants of Canary…
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Ansell, Aaron
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing near the site of Camp Sheridan. In 1866, this was a Union Army camp, and the acting assistant surgeon assigned here was Aaron Ansell. Ansell, originally…
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Vasquez, Wilhelmina Cooremans
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing by a piece of World War II history. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1942</say-as>, Wilhelmina Cooremans Vasquez, who was born right here in…
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Camp Mosby
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, near what's now Brackenridge Park Golf Course. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1898</say-as>, this area was transformed into Camp Mosby. Thousands of soldiers…
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Conopus Club of San Antonio
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the Conopus Club has been meeting since 1921. Founded as the last surviving chapter of a national service organization, its name means 'work together.' But by the…
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Cook, Clara Gathright
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a debt to pioneers like Dr. Clara Gathright Cook. Born in Mississippi in 1882, she moved to Hearne, Texas, and eventually became a doctor, graduating in 1914. She…
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Fuente Fernández, Pedro Francisco de la
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio right now, passing by the historic heart of Spanish Texas. Back in the late 1700s, Father Pedro Fuentes served as the parish priest for San Fernando de Béxar. His tenure, from 1771 to…
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Neques
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, and you're passing through the heart of Tonkawa history. Right here, in the late 1770s, lived Neques, a chief of the Tonkawa people. While records are…
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Kroeger, Walker Berry
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the birthplace of Walker Berry Kroeger. Born in 1912, Kroeger started his acting career right here in local theater and radio. But he made a name for himself in Hollywood, becoming a…
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Bexareños Democratas
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Bexareños Democratas or Bexareños Democráticos (Democrats of Bexar) was a conservative political organization founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1868. The organization's original conception dates back to June 30,…
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Bee, Carlos
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that Carlos Bee called home. Born in Mexico in 1867 while his parents were in exile, Bee returned to San Antonio as a boy. After attending local schools and Texas A&M, he…
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Birkhead, Claude V.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a place that remembers Claude V. Birkhead. He was a lifelong soldier, starting as a private in 1899 and climbing the ranks all the way to lieutenant general in the…
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Brown, John Duff
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Colorado County, Texas, and right here is the area around old Oakland. This was home base for Dr. John Duff Brown for over a decade. He returned to Texas in 1847, served in the Mexican War, and…
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Buck, Beaumont Bonaparte
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, a state that's seen its share of military history. Right here, you might be near the home of Beaumont Bonaparte Buck, a career army officer. Born in Mississippi in 1860, Buck came to Texas…
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Chapa, Frank L.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich military history. Frank L. Chapa, born right here in 1897, served in World War I and was a decorated intelligence officer during World War II. He even received the…
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Donelson, John Lawrence
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Live Oak County, Texas, right where John Lawrence Donelson lived at the start of the Civil War. A stock raiser by 1860, he answered the call to the Confederacy, voting for secession and enlisting…
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Farnsworth, Joseph Eastman
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the landscape where a telephone empire was built. Joseph Eastman Farnsworth arrived in San Antonio back in 1882, starting as a newspaper reporter. But…
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Grothaus, Julia Ellen
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much to Julia Ellen Grothaus. She wasn't just a librarian; she was a force for knowledge, leading the San Antonio Public Library for over two decades, from 1933 to…
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Harper, Mary Cleveland
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of Dr. Mary Cleveland Harper. Born in Missouri in 1868, she came to San Antonio in 1893, eventually earning her medical degree in…
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Hull, Theodore Young
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where Dr. Theodore Young Hull arrived in 1906. He wasn't just any doctor; Hull specialized in heart and lung diseases, becoming the medical director of the Lutheran Sanatorium right…
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James, John Herndon
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to John Herndon James. Born here in 1852, James went on to graduate from Harvard Law. He returned to San Antonio to practice law, handling major land disputes. In…
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Kasmeier, Julia Chrystine
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, perhaps near San Antonio, and right here is a story about elevating nursing standards across the state. Julia Kasmeier, starting in 1928, took on a poorly defined job: inspecting nursing…
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King, Henry C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a rich newspaper history. Right here, Henry C. King was the editor of the San Antonio Express from 1877 to 1879. Before that, he was a lawyer and even served in the Texas…
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King, Valentine Overton
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Valentine Overton King, a man who wore many hats. King was a doctor, a lawyer, and even served in the Confederacy, despite being a Unionist. After moving to…
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Minter, Merton Melrose
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Dr. Merton Melrose Minter. Born in Jewett in 1903, Minter came to San Antonio after medical school and opened the Minter Clinic in 1932. But he didn't just…
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Nixon, Pat Ireland
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes much of its medical history to Dr. Pat Nixon. Born in Guadalupe County in 1883, Nixon came to San Antonio in 1911 and practiced medicine for over fifty years. But he…
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Parks, Harris Braley
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Antonio, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1922</say-as>, Harris Braley Parks established the Apicultural Laboratory. Parks was a naturalist, a botanist, and most…
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Paschal, Frank
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Dr. Frank Paschal, a physician born here in 1849. He became a renowned surgeon in Mexico, specializing in bladder stone removal, and even gifted his collection…
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Payaya Indians
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Texas, and right here, you're passing through land once known as Yanaguana. That was the name given to the San Antonio River by the Payaya Indians, a Coahuiltecan-speaking group first…
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Peace, John Robert
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to John Robert Peace. He wasn't just a lawyer and public official; he was the driving force behind establishing the University of Texas at San Antonio.…
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Rutledge, Lorenzo C.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, an apartment complex bears the name L. C. Rutledge. But Lorenzo Rutledge wasn't just a name on a building; he was a pioneer in public housing. After serving as an…
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San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here, the San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway Company got its start. Chartered way back in 1893, this railroad aimed to connect San Antonio with the promised deepwater port…
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San Antonio State School
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, near a place that opened its doors in 1978: the San Antonio State School. It was the culmination of a long effort by local citizens and Bexar County Representative Frank Lombardino to…
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Sandidge, John Roy
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, and right here, John Roy Sandidge, a Fort Worth native, was making oil history. After a career in academia, he joined Magnolia Petroleum in San Antonio in 1933. Sandidge didn't just…
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Siaguan Indians
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Webb County, and you're passing through the ancestral lands of the Siaguan people. When Spanish explorers first encountered them in the late 1600s, they lived between the…
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Simpson, Isaac P.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that was home to Isaac P. Simpson, a prominent lawyer and state representative. Simpson arrived here from Kentucky in 1855 and quickly became a leading citizen. He was elected…
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Terrell, Frederick
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city that owes a lot to Frederick Terrell. He arrived here as a boy in 1867 and, after earning his medical degree from Harvard, returned to practice medicine. But Terrell wasn't…
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Urbanization
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, a state that's practically bursting at the seams with cities. But did you know that the way towns are planned here goes way back? The Spanish Laws of the Indies, from <say-as…
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Walthall, James Du Bose
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, where James Du Bose Walthall served as Texas Attorney General from 1912 to 1914. He was a key player in defending the state's tax laws, winning crucial cases before the U.S. Supreme…
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Widemouth Blindcat
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, right in Bexar County, and beneath your tires lies one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth. Deep within the Edwards Aquifer, in wells reaching up to 2,000 feet down, lives the…
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Yanaguana Society
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city whose very name echoes with history. Back in 1933, a group of locals, led by Frederick C. Chabot, founded the Yanaguana Society. Their mission? To dig deep into San Antonio's…
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Galán, Luis
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, a city with a history stretching back to Spanish Texas. Right here, Luis Galán was a prominent merchant and public figure during a turbulent time. In 1798, at just twenty-one, he was…
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Steel, Harry Van, Jr.
