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San Pedro Springs Park is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Surrounding the source of the springs, the 46-acre park is the oldest in the state of Texas. It is the location of a Payaya Indian village known as Yanaguana, [2] and is the original site of the city of San Antonio. [2]
The San Pedro Springs are located in the Tobin Hill neighborhood of San Antonio, about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of Downtown San Antonio. Most of the springs are within San Pedro Springs Park, the oldest park in Texas. The springs are fed by water from the Edwards Aquifer; this water reaches the surface through faults along the Balcones ...
The Payaya people were Indigenous people whose territory encompassed the area of present-day San Antonio, Texas.The Payaya were a Coahuiltecan band and are the earliest recorded inhabitants of San Pedro Springs Park, the geographical area that became San Antonio.
The city of San Antonio created San Pedro Springs Park out of Yanaguana in 1852. [1] [8] At Yanaguana in 1718, Martín de Alarcón founded the city of San Antonio by establishing San Antonio de Valero on the west side of the springs, and Presidio San Antonio de Bexar. [1] On May 1, 1718, Alarcón turned over possession of the "..mission at the ...
Location / notes: San Pedro Park, aka San Pedro Springs Park, is an old public park in the city. The ballpark was built in 1892 (replacing a racetrack) and existed until 1966, when it was converted to a softball center. [1] The softball center is in the southeast corner of the public park, i.e. on the northwest corner of San Pedro Avenue (east ...
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 43: Floore Country Store: ... San Pedro Springs Park.
San Antonio Springs (also known as the Blue Hole) is a cluster of springs in Bexar County, Texas. These springs provide a large portion of the water for the San Antonio River, which flows from San Antonio to the Gulf of Mexico. The San Pedro Springs also feed into the San Antonio River.
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