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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4Q_confederate-cemetery_San-Antonio-TX.html
This cemetery is located within part of a 40-acre grant of land given to the city of San Antonio by the King of Spain. The property was later subdivided into twenty-nine separate cemeteries by city aldermen, and this area was designated as City Ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK48_john-lang-sinclair_San-Antonio-TX.html
In 1899, John Lang Sinclair became a student at the University of Texas (UT) in Austin. The first UT band was formed in 1900 and Sinclair, possessing an aptitude for music, joined it as well as the Glee Club. The student head of the Glee Club, Lew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK47_clara-driscoll_San-Antonio-TX.html
A descendant of early Texas colonists, including a veteran of San Jacinto, Clara Driscol was born in Refugio County and grew up as a wealthy rancher's daughter. In 1903, soon after returning from school in Europe, she learned that the Long Barrack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3T_southern-pacific-passenger-freight-station_San-Antonio-TX.html
Listed in theNational Register of Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3P_southern-pacific-steam-locomotive-no-794_San-Antonio-TX.html
The first ribbons of steel which broughtthe spark-spewing wood-burninglocomotives to San Antonio in 1877,opened a new era of development
A modern counterpart to the romanticdiamond stackers of yesteryear,Southern Pacific Locomotive No. 794,oper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3F_steam-locomotive-no-794_San-Antonio-TX.html
Built byAmerican Locomotive Company, 1916Weight Engine and Tender, Loaded,442,080 PoundsTotal Length, Engine and Tender,80 Ft., 2-1/2 In.Tractive Effort 53,630 PoundsUsed in Freight Service on Texasand Louisiana Lines
Donated in February 1957 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZY_site-of-rincon-douglass-school_San-Antonio-TX.html
Following the Civil War and the Emancipation of American slaves, the Federal Government established the Freedman's Bureau to oversee programs aimed at educating and assisting blacks with their newly-granted citizenship. One of the most visible of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDE2_the-casas-reales_San-Antonio-TX.html
On site chosen July 2, 1731, for "government houses" by people of San Fernando de Bexar, including newly-arrived settlers from the Canary Islands. Structure, erected 1742, had to be rebuilt in 1779 by Don Jose Antonio Curbelo, alcalde of the Villa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VL_founding-of-the-mission-and-the-origin-of-name_San-Antonio-TX.html
The San Antonio de Padua Mission was founded in San Antonio in 1716 by the Franciscan Father, Antonio Olivares, and after merging with the San Francisco Solano Mission in 1718, it was officially founded as the San Antonio de Valero Mission. The pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VH_the-defense-of-the-alamo_San-Antonio-TX.html
The Alamo in 1836 consisted of this church, the convent and a large rectangular area or plaza, an enclosure of about six acres surrounded by walls with barracks on the west side of the plaza. On February 23, 1836 Colonel William Barret Travis ente…