· 3.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Antonio, the hometown of Major General Harry Van Steel, Jr. He was born right here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1932</say-as>, and went on to serve in the U.S. Army and the Texas…
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Belknap Place
· 3.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Belknap Place in San Antonio, the oldest existing concrete pavement in Texas. Built in 1914 using a patented 'granitoid' process, this street features a unique stamped brick pattern that was non-slip…
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The Pershing Chinese
· 3.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past The Pershing Chinese. In March, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered General John J. Pershing to lead an expedition into Mexico to punish Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary whose troops…
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Wesley Peacock House
· 3.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the original building of the Peacock School for boys, right here in San Antonio. Built in 1890 as a two-story home, it became the heart of the school founded in 1894 by Wesley Peacock. He even…
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Incarnate Word College
· 3.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the historic site of Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. This wasn't just any school; it grew from a teaching charter granted in 1881 to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. By 1893, they…
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Lydia Mendoza
· 3.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is a marker for Lydia Mendoza, the "Lark of the Border." Born in Houston, she became one of the most famous singers across the Texas-Mexico border and all of Latin…
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Cleto L. Rodriguez Freeway
· 3.5 mi · Historical Marker
This stretch of US Highway 90 through the west side of San Antonio is named for Cleto L. Rodriguez. Rodriguez was an orphan from San Marcos, raised in San Antonio shining shoes on the corner. He was drafted into the…
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Second Baptist Church of San Antonio
· 3.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Second Baptist Church in San Antonio, a congregation born from the ashes of slavery. In 1879, just a few years after emancipation, eleven formerly enslaved people felt the sting of…
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Alamo Heights, TX
· 3.6 mi
Alamo Heights, a verdant enclave nestled in San Antonio, has long cultivated a quiet pride in its residents, many of whom have gone on to leave indelible marks on various fields. Its tree-lined streets and distinguished…
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The Argyle
· 3.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the historic Argyle mansion in Alamo Heights. It started life in 1859 as the headquarters for a massive 1400-acre ranch, built by Charles Anderson. After Anderson left town on the eve of the Civil…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Jefferson (San Antonio)
· 3.9 mi
Jefferson (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Aiden Urdiales (0.500 avg, 1 HR).
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Highlands (San Antonio)
· 3.9 mi
Highlands (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Javier Madrigal (0.483 avg, 3 HR).
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Thomas Jefferson High School
· 3.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, a building that opened its doors in 1932. It was built to ease overcrowding, and despite public outcry over the cost, it was completed in January 1932.…
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Fort Sam Houston
· 4.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
These grounds have trained soldiers for almost 180 years, playing a crucial role in American military history. Established in 1845, Fort Sam Houston was initially an outpost for the U.S. Army, just as Texas was being…
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Saint Philip's Episcopal Church
· 4.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a pioneering institution in San Antonio. Back in 1877, Bishop R.W. Elliott dreamed of a church for Texas's newly freed Black citizens. His vision was carried on by Bishop James Steptoe…
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Mission San Jose - Camino Real Waystation
· 4.1 mi · National Historic Trail
Mission San Jose is the second oldest of the San Antonio missions and the most heavily fortified, the so-called Queen of the Missions, with thick limestone walls and a rose window that someone hand-carved in the 1770s.…
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Mission San José
· 4.3 mi · Things to Do
The queen of the missions -- San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo -- was founded in 1720 just south of San Antonio and quickly became the largest wealthiest and…
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Alamo Heights, TX
· 4.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past Alamo Heights, a place with roots stretching back to Native American campgrounds and Spanish explorers. Right here, in 1691, Fray Damián Massanet celebrated Mass and officially named this spot San…
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Mission San José (Texas)
· 4.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine life on the Texas frontier as you approach Mission San José. Founded in 1720 by Franciscan missionaries, Mission San José was built to convert local Native Americans to Christianity and solidify Spain's claim to…
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The Battle of the Dinky
· 4.5 mi
Imagine this: it's 1922, and the folks in this leafy little pocket north of San Antonio are nervous. The big city wants to annex them, swallow up their tax base, and give little in return. So the residents of Alamo…
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Site of the Camp of Stephen F. Austin
· 4.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, right where Stephen F. Austin camped in October of 1835. He was gathering troops, getting ready to attack the Mexican garrison right here in town. Just a few weeks later, Austin was…
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San Antonio Missions
· 4.6 mi · Historical Marker
Along a nine-mile stretch of the San Antonio River stand four Spanish missions that, together with the Alamo, form the largest concentration of Spanish colonial missions in North America. They were built between 1718…
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Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings
· 4.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Antonio, where Myra Hemmings lived and worked for most of her life. Born in 1895, she was an educator, actress, and activist who profoundly shaped the cultural landscape of Black San Antonio. In…
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Texas' First All-Spanish Radio Program
· 4.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a major milestone in Texas broadcasting history. On October 28, 1928, San Antonio's KGCI, later KMAC, launched "The International Goodwill Program." This was the very first all-Spanish…
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Kelly Air Force Base
· 4.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Kelly Air Force Base, a place that played a huge role in American air power. Back in 1917, just before the US entered World War I, this farmland was chosen for a new aviation training…
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Sunshine Ranch
· 4.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and for 50 years, this was the Sunshine Ranch. It was more than just a ranch; it was a dairy powerhouse, especially known for its milk production. Back in 1905, Willie Maverick gifted…
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Salado Valley
· 5.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through a valley that's been a crossroads for Texas history for centuries. Long before Spanish explorers named it Salado Creek in 1709, Native American tribes called this fertile land home. It became a…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Alamo Heights (San Antonio)
· 5.0 mi
Alamo Heights (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Luke Spielhagen (0.469 avg, 4 HR).
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Goliad Road
· 5.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving along a road that's been a lifeline through Texas for centuries. Back around 1720, the Spanish established this as El Camino Real a La Bahia del Espiritu Santo – the King's Highway to Goliad. For 150…
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Dodd Field (Fort Sam Houston) Enemy Alien Detention Station, World War II
· 5.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Dodd Field in San Antonio, a place that played a role in World War II on the home front. Shocked by the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government began detaining thousands of people…
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Brooke Army Medical Center
· 5.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder where the Army’s best medical minds train and heal? You’re driving right by it: Brooke Army Medical Center, a cornerstone of military medicine. This story begins back in 1846, during the Mexican-American…
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Station "X"
· 5.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a crucial World War II operation, Station X. In 1942, over a thousand civilian volunteers, mostly Texans, were recruited from San Antonio Air Depot for a secret mission. They sailed…
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Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
· 5.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This isn't just a cemetery; it's hallowed ground, a final salute to those who defended our country. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery was established in 1926 to provide burial space for veterans, primarily those who…
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Kelly No. 2 Flight Line
· 5.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past a piece of aviation history right now in San Antonio. Back in 1917, this area became known as 'Kelly No. 2,' a major flight training and maintenance hub for the U.S. Army Air Corps. The field was…
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Balcones Heights, TX
· 5.6 mi · Local history
Balcones Heights emerged from the sprawling ranchlands west of San Antonio, its name hinting at the "balconies" or cliffs that characterize the Balcones Escarpment. For centuries, this area remained largely undeveloped,…
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Chihuahua Trail
· 5.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past a route that was once a vital artery for Texas commerce and survival. This was the Chihuahua Trail, an old Indian road first used by Apaches and Comanches. By <say-as interpret-as="date"…
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Cole High School (Shaquille O'Neal)
· 5.9 mi
Robert G. Cole High School on Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX (1900 Winans Rd.) is where Shaquille O'Neal dominated Texas high school basketball. The son of an Army staff sergeant stationed at the base, Shaq led…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Cole (San Antonio)
· 5.9 mi
Cole (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 3A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Carson Kay (0.458 avg, 3 HR).
