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San Antonio grew to become the largest Spanish settlement in Texas. After the failure of Spanish missions to the north of the city, San Antonio became the farthest northeastern extension of the Hispanic culture of the Valley of Mexico. The city was for most of its history the capital of the Spanish, later Mexican, province of Tejas.
San Antonio founded by Martín de Alarcón. [1] [2] Mission San Antonio de Valero founded. 1720 – Mission San Jose founded. [3] 1722 – Presidio San Antonio de Bexar built. 1731 – Juan Leal Goraz becomes first mayor. 1750 – Church of San Fernando completed. [2] 1773 – San Antonio de Bexar named capital of Spanish Texas. [4]
Part of San Jose Mission National Historic Site, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 58: John S. Harrison House: John S. Harrison House: June 29, 2006 : 14997 Evans Rd. Selma: State Antiquities Landmark 59: The Havana: The Havana
The park was originally established in 1975 as the Mission Parkway on the National Register of Historic Places encompassing 84 separate historical sites along the San Antonio River on the southern side of the city of San Antonio. [5] Within this listing, the National Historical Park was authorized on November 10, 1978.
The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.
SAN ANTONIO — It was the bloodiest armed conflict in Texas history. On Aug. 18, 1813, some 1,400 people died at the Battle of Medina and during the merciless streak of executions that followed.
San Antonio to Salado: 5 cool history day trips that won't take you too far from Austin. Gannett. ... (1842) expeditions, and those captured during Gen. Adrián Woll's raid on San Antonio (1842). ...
During these following decades, many South San Antonio cultural, commercial, natural and historic initiatives were undertaken and completed including the Mission Trails way-finding efforts and the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River Improvements project which linked hikers, bikers, birders and drivers—residents and tourists alike—to the ...