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San Antonio: 1836: One of the original 23 counties: San Antonio de Béxar, the major presidio in Mexican Texas, named in turn for the San Antonio River and the Spanish viceroy's family, who were Dukes of Béjar in Spain: 2,087,679: 1,247 sq mi (3,230 km 2) Blanco County: 031: Johnson City: 1858: Burnet County, Comal County, Gillespie County and ...
Early "Walgreen Drugs" sign still in use in San Antonio, Texas. Walgreens began in 1901, when Charles Rudolph Walgreen purchased a small food front store on the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues in Chicago, where he had worked as a pharmacist. [6] His energy and enthusiasm soon led to new ideas and ambitious expansion. For example, he ...
Bexar County (/ b ɛər / BAIR or / ˈ b eɪ ər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3]As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county.
Typical Monte Vista Historic District street sign. Bounded by Hildebrand Avenue to the north, Broadway to the east, I-10 to the west and I-35 to the south, Eastside of San Antonio's Historic District features an assortment of neighborhoods ranging from the working class Beacon Hill to the up-and-coming Five Points to the established upper middle class Monte Vista.
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 U.S. census. [12]
Zaragoza was born in Goliad on this site March 24, 1829. In September 1961, the county of Goliad donated 3 acres (1.2 ha) at Zaragoza's birth site, for a memorial in his honor. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reconstructed his birth home on the foundation. [3]
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
The Battle of Alazan Creek, occurred on the banks of Alazan Creek in Spanish Texas on June 20, 1813, during the Mexican War of Independence. The location is today in Bexar County, Texas , in the United States , just west of downtown San Antonio (formerly San Antonio del Bejar).