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Stinson Airport
· 6.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Stinson Airport, a place that's seen Texas aviation history take flight! It all started with Katherine Stinson, who, back in 1912, wanted prize money to fund her music lessons. She learned to fly,…
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The Matamoros Road
· 6.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past what was once the Matamoros Road, a vital artery in Texas history. Before Texas was even Texas, this path served Native Americans and Spanish explorers. By the 19th century, it was the main drag for…
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Brooks Air Force Base Hangar 9
· 6.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Hangar 9, built back in early 1918 to house the JN-4 'Jenny' planes used for pilot training in World War I. This historic hangar later became the site where legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, the…
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The Battle of the Salado
· 6.3 mi
You're driving past the site of the Battle of the Salado, a fight that decided the fate of the Republic of Texas. On September 18, 1842, Mexican General Adrian Woll had captured San Antonio. But Colonel Mathew Caldwell…
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Hangar 9, Brooks Air Force Base
· 6.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step inside the oldest U.S. Air Force aircraft storage and repair facility, a testament to early aviation history. Built in 1918, Hangar 9 at the former Brooks Air Force Base was a crucial part of the United States'…
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Edward H. White II Memorial Hangar, Brooks Air Force Base
· 6.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Edward H. White II Memorial Hangar at Brooks Air Force Base. Look to your right! This hangar is named for a true Texas hero, the first American to walk in space. Edward H. White II, born right…
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Aqueduct
· 6.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past a piece of living history right now in San Antonio! Look for the stone aqueduct, built way back in 1731 by Franciscan friars. This wasn't just for show; it carried vital water from the San Antonio…
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Mission San Francisco de la Espada Dam, Ditch and Aqueduct
· 6.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Mission San Francisco de la Espada, and right here, you're seeing the legacy of its water system. Franciscan missionaries built this incredible dam, ditch, and aqueduct, a true engineering feat for…
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Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas)
· 6.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here! You're about to see a piece of Texas history that whispers tales of faith and resilience: Mission San Juan Capistrano. Originally established in 1716 as La Misión San José de los Nazonis, this mission…
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Route of El Camino Real
· 6.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past a piece of Texas history, folks! This is the route of El Camino Real, the 'King's Highway.' Imagine this 1,000-mile road, stretching all the way from Mexico to what's now Louisiana. It started as an…
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King's Highway
· 6.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the historic King's Highway, also known as Camino Real or the Old San Antonio Road. This route was a vital artery, connecting settlements across Texas. It was officially marked back in 1918 by the…
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Mission San Juan Capistrano
· 6.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Mission San Juan Capistrano, one of the Spanish frontier missions established in 1731. Franciscan missionaries aimed to convert local Coahuiltecan Indians, but faced constant challenges from raids,…
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The Dawson Massacre
· 6.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the area where a brutal ambush took place in 1842. Captain Nicholas Dawson and 53 men from La Grange were on their way to join a battle near Salado Creek. But before they could reach their…
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The Town Named for Railroad Ties
· 7.0 mi
Kirby sits about eight miles northeast of downtown San Antonio, and its name has nothing to do with the famous East Texas lumber baron John Henry Kirby. This Kirby is railroad-born. A station opened here on the…
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Kirby, TX
· 7.0 mi · Local history
This city's story is one of transformation. It began in the early 1900s as an agricultural settlement, founded by German immigrants. In 1920, it was a small farming community with only about 18 people, where German was…
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Moses Lapham
· 7.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site where a San Jacinto veteran met his end. On October 20th, 1838, Moses Lapham, who fought for Texas independence, and three of his men were killed by Indians right around here. The very next…
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The Chemistry That Made Kirby Ties Last
· 7.0 mi
The Kirby ties that gave this town its name were not plain lumber. A bare wooden crosstie, sitting in Texas rain and heat, rots and splits in roughly five years. The fix was chemistry. Ties were pressure-soaked in…
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The Pluto Mission Run From San Antonio
· 7.2 mi
Here's something amazing about Southwest Research Institute: it doesn't just build instruments that ride on spacecraft, it actually leads space missions. An SwRI scientist named Alan Stern is the principal investigator…
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Setting Things on Fire for Science
· 7.2 mi
At Southwest Research Institute, one whole line of work is setting things on fire on purpose. The institute started the nation's first fire-technology research program back in 1949, and it still runs one of the world's…
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The Lab That Solves Anything for Anybody
· 7.3 mi
Tucked into the northwest side of San Antonio is a place that solves problems for a living. Southwest Research Institute was founded in 1947 by an oilman named Tom Slick Jr., and it has grown into one of the oldest and…
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Where They Test Engines Until They Break
· 7.3 mi
Southwest Research Institute is one of the world's top centers for engine, fuel, and lubricant research, and the way it does that work is wonderfully brute-force. Spread across the campus are hundreds of test stands,…
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Mission San Francisco De La Espada (Mission St. Francis of the Sword)
· 7.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Mission San Francisco De La Espada, one of the historic Spanish missions near San Antonio. Established in 1731, its roots might stretch back to 1690 in East Texas. By 1745, the mission's inhabitants…
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Mission San Francisco de la Espada
· 7.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a second, because this isn't just another old building; it's a piece of living history from a time when empires clashed and cultures met. Mission San Francisco de la Espada, or Mission Espada as it's…
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Lackland Air Force Base, TX
· 7.9 mi
Lackland Air Force Base has a rich history that dates back to 1941 when construction began, originally as part of Kelly Field. It became an independent organization, the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, in 1942. The…
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The Ghost Tracks
· 8.1 mi
On the far southeast side of San Antonio, where Shane Road crosses the railroad at Villamain, sits one of Texas's most-visited urban legends. The story: decades ago a school bus stalled on these tracks and was struck by…
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The Dead Mall That Became a Tech Castle
· 8.3 mi
The biggest building in Windcrest once sold shoes and sodas. Windsor Park Mall opened in 1976 at Interstate 35 and Walzem Road, thrived for decades, then died in 2005 as shoppers drifted away. In 2007 the web-hosting…
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In this Vicinity the Battle of Rosillo
· 8.4 mi
You're driving near the site of a brutal battle fought on March 29, 1813: the Battle of Rosillo. The 'Republican Army of the North,' a mix of Anglo-Americans, Mexicans, and Indians, took on the Spanish Royalist troops.…
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Espada Acequia
· 8.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Check out this incredible aqueduct – a water system built almost 300 years ago that's *still* working! Franciscan friars and local Native Americans built the Espada Acequia around 1731 to irrigate the fields near…
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Spanish and Mexican Land Grants
· 8.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio on land that's seen centuries of history. This area, once home to Native Americans, was part of Spanish and Mexican land grants, and even a route for El Camino Real. The earliest grant…
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The Perrin Home
· 8.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Perrin Home, built in 1875. Alphonse Perrin, born in New York City, came to Texas with his bride, Mina, searching for a better climate. After living near Leon Springs, they settled here, right on…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Jay (San Antonio)
· 8.7 mi
Jay (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Daniel Rodriguez (3 HR).
