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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5T_flower-the-tower_San-Antonio-TX.html
Founded in 1905, Rotary International is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois and is the world's oldest service organization. This plaque is erected on the occasion of the 92nd Annual Convention in which more than 20,000 Rotarians from over 120 cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4X_town-of-eagle-lake_Eagle-Lake-TX.html
Named for lake where in 1821 exploring party of Stephen F. Austin killed an eagle. In 1851 resident Gamaliel Good started a Houston-to-San Antonio Stage line with lakeside headquarters. In 1856, with D. W. C. Harris, Good platted Eagle Lake townsi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4U_rice-culture-in-colorado-county_Eagle-Lake-TX.html
The rice industry did not spread into the coastal plains region west of Houston until the very end of the 19th century. In 1898, Captain William Dunovant (1845-1902), a local plantation owner and entrepreneur, planted 40 acres of rice at the south…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4T_lakeside-sugar-refinery_Eagle-Lake-TX.html
The Sugar Industry, which began in Texas before the Civil War (1861-65), was revived in the late 1800s by cheaper refining methods. One of the leading sugar producers in Colorado County was William Dunovant. In 1898 he and several men from Eagle L…
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…