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Casa Navarro is a historic site in San Antonio, Bexar County, in the U.S. state of Texas.The original house complex was the residence of Texas patriot José Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), a rancher, merchant, leading advocate for Tejano rights, and one of only two native-born Texans to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence.
The bridge and streetcar connected both the neighborhood and city of Laredo to the newly developing commercial and residential sections of the city that began growing to the east of the creek. Cut off from the historic center of Laredo by Interstate 35 in the late 1970s, [4] Barrio Azteca has retained much of its historic fabric. The ...
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio [107] has a campus in Laredo. Laredo College is a two-campus institution which offers two-year Associate's degrees. The main campus is at the western end of downtown Laredo near the Rio Grande, on the site of the former Fort McIntosh. This fort played a major role in the development ...
In 1858 the Mengers hired an architect, John M. Fries, along with a contractor, J. H. Kampmann, to complete the two-story, 50-room hotel in San Antonio, Texas, [2] which became a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail where cattle drovers could replenish their supplies while cattlemen sold and bought their livestock.
The Texas Ranger Museum features authentic Texas Ranger Division artifacts including automatic handguns, shotguns, badges, photographs and more. The museum also features Ranger Town, a recreation of San Antonio at the turn of the century which includes a replica Buckhorn Saloon, jail cell, blacksmith shop and a replica of the 1934 Ford V8 ...
Schilo's Delicatessen began as a bar in Beeville in 1914 until Fritz and Laura Schila moved it to San Antonio In 1917. They debuted with German cuisine. When Prohibition was introduced in 1920, Schilo's Delicatessen kept operating. Its timely transition to a restaurant allowed the place to serve beer kegs. [1] [4] [5]
The King William Historic District of San Antonio, Texas was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on January 20, 1972. [1] The area was originally used as farm acreage by the Spanish priests of the Misión San Antonio de Valero, and eventually parceled off for the local indigenous peoples of the area. [2]
[10] 1907 - Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House built. 1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo. [5] 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built. 1910 - Population: 14,855. [5] 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo. [11] 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date). [12] 1920