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The Stagecoach Stop Where Flooded Creeks Trapped Travelers
· 8.8 mi
In 1858 Joseph Huebner, an Austrian immigrant who reached Texas about five years earlier, bought 200 acres from the Losoya Survey near Bandera Road. He first raised a tiny one-room limestone hut, roughly twelve feet…
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Why Two Months of Rain Move Half the Creek's Water
· 8.8 mi
The same creeks that stranded stagecoach travelers still behave the same way. Huebner Creek is a tributary of Leon Creek, draining about 12 square miles before passing Leon Valley's 36-acre Huebner-Onion Natural Area.…
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Texas Star Inn
· 8.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Leon Valley, just northwest of San Antonio, and you might be passing the site of a true Texas music landmark. Back in 1946, this was the Texas Star Inn, a beer joint and a hangout for…
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Huebner-Onion Homestead and Stagecoach Stop
· 8.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Huebner-Onion Homestead, a vital stop on the San Antonio to Bandera Stage Line back in the 1800s. Joseph Huebner built his limestone home and stagecoach stop here in 1858, offering…
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Evers Family Cemetery
· 8.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Evers Family Cemetery, a quiet reminder of German immigration to Texas. Claus and Johanna Evers arrived from Germany in 1855, settling in this area in 1874. Their farm became a resting place in…
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The Song That Made a Town Famous (By Accident)
· 9.0 mi
You're in a town made famous by a song that isn't even about it. Back in the summer of 1972, the Doobie Brothers were touring in Winnebagos, driving themselves into San Antonio, and somewhere along the way guitarist Tom…
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The Stagecoach Stop on Bandera Road
· 9.0 mi
Somewhere near you is the oldest story in Leon Valley, a limestone homestead that grew up piece by piece over the decades. It started around eighteen fifty-eight, when Joseph and Caroline Huebner, immigrants from…
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The Little City That Refused to Be Swallowed
· 9.0 mi
Leon Valley grew up in the 1940s as farm country along Bandera Road, between San Antonio and Helotes, watered by Leon Creek. The name traces to that creek: Leon is Spanish for lion. As San Antonio spread outward after…
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Leon Valley, TX
· 9.0 mi · Local history
This city began in the 1940s as a farming community. It was situated along Bandera Road, nestled between Helotes and San Antonio. The residents valued their independence. In 1952, they took a significant step by filing…
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Boldtville Schoolhouse
· 9.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the old Boldtville Schoolhouse, a place that served rural kids in Bexar County for over forty years. Albert F. Boldt donated the land back in 1919, and that same year, local builder Fritz…
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Jefferson Davis Smith
· 9.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the San Antonio area where Jefferson Davis Smith, a boy known as Jeff, lived out a wild chapter of his life. In 1871, when Jeff was just nine years old, he and his eleven-year-old brother Clint were…
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John "Jack" Coker
· 9.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Coker community, founded by John "Jack" Coker, who came to Texas from South Carolina in 1834. He fought in the crucial Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. But his most impactful deed? He…
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Coker Cemetery
· 9.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Coker Cemetery. South Carolina native John "Jack" Coker came to Texas in 1834 and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. In gratitude for his service, Coker received from the Republic of Texas a…
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How a Marketing Idea Became a Christmas Tradition
· 9.3 mi
Windcrest's most famous tradition began as a sales pitch. In the late 1950s, co-founder Barbee Winn needed a way to draw buyers to the brand new community. Her idea was simple. Buy strings of Christmas lights, hand them…
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The Planned Town That Grew Fastest in Texas
· 9.3 mi
Windcrest was not a town that simply grew. It was designed. Developers Murray and Barbee Winn wanted a quiet, orderly place where families could put down roots northeast of San Antonio. The first house went up in 1954…
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Windcrest, TX
· 9.3 mi
Windcrest, perched just a bit higher than San Antonio, has always felt like a quiet pocket, even as the city around it boomed. You see those old live oaks, sturdy and sprawling? They've watched the whole story unfold.…
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Bueche Cemetery
· 9.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Bueche Cemetery. Swiss immigrants Abram Louis (1824-1921) and Anna Barbara (Kaderli) (1825-1905) Bueche, and family, settled in this area, known as Fratt, in 1854. Their infant granddaughter, Frieda…
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John Marshall High School, San Antonio (Priest Holmes)
· 9.8 mi
John Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas is where Priest Holmes rushed for 2,031 yards as a senior and led the Rams to their first state championship game, a 1991 loss to Odessa Permian. He played at the…
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José M. López Memorial Highway
· 10.1 mi · Historical Marker
This stretch of Interstate 10 in San Antonio is named for Staff Sergeant José M. López. López was born in Mexico, orphaned at the age of eight, and lied about his age to enlist in the United States Army. On December 17,…
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"Battle" of Adams Hill
· 10.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the 'Battle' of Adams Hill, a Civil War confrontation that ended without a single shot fired. In May of 1861, Confederate forces under Earl Van Dorn faced off against Union troops led by…
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Locke Hill Auditorium
· 10.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Locke Hill Auditorium, built in 1934 by the Federal Works Progress Administration. This sturdy limestone building, constructed with stone from a local quarry, served as a vital…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Warren (San Antonio)
· 10.8 mi
Warren (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Joaquin Guerra (4 HR); Alex Garza (0.410 avg, 1 HR).
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Hill Country Village, TX
· 10.9 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving north of San Antonio, and right here is Hill Country Village. Before World War II, this was just a hog farm. But in 1946, developers started building 'Village Estates,' offering spacious nine-acre lots…
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Lockhill School
· 11.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising past one of Texas' oldest public schools, Lockhill School. It's been serving students continuously for over 150 years, ever since 1868! It started out in a supply depot a mile southwest of here before…
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Shavano Park, TX
· 11.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving north of San Antonio, and right here is Shavano Park. It started back in 1881 as a little community called Shavano, with a post office and a store. By 1884, it was a stop on the San Antonio and Aransas…
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Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery
· 11.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Georg Heinrich Buchsenschutz Family Cemetery. Buchsenschutz, a veteran of the Mexican-American War, arrived in Texas in 1850. He settled on over 200 acres right here in 1860, the same year he…
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Hollywood Park, TX
· 12.2 mi
Hollywood Park's history is marked by a strong sense of community and autonomy. Incorporated on December 7, 1955, the town's residents sought to preserve their neighborhood's independence from San Antonio. The town has…
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Converse, TX
· 12.2 mi
Converse wouldn't exist without the railroad. James Converse, a bigwig with Southern Pacific, probably never set foot here, but his name stuck after the line came through in 1877. Back then, it was just another whistle…
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Moos Homestead
· 12.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Moos Homestead, built around 1850 by German immigrant John Moos and his bride Rosina. This fieldstone house, mortared with caliche, was typical of pioneer Texas German architecture.…
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Named for the Man Who Built the Tracks
· 12.5 mi
The town you're rolling through carries a railroad engineer's name. Converse was named for Major James Converse, chief engineer of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway, the line that pushed west from Houston…
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Cotton, Gins, and a Depot Big Enough to Sleep In
· 12.5 mi
Once the rails arrived, Converse became a shipping point for the farms around it, and cotton was king. By 1896 the little settlement had a saloon, a grocery, and two cotton gins humming through the harvest, baling the…
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The Depot That Outran the Wrecking Ball
· 12.5 mi
The original masonry depot at Converse didn't survive, but its replacement did, by getting up and leaving town. As rural passenger traffic withered, Southern Pacific tore down the big 1890s station and put up a modest…
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The Air Base That Grew the Town
· 12.5 mi
Converse spent its first half-century as a sleepy farm stop of a few hundred people. What changed it was the United States Air Force. Just to the northeast, Randolph Field opened in 1931 as a pilot-training school so…
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The German Farmhouse That Became the Town's Museum
· 12.5 mi
Converse was first settled by German farmers, and one of their homes still stands as the town's history museum at 10565 Old Cimarron Trail. Anton Otto Schumann, born near New Braunfels in 1875, married Ida Siebold, a…
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Golf Range to Drive-In to Hospital, All on One Plot
· 12.5 mi
The big hospital campus on Judson Road has had three very different lives, and each one tells you something about how fast this suburb changed. According to longtime city accounts, the land where Methodist Hospital…
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From a Converse Driveway to the WNBA
· 12.5 mi
One of the best basketball players Bexar County has produced in years was born right here. NaLyssa Smith came into the world in Converse on August 8, 2000, the daughter of Rodney Smith, a forward who'd played college…
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A German Singing Club and the Oldest 4-H in Texas
· 12.5 mi
For a place now wrapped in San Antonio's suburbs, Converse held onto its old-country roots a remarkably long time. The German farm families who settled here founded the Salatrillo Liederkranz, a community singing…
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Salem Cemetery
· 12.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Salem Cemetery, established in 1880. It was recognized as a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2006.
