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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15M5_o-henry-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
(top marker)O. Henry House
Typical of the homes of early German settlers, this two-room dwelling was built by John Kush about 1855. It originally stood on south Presa Street. It was occupied in 1895-96 by William Sidney Porter, who gained natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15M4_staacke-brothers-building_San-Antonio-TX.html
Designed by prominent Texas Architect James Riely Gordon (1864-1937), this structure was built in 1894 to house the successful carriage business of German immigrant August Frederick Staacke (d.1909). An excellent example of the architecture of a d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15M3_site-of-the-old-adobe_San-Antonio-TX.html
First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio.
Built by Rev. John McCollough (1805-1870). Used by all Protestant faiths. Plastered rock construction.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IS_ernst-homestead_San-Antonio-TX.html
Built about 1890, this home was constructed on land bordering the Mission Concepcion Acequia (Canal). In 1896 the site was purchased by Prussian native William Ernst (1830-1904), a former mail carrier between Fredericksburg and San Antonio. Ernst …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IR_the-bexar-county-courthouse_San-Antonio-TX.html
This courthouse occupies the south side of Main Plaza, formerly called "La Plaza de las Islas", as originally laid out by the Canary Islanders in 1731. As it was then, this plaza is the administrative and judicial heart of Bexar County.
This is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IN_barbed-wire_San-Antonio-TX.html
At first called "Devil's Rope" by cowboys, barbed wire was patented in 1873 but found little favor with Texas cattlemen until the late 1870s, when its use and practicality were shown in a sensational demonstration here in San Antonio. Its showman-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IM_adina-de-zavala_San-Antonio-TX.html
As the granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala (1789-1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas, young Adina de Zavala was exposed to vivid accounts of Texas' revolutionary and republican past. She became a guiding force in the preservation o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AQ_zero-milestone-old-spanish-trail_San-Antonio-TX.html
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Dedicated byGovernor Pat M. NeffMarch 27, 1924
Erected by theSan Antonio City Federationof Women's ClubsMrs. J.K. Beretta, President
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z9_comanche-lookout_San-Antonio-TX.html
At an elevation of 1340 feet, Comanche Hill is the fourth highest point in Bexas County. The hill lies on the southeastern edge of the Edwards Plateau and makes up the western edge of the Blackland Praire. Throughout history this site has provided…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14B8_wilber-b-miller_San-Antonio-TX.html
In 1941, the War Department announced the creation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first all-African American combat unit in the Army Air Forces. This unit trained at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Fifty African-American Kelly workers (49 men an…