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The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of Houston. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [2] [3] A prominent feature of the park is the San Jacinto Monument ...
San Jacinto County's first jail was constructed in 1870 out of wood, but as the area grew, the need for a more permanent structure became apparent. [2] The new jail was built in 1887 in the county seat of Coldspring, across from the courthouse in the original town square, at the southeastern corner of Loyd and Slade Streets.
Advertisement for event at Carnegie Library, Houston, Texas, 20 February 1906. 1907 Sanborn Map with Carnegie Library and Houston Lyceum The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas Looscan Neighborhood Library in Houston. In February 1885, Looscan started a club at her mother's home in Houston to promote "intellectual and social culture."
The Spanish Governor's Palace is a historic adobe from the Spanish Texas period located in Downtown San Antonio.. It is the last visible trace of the 18th-century colonial Presidio San Antonio de Béxar complex, and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocratic 18th-century Spanish Colonial in−town residence. [4]
San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment Presented by H-E-B HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The admission-free San Jacinto Day Festival is a full day of music, entertainment, food, games and fun ...
Guenther & Sons Pioneer Brand Flour Mill, San Antonio. The Guenther House is a restaurant, museum and store located at 205 E. Guenther Street in the King William neighborhood of the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Currently operated by C. H. Guenther and Son. Inc., the home was originally built as a private ...
Manuel and his brother, Salvador Flores, along with Manuel Leal, organized 41 volunteers from ranches southwest of San Antonio, [15] where they reinforced the Texan forces on the Salado Creek, in mid-October, [16] a few days after Juan Seguin [17] [18] [19] and Plácido Benavides [20] of Victoria had also gathered 70 men to aid Commander ...
20th Century Technology Museum. The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.