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Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery
· 12.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery, a final resting place for some real Texas heroes. It started in the 1840s and is still used today by the families who founded this area. Look for the graves of Francisco…
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Donkey Lady Bridge
· 12.7 mi
On Old Applewhite Road, south of San Antonio, a one-lane bridge built in nineteen-seventeen crosses the Medina River. It's been closed to cars since two-thousand-five and folded into the Medina River Greenway, but…
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Esparza, Enrique
· 12.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site where a young boy named Enrique Esparza witnessed one of Texas's most famous battles. He was just 11 years old during the Siege of the Alamo, hiding in a hay pile with his family. From…
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The Battle of the Medina
· 12.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a brutal battle that ended an early bid for Texas independence. On August 18, 1813, the Battle of the Medina raged right here. General Jose Joaquin Arredondo's Spanish royalist army met…
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Before the Subdivisions, This Was Ranch Land
· 12.7 mi
Long before the strip centers and subdivisions, this rolling ground at the northeast edge of Bexar County was German farm and ranch country. The original settler families carried names you can still find on the old…
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El Carmen Cemetery (Cementerio del Carmen)
· 12.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past El Carmen Cemetery, a place with roots stretching back to a pivotal battle for Texas independence. On August 18th, 1813, the Battle of the Medina River raged. A Republican Army of the North, fighting…
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Rocket Football and the NFL Pipeline
· 12.8 mi
At 9142 FM 78 stands one of the most decorated high school football programs in Texas. Judson High School opened in 1959, and beginning in 1977 the Judson Rockets reeled off one of the longest winning-season streaks in…
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How Live Oak Split From Selma and Named Itself
· 12.8 mi
Live Oak began as a small farming and ranching community in northeastern Bexar County, thirteen miles northeast of downtown San Antonio near what is now the Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 interchange. Its early settlers…
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Cover Cemetery
· 13.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Cover Cemetery, established on land donated by John B. and Virginia Cover in the late 1800s. The oldest marked grave here dates back to November of 1896. The cemetery expanded in 1994 with a donation…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Brandeis (San Antonio)
· 13.1 mi
Brandeis (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Chrystian Ramirez (3 HR); Nate McCarty (2 HR).
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McCulloch Cemetery
· 13.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past McCulloch Cemetery, a final resting place with deep roots in Texas history. Samuel McCulloch, Jr., wounded at the Battle of Goliad in 1835, was one of the Revolution's first casualties. He later…
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Donkey Lady Bridge
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
A disfigured woman with melted fingers resembling hooves is said to haunt this bridge over Elm Creek south of San Antonio. Visitors report screaming and…
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Krause House/Mann's Crossing Post Office
· 13.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Krause House, a testament to Texas pioneer grit. Anton and Johanna Krause arrived from Austria in 1854, walking much of the way to San Antonio. By 1875, they’d moved southwest of the…
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Enoch Jones Farmstead
· 13.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Enoch Jones Farmstead, also known as the "Castle on the Medina." Enoch Jones, a nationally known engineer from Ohio, purchased this land in 1837, though he didn't permanently move to Texas until…
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The Alamo
· 13.4 mi · Things to Do
Remember the Alamo. The 1836 last stand that became Texas' most sacred site.
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The Fastest Quarter-Miler in San Antonio Became Its Mayor
· 13.5 mi
Live Oak's second mayor came out of the same family that helped name the town, and before he ran the city he could simply outrun almost anyone. Elton Ottmar Friesenhahn, called Fritz, was born in 1924 on the family farm…
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The Cave of the Saber-Tooths
· 13.6 mi
Right here in Live Oak, hidden beneath the suburban landscape, is a world-class scientific treasure known as the Friesenhahn Cave. Long ago, on the ranch that would become this city, a sinkhole opened into an…
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Named for the Trees the Aldermen Met Under
· 13.6 mi
The suburb you're rolling into took its name from the trees overhead. Back when this was farm and ranch country northeast of San Antonio, a cluster of German families decided to incorporate their own town rather than be…
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The City Run Out of the Friesenhahns' Living Rooms
· 13.6 mi
Live Oak incorporated in 1960 for one main reason: to keep from being annexed into San Antonio, so residents would have a real voice in their own affairs. What they built in those first years was about as bootstrap as a…
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The Suburb That Tripled in a Decade
· 13.6 mi
Live Oak sits in the orbit of Randolph Air Force Base, in the band of fast-growing northeast San Antonio suburbs that filled in alongside Schertz, Universal City, Selma and Converse as the metro pushed outward. The…
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The Hardware Store That Became the Town's Living Room
· 13.7 mi
For years the city's main gathering hall was, of all things, a former hardware store. The Live Oak Civic Center at 8101 Pat Booker Road started life as a Handy Dan Lumber store, one of a regional chain of…
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Zion Lutheran Church and Cemetery
· 13.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Zion Lutheran Church and Cemetery in Helotes. The first burial here wasn't for a church member, but for Anton Gugger, a German immigrant laid to rest on his own farmland back in 1881. It wasn't…
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Zion Lutheran Church
· 13.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Zion Lutheran Church, a beautiful example of Carpenter Gothic architecture right here in Helotes. Built in 1906, this church wasn't constructed by professional builders, but by the very farmers…
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The Count Who Left a Misspelled Name Behind
· 14.1 mi
This town on the Medina River carries a nobleman's name, spelled wrong. The old limestone mansion here, called the Castle on the Medina, was built in 1861 by San Antonio merchant Enoch Jones. In 1886 an Austrian…
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One River Crossing, Three Centuries of Traffic
· 14.1 mi
For well over a century, travelers have funneled across the Medina River near this one spot. In 1850 a man named Miguel de la Garza ran a ferry here to serve the new San Antonio to Laredo stagecoach line, and the ford…
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The Little City That Voted Its Property Tax to Zero
· 14.1 mi
Von Ormy is tiny, but it ran a governing experiment that drew national attention. Voters approved incorporating the city in May 2008, about eighty eight percent in favor, partly to avoid being annexed by San Antonio.…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Brennan (San Antonio)
· 14.1 mi
Brennan (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Antonio Nunez (0.512 avg, 1 HR); Drew Martinez (3 HR).
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The Main Street Named for a Lost Aviator
· 14.1 mi
The busy commercial spine you're driving, Pat Booker Road, carries the name of an aviator who never came home. Officially State Highway 218, the road was built in 1935 to connect the highway from San Antonio straight to…
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Eight Thousand Years Beside the Medina
· 14.1 mi
The freeway and the town are recent. Human life on this riverbank is not. Archaeological findings show that people have lived in the Von Ormy area for an estimated eight thousand years, long before any road or rail…
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DeVilbiss, The Rev. John Wesley
· 14.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through San Antonio, and right here is where a man named John Wesley DeVilbiss laid the groundwork for a whole lot of harmony. He arrived in Texas back in 1842, riding the circuit and ministering to both…
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Oak Island Methodist Church and Cemetery
· 14.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, near where Reverend John Wesly DeVilbliss, a circuit rider, arrived in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1842</say-as>. He ministered to immigrants and native Texians, promoting…
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Von Ormy, TX
· 14.1 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Von Ormy, Texas, a town with a name that sounds like royalty, and you'd be right. It all started back in 1861 when Enoch Jones built a grand home here, overlooking the Medina River. It was called…
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Universal City, TX
· 14.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past Universal City, a town born from a gamble. Back in 1929, three San Antonio doctors bought farmland, betting that the future Randolph Air Force Base across the railroad tracks would bring people and…
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A Texas Town That Borrowed Kitty Hawk
· 14.3 mi
More than a thousand miles from the North Carolina dunes where the Wright brothers first flew, Universal City planted a piece of Kitty Hawk in the Texas Hill Country. Living in the shadow of an Air Force pilot-training…
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Edens Cemetery
· 14.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Edens Cemetery, the final resting place for a pioneering Texas family. It all began in 1856 when Mary Edens was buried here, marking the start of this small family graveyard. Her family,…
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The Water Tower Disguised as a Palace Near Live Oak
· 14.8 mi
Just east of Live Oak, at Randolph Air Force Base, stands one of the cleverest pieces of engineering in Bexar County. The base's landmark administration building, opened in 1931 and nicknamed the Taj Mahal, looks like…
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Hendrick Arnold
· 14.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Antonio, and right here is the story of Hendrick Arnold. Born in Kentucky in 1804, Arnold was a participant in the capture of Bexar, fighting in December of 1835. He lived a full life in…
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The Tower That Secretly Holds Half a Million Gallons
· 14.9 mi
Just inside the gate of the airbase next door stands one of the cleverest pieces of engineering camouflage in Texas. Building 100, the headquarters everyone calls the Taj Mahal, was finished in 1931 with a 170-foot…
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A City Built Like a Wheel, Read From the Air
· 14.9 mi
Universal City grew up beside one of the most deliberately designed places in Texas, a base laid out to be admired from a cockpit. In 1927, Lt. Harold Clark, an architect by training, sketched an idea on dispatch paper:…
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Named for the Man Choosing the Name
· 14.9 mi
The field that gave this town its reason to exist carries the name of a pilot who never saw it built, and who died while helping pick what to call it. Captain William Millican Randolph was an Austin native and a…
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Randolph Field Historic District
· 14.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder where the U.S. military first started training pilots on a large scale? You're passing it! Randolph Field, now part of Randolph Air Force Base, was the first permanent flight training facility for the U.S.…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: O'Connor (Helotes)
· 14.9 mi
O'Connor (Helotes, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Gabe Chavana (4 HR); Marcus Morales (0.421 avg); Jacob Stogsdill (3 HR).
