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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG6_san-antonio-casino-club-building_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 in 1925 to form San Antonio Casino Club. This building, completed in 1927 with its d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG5_san-antonio-river-walk_San-Antonio-TX.html
Most cities have a river:San Antonio has a river walk.
The San Antonio river has been an important resource since long before the arrival of the Spanish when the area was home to Native Americans. The first mission, San Antonio de Valero, was e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG3_john-twohig-lived-on-these-grounds_San-Antonio-TX.html
Here he entertained Robert E. Lee and other famous men. He was known for his Christianity, hospitality, and charity to the poor and orphans. He blew up his store to keep the powder and shot from the enemy during Vasquez's Raid March 1842. He was c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG2_heroes-of-the-alamo_San-Antonio-TX.html
This oak tree planted in the spring of 1965 in memory of the Heroes of the Alamo. Presented by the First Officers' Training Camp Association of Texas, Leon Springs, Texas, May 8...August 15, 1917. Roster of First Campers filed in Alamo Library.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG1_this-noble-cottonwood_San-Antonio-TX.html
This noble cottonwood grew on the bank of an acequia dug by the Franciscan Fathers. That ancient, historic canal flowed on the East side of the Alamo (Mission San Antonio de Velero) and through this patio.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG0_menger-hotel_San-Antonio-TX.html
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, sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFZ_founding-of-the-pan-american-round-table_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 21 friends met at the historic Menger Hotel to found the Pan American Roun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFY_san-antonio-section-national-council-of-jewish-women_San-Antonio-TX.html
On May 13, 1907, the San Antonio Section of the National Council of Jewish Women was organized in the Menger Hotel. Anna Hertzberg was elected president by the 15 charter members. The council immediately became active in the development of social …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFW_stevens-building_San-Antonio-TX.html
One of the finest remaining structures in San Antonio's late 19th-century commercial district, this building was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by James Riely Gordon (1864-1937) and was completed in 1891. Over the years the first f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFV_commerce-street-bridge_San-Antonio-TX.html
The main ford between San Fernando de Bexar (the city) and San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), this river crossing has long been a focal point of history. At its footbridge on Feb 23, 1836, Alamo emissary Albert Martin met to parley with Santa Anna…