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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9G_ft-sam-houston-quadrangle-and-staff-post_San-Antonio-TX.html
The Quadrangle, a scaled-down version of Jeffersonville Depot in Indiana, was begun in 1876 and originally served as a Quartermaster Depot and Headquarters for the Department of Texas. Designed as a fortress-like building with both one and two sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6P_m-56-howitzer-105mm-towed-yugoslavia_San-Antonio-TX.html
Based on the German M18/40 Light Field Howitzer used in World War II. This gun was probably sold to Iran, then captured by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War. It was damaged in a firefight with US forces in February 1991 north of Kuwait City and abandoned.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4R_m-1905-field-gun_San-Antonio-TX.html
Adoption of the 3" field gun in 1902 gave the US Army its first rapid fire, breechloading gun with a hydrospring recoil system capable of indirect fire. The complete gun section included the gun and a caisson with 70 rounds of fixed ammunition.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4K_mti-monument_San-Antonio-TX.html
Dedicated to theUnited States Air Force Enlisted Corpsrepresented by theMilitary Training Instructorswho mold the Air Force oftoday and tomorrow
Presented to theAir Force Military Training CenterLackland AFB Texas16 May 1980
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML40_c-121-constellation_San-Antonio-TX.html
The C-121, so designated by the USAF in 1948, was developed from the C-69 military transport that had originated as a commercial transport for TransWorld and Pan American Airlines. The C-69's were assigned to Air Transport Command during the last …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQW_the-mission-period_San-Antonio-TX.html
This region was inhabited by native peoples from early times. Among them were the Payayas, who lived along a river they called Yanaguana. On June 13, 1691, Franciscan Father Dami?n Massanet arrived and christened the river San Antonio de Padua in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKOG_san-antonios-river-walk-and-flood-control-system_San-Antonio-TX.html
National HistoricCivil Engineering Landmark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNK_menger-hotel_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 businesses were still clustered around Main Plaza and Military Plaza. The popularity of the boarding house led …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMW_bowens-island_San-Antonio-TX.html
This tract of land is a natural peninsula in the San Antonio River. It once was bounded by the river on three sides and on the fourth by the Concepcion Acequia. In 1845 John Bowen, a native of Philadelphia, bought the property from Maria Josefa Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMU_old-mill-crossing_San-Antonio-TX.html
Last known place where horsesdrank and forded the river.
Dedicated to the memory of our fathers.