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The Town Named for a Hope
· 14.9 mi
The town you're rolling into was a real-estate bet on an airfield that hadn't opened yet. In late 1929, three San Antonio physicians, Henry H. Ogilvie, Witten B. Russ, and Samuel P. Cunningham, bought farmland across…
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When Hollywood Filmed the West Point of the Air
· 14.9 mi
The airfield beside Universal City was so striking that Hollywood built a movie around it. In the spring of 1934, an MGM crew came to Randolph Field to shoot West Point of the Air, a drama about Army Air Corps flight…
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Building 100 "Taj Mahal"
· 14.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising past the San Antonio Airport, and right here is a piece of aviation history! Back in 1928, this land was donated to the Army Air Corps to become Randolph Field, the 'West Point of the Air.' Construction…
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Site of Geier and Schmid Farm
· 15.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Geier and Schmid farm, a testament to German immigration and early Texas settlement. Wilhelm Geier, his wife Theodora, and daughter Johanna arrived in Texas in <say-as…
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The Calaveras Wreck of 1890
· 15.2 mi
As you pass the railroad tracks, you're near the setting of one of the most famous legends on San Antonio's South Side, just up the road at the crossing of Shane and Villamain. The story goes back to the nineteen…
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The Town Named After Corn on the Cob
· 15.2 mi
The name on the sign you just passed comes straight off a cob. Helotes is an Americanized spelling of the Spanish words elotes and olotes, terms for ears of corn and corncobs, and they were attached to this stretch of…
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Dinosaur Footprints in the Canyon Above Town
· 15.2 mi
Just outside Helotes, Government Canyon State Natural Area protects something most cities can't claim: a place where you can hike on public land straight to dinosaur tracks. Roughly 110 million years ago, in the Early…
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The Mayor Who Left His Name on a Brick Town
· 15.2 mi
Elmendorf was laid out in 1885 and carries the name of Henry Elmendorf, a German-Texan born in New Braunfels in 1849 who went on to serve as mayor of San Antonio from 1894 to 1897. He promoted the first brick plant in…
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Crocks, Firebrick, and the Clay Pits
· 15.2 mi
For decades Elmendorf ran on clay. The pits around town fed two kinds of work. Potteries turned the fine washed clay into salt-glazed and Bristol-glaze stoneware, the heavy crocks, churns, and jugs a farm family used to…
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Cornyval: The Party That Started With a New Post Office
· 15.2 mi
Every spring Helotes throws a festival with a name only this town could pull off: Cornyval, a pun on carnival and the corn that gave Helotes its identity. The first one was held in 1966, and the spark was wonderfully…
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The City-Owned Course With 50-Foot Drops
· 15.2 mi
At 12900 Mount Olympus you'll find something unusual for a flat-sounding suburb: a golf course with genuine elevation. Olympia Hills Golf & Event Center opened in February 2000 and is owned and run by the City of…
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When Helotes Ran on Dairy Cows and Cattle Drives
· 15.2 mi
For most of its life Helotes was farm and ranch country, not a San Antonio bedroom suburb. The numbers tell it plainly: in 1919 the local post office served sixty-four area families, and sixty of them made their living…
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Floore Country Store
· 15.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near Helotes, and right here is Floore Country Store, a Texas institution that opened its doors in 1946. It started as a grocery store and dance hall, but by the 1950s, it was drawing country music…
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Harrison, John Sobiesky Koontz
· 15.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Bexar County, not far from San Antonio, and you might be passing the oldest standing home in Selma. It belonged to John Sobiesky Koontz Harrison, a man who helped build Texas's…
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Madla, Frank Lloyd, Jr.
· 15.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near Helotes, just outside San Antonio, a place that shaped a Texas legend. Frank Madla Jr. grew up here, working the family farm and attending rural schools where, he recalled, "Hispanics were not looked…
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Helotes, TX
· 15.5 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Helotes, a town whose name might just mean 'corn on the cob.' The name dates back to the early 1700s, when Spanish explorers noted the area where Apaches were known to hunt. Later, German and…
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Texas Hill Country, TX
· 15.6 mi
The Texas Hill Country, especially towns like Fredericksburg and New Braunfels, carries a distinct German accent, even now. In the mid-1800s, waves of German immigrants, often fleeing economic hardship or political…
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The Stage Stop on the San Antonio-Austin Run
· 15.7 mi
Before the freeway, before the outlet malls, this crossroads was a place where tired horses got swapped and dusty passengers stretched their legs. Around 1849 to 1850 the Harrison and McCulloch stage stop was built here…
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Digging Up the Stage Stop
· 15.7 mi
When Selma decided to turn its surviving stagecoach stop and old post office into the heart of a historic park, the city didn't just sand the floors, it called in archaeologists. In 2000 the Center for Archaeological…
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Harrison and McCulloch Stage Stop
· 15.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Harrison and McCulloch Stage Stop, a key stop on a network of stagecoach lines in the mid-1800s. Brothers-in-law John Harrison and William McCulloch ran routes carrying mail and…
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The Perfect Speed Trap
· 15.8 mi
For a stretch in the 1970s, this two-mile sliver of highway was one of the most feared spots in Texas for a heavy right foot. Selma had quietly incorporated in 1964 on a petition signed by just 29 people, several of…
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The Only Clay-Washing Works in Texas
· 15.8 mi
Why did potters cluster at Elmendorf? Geology. The town sits on rich beds of stoneware and fire clay near the San Antonio River, and W. F. Saenger found that the clay here was ideal for pottery. Saenger had opened a…
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A German Name on a Texas Crossroads
· 15.8 mi
The little city wrapped around the Interstate here doesn't take its name from Selma, Alabama, the way a lot of travelers assume. Selma, Texas, was first settled around 1847 by immigrant families from several European…
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The 1852 Harrison House Still Standing on Cibolo Creek
· 15.8 mi
Tucked on a 12-acre site along Cibolo Creek at 14997 Evans Road sits one of only two original structures left from old Selma: the John S. Harrison House. The one-story home was built in 1852 by John and Martha Harrison,…
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Retama Park and the Long Bet That Never Paid Off
· 15.8 mi
The grandstand rising off the access road here is Retama Park, the horse-racing track that opened with its first live race on April 7, 1995, about a year and a half behind schedule. The name comes from the retama, a…
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From 100 People to a Retail Corridor
· 15.8 mi
Few places in Texas have flipped from ghost town to boomtown as sharply as Selma. After its 1896 peak near 600 people, the town withered; the post office shut in 1906, and by 1940 Selma reported a church, a school,…
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The Buffalo in the Creek's Name
· 15.8 mi
The waterway threading through Selma is Cibolo Creek, and its name carries a memory of the animals that once shaped this whole region. Cibolo comes from a Native term, absorbed into Spanish, meaning buffalo or bison,…
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Joe Ball "the Alligator Man" — Elmendorf, Texas
· 15.9 mi
Elmendorf, Texas, just south of San Antonio. In the nineteen thirties, a man named Joe Ball ran a roadhouse called the Sociable Inn off the highway and kept five live alligators in a concrete pond out back — paid…
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Willie Nelson's Once-a-Month Home Stage
· 15.9 mi
The low white dance hall at 14492 Old Bandera Road is one of the most storied music rooms in Texas, and Willie Nelson is the reason its name travels far past Helotes. John T. Floore, a former manager of San Antonio's…
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John T. Floore Country Store
· 15.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over and listen up, because you're passing a place where country music history was written: Floore's Country Store. John T. Floore opened the store in 1942. It quickly became a hub for the local community, but it's…
