Menger Hotel & Motor Inn
Early San Antonio boarding house keeper, Wm. Menger in 1859 opened fine stone hotel, the "new" Menger, beside Alamo Plaza. To host Indians, presidents, poets, actors, generals, singers, public of the world. Served venison, quail, mutton, beef, soup made of San Antonio River turtles. Bar's vintages had ice imported by Gulf steamers and expressed to San Antonio in special wagons. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were recruited here.| HM Number | HMKG0 |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 3334 |
| Year Placed | 1965 |
| Placed By | Texas State Historical Survey Committee |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 12:10am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14R E 549844 N 3255157 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 29.42476667, -98.48613333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 25.486', W 98° 29.168' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 25' 29.16" N, 98° 29' 10.08" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 210 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio TX 78205, US |
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