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World-Famous Tamales and the Biggest Patio in the Southwest
· 15.9 mi
Floore's isn't just a stage, it's a kitchen, and it has been feeding people since John T. Floore opened it in 1946 to catch the traffic rolling between San Antonio and Bandera. The Honky Tonk Cafe here is known for…
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The Naturalist, the Postmaster, and a Box of Turtles
· 15.9 mi
The same Gabriel Marnoch who lent his name to a frog was also at the center of one of frontier Helotes' darkest episodes. Marnoch and postmaster Carl "Charles" Mueller, who ran the Helotes Stagecoach Inn, had been…
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The Helotes Frog That Got Its Name in the Mail
· 15.9 mi
Listen on a damp night near these limestone bluffs and you may hear a sharp, cricket-like chirp coming out of the rock itself. That's the cliff chirping frog, a thumbnail-sized amphibian that lives almost its whole life…
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John T. Floore Country Store
· 15.9 mi
There's a sign out front of Floore's Country Store that reads, "Willie Nelson. Every Saturday Night." John T. Floore opened the place as a grocery store back in 1942 — Helotes wasn't even a town yet, wouldn't…
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John T. Floore Country Store
· 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the legendary John T. Floore Country Store in Helotes. Opened in 1946 by John T. Floore, this spot quickly became a hub for the community, offering everything from groceries to dances.…
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Where the Stagecoach Stopped and the Town Took Shape
· 15.9 mi
Before there was a downtown, there was a stagecoach. By 1873 Helotes had become a stop on the Bandera Road run between San Antonio and the western counties, and German immigrant Carl Mueller, the town's first…
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Gugger Homestead
· 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Gugger Homestead, built around 1881 by Arnold Gugger. This limestone building served as his home, general store, and saloon, with his family living upstairs. It even housed the Helotes Post…
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Helotes
· 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Helotes. According to archeologists, human occupation of the Helotes area dates to about 7000 years before present, when small bands of Nomadic Indians who migrated seasonally in search of food and…
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Helotes, TX
· 15.9 mi
Helotes, nestled a bit higher than San Antonio, retains a distinct identity, and its very name hints at its agricultural roots. "Elotes," the Spanish word for corn, speaks to a history intertwined with the land. While…
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John T. Floore's Country Store
· 16.0 mi · Things to Do
John T Floore opened his country store dance hall on the old Bandera road in Helotes in 1942 and Willie Nelson played it so many times for so many years that…
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Robert B. Evans Home
· 16.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through San Antonio, and just ahead is the Robert B. Evans Home, built way back in 1882. Look for the old smokehouse on the east side, dating all the way back to 1865. Robert Evans himself came to Texas…
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Davenport Cemetery
· 16.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Davenport Cemetery, established in 1852 when William Davenport buried his wife, Mary, near their home. Davenport was a community leader, helping found Selma's first school in 1859 and a combined…
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The Scottish Surgeon's Stone House on Helotes Creek
· 16.1 mi
At 15350 Scenic Loop Road stands the oldest residence in Helotes and the seed of the whole settlement. Dr. George F. Marnoch, a Scottish immigrant and surgeon, bought this land near Helotes Creek in 1858, and in January…
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La Quinta de las Piedras (Miguel Menchaca House)
· 16.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the La Quinta de las Piedras, the home of Miguel Menchaca. His family history goes way back, with ancestors arriving in Texas from the Canary Islands in 1731. This stone villa, built in the 1850s,…
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Marnoch Homestead
· 16.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Marnoch Homestead, a grand limestone house built in 1859 near Helotes Creek. It was commissioned by Dr. George Frederick Marnoch, a Scottish surgeon who bought over 1500 acres here. The…
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Cibolo Pit, Then Cut Off, Then Schertz
· 16.6 mi
The town you're rolling into has worn three names. It started as Cibolo Pit, for a gravel pit and water well dug beside the new railroad here in southwestern Guadalupe County. Then it became Cut Off, because whenever…
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Where Steve Earle Got His First Guitar
· 16.6 mi
The hard-bitten alt-country songwriter Steve Earle, the man behind Guitar Town and Copperhead Road, grew up right here in Schertz, about 17 miles north of San Antonio. Born on an Army post in Virginia in 1955 where his…
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From Alsace to the Cibolo Bottoms
· 16.6 mi
Before this was a San Antonio suburb, it was German-speaking farm country, and the family that gave the town its name had crossed an ocean to get here. Joseph and Anna Schertz left Alsace-Lorraine in 1843; Anna and a…
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The Town With an Official Sweetheart
· 16.6 mi
Most towns have a festival; Schertz has a Sweetheart. Every May the city crowns a Schertz Sweetheart, a young ambassador chosen through the Sweetheart Pageant who then represents the town through the year, riding in…
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Schertz, TX
· 16.6 mi
Schertz, Texas, while now a bustling suburb, owes much of its character to its agricultural roots, particularly its long association with cotton farming. The fertile land surrounding Cibolo Creek, combined with a…
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Schertz
· 16.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Schertz, a town that owes its start to German immigrants arriving in the 1840s, looking for good farmland. This community, known then as Cibolo Pit and Cutoff, really took off when the railroad…
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Bexar, TX
· 16.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past what used to be Bexar, Texas, also known as La Colorada. It started in 1854 when John Kinney settled here. By the 1880s, the Kinney family was mining coal, hauling it to San Antonio by ox-cart. The…
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Somerset, TX
· 16.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving southwest of San Antonio, and right here is Somerset. This town got its start in 1909 when the First Townsite Company laid out the land along the Artesian Belt Railroad. But the real boom came in 1913,…
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Mann's Crossing, TX
· 16.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bexar County, near where the Medina River flows. Right here, you're passing through the area once known as Mann's Crossing. This spot owes its name to the Mann family, who came here from Europe as…
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Drilling for Water, They Struck Oil
· 16.8 mi
In 1913, town founder Carl Kurz sank a bore looking for artesian water and hit oil instead. That accident opened the Somerset field, which ran south toward Pleasanton and was called the largest known shallow field in…
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The Rockets Forward Out of Samuel Clemens High
· 16.8 mi
Before he spent 13 seasons in the NBA and helped the Houston Rockets reach the Finals, Robert Reid was a kid playing ball at Samuel Clemens High School right here in Schertz. Born in Atlanta in 1955, Reid moved to Texas…
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How a Texas High School Ended Up Named for Mark Twain
· 16.8 mi
There's no obvious reason a high school in a German-Texan farm town should be named for the author of Tom Sawyer, and the real explanation is gloriously practical. When the Schertz-Cibolo district built a new high…
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The Town That Moved to Meet a Railroad
· 16.8 mi
Somerset carries a Kentucky name. In 1848, Baptist families from Somerset, Kentucky, started a settlement about three miles south of here, in what is now Atascosa County. That first village is remembered as Old…
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From Cotton Rows to a Growers Exchange
· 16.8 mi
Oil grabbed the headlines, but many Somerset families lived off the soil. During the 1920s, local farmers turned away from cotton toward dryland fruit and vegetable farming, the kind of small-scale produce raising known…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Somerset (Somerset)
· 16.9 mi
Somerset (Somerset, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Josiah Gonzales (0.478 avg).
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The Burying Ground Under the 200-Year Oaks
· 17.0 mi
Near Cibolo Creek, in the shade of oak trees now reckoned to be more than 200 years old, lies the Schertz-Cibolo Cemetery, and it began with one farmer's act of decency. German immigrant brothers Ferdinand and August…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Sotomayor (San Antonio)
· 17.1 mi
Sotomayor (San Antonio, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Kolaiah Staten (9 HR); Noah Vrzal (8 HR); Wes Guardiola (5 HR); Jude Patino (5 HR); Evan Fine (0.434 avg).
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Willie Nelson's Honky-Tonk Home
· 17.2 mi
If you pass by a rustic-looking building with hats all over the ceiling, you've found the heart and soul of Helotes: John T. Floore's Country Store. It's not really a store; it's one of the most legendary dance halls in…
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Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery
· 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through St. Hedwig, a community with deep roots in Polish heritage. Back in December <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1854</say-as>, Polish settlers arrived in this area from Upper Silesia. They…
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Scenic Loop Playground
· 17.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of what was once the Scenic Loop Playground, a rural retreat just north of San Antonio. Businessman E.N. Requa envisioned this 320-acre spot as an escape from city stress, featuring natural…
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Saint Hedwig
· 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Saint Hedwig, a community founded in 1855 by immigrants from Silesia, in what is now Poland. They faced hardship, but established farms and ranches, even welcoming freed slaves after the Civil War…
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
· 17.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Saspamco. Built in 1923 by Mexican immigrant laborers from the local sewer pipe factory, this church was constructed using materials from the very land…
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Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery
· 18.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Rambie-Lewis Family Cemetery. This family cemetery, consisting of three graves, is a physical reminder of the hardships faced by 19th century pioneer families. Aaron Rambie, a Pennsylvania native who…
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Saint Hedwig, TX
· 18.0 mi
Here in Saint Hedwig, you're standing on the edge of what was once a vast, shallow sea. Millions of years ago, the Gulf Coast stretched much further inland, leaving behind layers of sediment that eventually hardened…
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Cibolo
· 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Cibolo, Texas, a town that owes its very existence to the railroad. Back in 1875, the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad laid tracks right through this area. Almost immediately, a…
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Cross Mountain, TX
· 18.3 mi
Cross Mountain's ethnic heritage is a blend of various backgrounds, with a significant Hispanic or Latino population at 18.50% as of the 2000 census. The racial makeup of the CDP includes White, African American, Native…
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Leon Springs, TX
· 18.5 mi
Leon Springs still carries the memory of the '98 flood, a raw wound that time hasn't fully healed. Leon Creek, usually a gentle ribbon winding through the live oaks, became a raging torrent that year. The damage was…
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Aue Stagecoach Inn
· 18.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a minute – this unassuming spot played a key role in connecting a growing Texas. This is the Aue Stagecoach Inn. German immigrant Max Aue built this complex of buildings in the mid-1800s on Boerne…
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Cibolo, TX
· 18.6 mi
Cibolo's history is marked by significant growth and development. The community was first established when the Southern Pacific Railroad cut through the area, en route to major cities like Houston and San Antonio. This…
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Where the Sermons Were German for Fifty Years
· 18.6 mi
The congregation at St. Paul Evangelical Church on South Main Street started the way most things in early Cibolo did, around the kitchen tables of German farmers. About 1876, Reverend T. Frehner and a layman named Oscar…
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First Officers Training Camp
· 18.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past where America's first officers training camp kicked off World War I! On April 6, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Germany. Just a month later, on May 8th, three thousand volunteers assembled right here…
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St. Paul Church
· 18.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. Paul Church in Cibolo, a testament to German immigrant faith. Services began around 1876, held in homes and a schoolhouse, with worship conducted in German. The congregation formally…
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The Town Named for the Buffalo
· 18.7 mi
The creek you just crossed gave this town its name, and the name means buffalo. Cibolo comes from cibolo, the Spanish word for the American bison that once moved through this country in herds, a term Spanish explorers…
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Fromme's Store and the Railroad That Made the Town
· 18.7 mi
Cibolo began as a country store beside a railroad. Jacob Schlather bought land out here in 1867, and his son George opened a general store to supply the surrounding farmers, who were mostly German immigrants working the…
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From 400 People to One of America's Fastest-Growing Towns
· 18.7 mi
Almost everything around you here is new, and that is the whole story. When Cibolo voted to incorporate in 1965, it was a sleepy farm town of only about 400 people, the kind of place where a single general store had…
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Plehwe Complex
· 18.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here and imagine the dust of stagecoaches kicking up as travelers debated where to spend the night. This unassuming spot was once home to the Plehwe Stage Coach Inn, locked in fierce competition with the Aue…
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O. Henry and the Smiling Valley of the Cibolo
· 18.7 mi
The short-story master O. Henry left a small literary fingerprint on this valley. Born William Sydney Porter, he spent years in 1880s Texas, much of it on South Texas ranches, soaking up the cowhands, range wars, and…
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Timberwood Park, TX
· 18.7 mi
As a large, unincorporated residential area rather than a distinct town, Timberwood Park doesn't have a list of famous sons and daughters in the traditional sense. While it's a desirable area that's certainly home to…
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Kicaster Community
· 18.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through what used to be Kicaster, a farming community that started back in the 1860s. Families like the Crows and Spiveys settled here, and by 1872, they had a schoolhouse that also hosted church…
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The Town the Freeways Built
· 19.0 mi
For most of its life this was a sleepy farm town of a few hundred people. As late as the 1950s only about 350 people lived here, and when Schertz incorporated as a city in 1958 the count was just 351. Then the…
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Site of Idlewild Community
· 19.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Idlewild, a farming community that saw its share of frontier drama. In July of 1867, Romanus Gross, 51, and his 19-year-old son George were attacked by Native Americans on horseback, just…
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Old Wurzbach Place
· 19.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Old Wurzbach Place near Rio Medina. Built in 1906 by H.F. Wurzbach, this home was designed by the rancher himself, who also served as a Medina County Commissioner. Check out those colonial…
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Cibolo, TX (Guadalupe County)
· 19.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Cibolo, a town whose name comes from the Spanish word for buffalo. This area along Cibolo Creek was known for its steep banks, so steep that Native Americans would reportedly stampede buffalo over…
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Zions Kirche
· 19.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Zions Kirche, a testament to German heritage in Comal County. Organized in 1871 with 52 German members by Reverend William Felsing, this Methodist Episcopal Church began with a simple limestone…
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Schoenthal School
· 19.6 mi · Historical Marker
Hey road trippers, look to your right! You're passing the Schoenthal School, built way back in 1872. This building is a fantastic example of German fachwerk architecture, a style brought over by immigrants. It's amazing…
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Old Rock Baptist Church
· 19.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Old Rock Baptist Church, a place with roots stretching back to 1857. Originally organized as Medina Baptist Church near Macdona, services were held in homes and schoolhouses until members…
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Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Steele (Cibolo)
· 19.7 mi
Steele (Cibolo, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Andrew Tschoepe (2 HR).
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The High School That Sends Players to the NFL
· 19.7 mi
For a suburb that was a village within living memory, Cibolo turns out a remarkable amount of NFL talent, and most of it traces to one campus: Byron P. Steele II High School. Running back Malcolm Brown rewrote the…
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The Man Behind the Name on the High School
· 19.7 mi
The high school that put Cibolo on the football map is named for an educator most people outside the district never heard of. Dr. Byron P. Steele II spent nearly half a century in Texas schools, working as a teacher, a…
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Beall Cemetery
· 19.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the Beall Cemetery, a family burial ground established by early settlers Erasmus and Elizabeth Beall. Their eldest son, William, was the first to be buried here in 1854. While Erasmus's own grave…