Near South St. Mary's Street north of Villita Street, on the right when traveling north.
The narrow strip of land known to residents in the middle 1800s as Galveston Island was actually a peninsula surrounded on three sides by a bend in the San Antonio River. It was called an island because the fourth side was almost completely closed . . . — — Map (db m128527) HM
On East Nueva Street at South Main Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Nueva Street. Reported missing.
The administrative government of Bexar County, besides being the oldest in Texas, is distinguished by having served under nine governments. The community served under Spanish rule from May, 1718, until January, 1811, when it was taken over by . . . — — Map (db m53972) HM
Near Nacogdoches Road (Farm to Market Road 2252) at Toepperwein Road, on the right when traveling west.
At an elevation of 1340 feet, Comanche Hill is the fourth highest point in Bexar County. The hill lies on the southeastern edge of the Edwards Plateau and makes up the western edge of the Blackland Prairie. Throughout history this site has provided . . . — — Map (db m157297) HM
On 11th Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on 11th Street.
The origin of the name of Bandera Pass and its namesake city and county dates back to conflicts between the Spanish Army and native Lipan Apaches in the early 18th century. The history of the townsite began in the early 1840s, when Charles de Montel . . . — — Map (db m130359) HM
On Bandera Road (State Highway 16) 0.1 miles west of Helotes Canyon Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Ryall Luther White (1878-1962) was born in Jasper, Texas to John Luther Calvin White and Texanna Priscilla Ryall White. He married his wife, Ethel Gertrude Smyth, in 1907 and began working for his father-in-law as the manager of the Uvalde Rock . . . — — Map (db m163142) HM
On Fitzhugh Road south of Montgomery Road when traveling south.
Hendrick Arnold and Samuel McCulloch, Jr.
Hendrick Arnold and Samuel McCulloch, Jr. played important roles in the Texas Revolution and the formation of the Republic of Texas. After Texas became independent, both were considered free Blacks, . . . — — Map (db m256505) HM
On East Broadway Street (U.S. 87) at East Courthouse Street, on the left when traveling west on East Broadway Street.
De Witt County
Included in the colonial grant in 1825 to Green De Witt, Texas empesario ▲ Settled until 1840 largely by Anglo Americans ▲ Created a county of the state of Texas March 24, 1846, its area being taken from Gonzales, . . . — — Map (db m269140) HM
Alsbury, Young Perry (ca. 1814–1877)
Young Perry Alsbury, veteran of the battle of San Jacinto and the Mexican War, was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, around 1814, one of eleven children that included brother Horace Alsbury. He moved . . . — — Map (db m300917) HM
Near Navasota Street north of East 15th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Maine 1804. Died in Austin, Texas July 11, 1846. One of the founders of “The Telegraph and Texas Register” at San Felipe de Austin, October 10, 1835. A soldier at San Jacinto. First Chief Justice of Bexar County, 1836. Member of the . . . — — Map (db m25767) HM
On Saint Francis Avenue north of Campbell Blvd, on the right when traveling north.
Atascosa County was created from Bexar County in 1856 by the Sixth Legislature of Texas. The town was named after John Campbell who came to Texas from Ireland as a boy with his parents. John Campbell first came to Atascosa County around 1857 and . . . — — Map (db m261711) HM
On North Alamo Street, on the right when traveling north.
A native of South Carolina; came to San Antonio in 1835; was guide for Ben Mailam and other leaders in first attack on San Antonio by Texas Army, Dec. 1835. As Bexar Delegate, Maverick signed Texas declaration of Independence at . . . — — Map (db m30608) HM
Near Navarro Street west of North Presa Street when traveling east.
Ferdinand Ludwig Von Herff (1820-1912) was the son of Christian and Eleanora (Von Meusebach) Herff, prominent citizens of Darmstadt, Germany. The younger Von Herff studied in Giessen, Bonn and Berlin, graduating with a medical degree in 1843. He . . . — — Map (db m30554) HM
On E. Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1899, John Lang Sinclair became a student at the University of Texas (UT) in Austin. The first UT band was formed in 1900 and Sinclair, possessing an aptitude for music, joined it as well as the Glee Club. The student head of the Glee Club, . . . — — Map (db m30131) HM
On Old Pearsall Road (Farm to Market Road 2536) 0.1 miles east of Edwards Road, on the right when traveling west.
Anton F. Krause and Johanna Roesler emigrated from Austria to Texas in 1854. Like many new arrivals, they walked most of the way from the Texas coast to San Antonio where they were married in the San Fernando Church in May 1855. In 1875 they sold . . . — — Map (db m179926) HM
Near Wyoming Street just east of South Palmetto Street, on the right when traveling east.
Teacher, historian and preservationist Adina Emilia de Zavala was born in Harris County, Texas, on November 28, 1861. She was the daughter of Augustine and Julia Tyrrell de Zavala, and the granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala, first Vice-President of . . . — — Map (db m163739) HM
On West 11th Street at Congress Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 11th Street.
Hendrick Arnold and Samuel McCulloch, Jr. played important roles in the Texas Revolution and the formation of the Republic of Texas. After Texas became independent, both were considered free Blacks, but they were placed under severe legal . . . — — Map (db m163014) HM
On Old Medina Highway 0.1 miles west of Houston Street, on the right when traveling west.
Freedman and soldier Hendrick Arnold (1804-1849) was awarded land following the Texas Revolution for his participation in the Siege of Bexar and the Battle of San Jacinto. He received six surveys in what was then Bexar county, including this . . . — — Map (db m201897) HM
This courthouse occupies the south side of Main Plaza, formerly called "La Plaza de las Islas", as originally laid out by the Canary Islanders in 1731. As it was then, this plaza is the administrative and judicial heart of Bexar County.
This . . . — — Map (db m287297) HM
On Old Pearsall Road (Farm to Market Road 2536) 0.2 miles east of Edwards Road, on the right when traveling west.
Samuel McCulloch, Jr. (1810-1893), wounded at the Battle of Goliad October 9, 1835, was one of the first casualties of the Texas Revolution. This site is part of land he received in 1850 as a bounty for his service. The oldest marked grave is that . . . — — Map (db m179924) HM
On St. Mary's University 0.1 miles north of Rattler Drive.
In 1852, four brothers of Mary - three from France, one from Ohio - established the early beginnings of St. Mary's University and Central Catholic High School, at 112 College Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
This sturdy stone rests . . . — — Map (db m238289) HM
On Farm to Market Road 102 at Farm to Market Road 3013, on the right when traveling south on Road 102.
Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust infestation and Comanche raids forced them to move from Cibolo Creek in Bexar County to this site, . . . — — Map (db m96298) HM
Near Piedmont Avenue 0.3 miles east of Pleasant Valley Avenue.
Born near Little Cedar Lick, Wilson County, Tennessee. Lived in Mississippi, where he learned surveying. Joined Republic of Texas Army in May, 1836, and served 3 years in ranger/spy companies. Gained fame as an Indian fighter while surveyor for . . . — — Map (db m55204) HM
On Alamo Plaza at East Houston Street on Alamo Plaza.
Hendrick Arnold, a free man of mixed race, emigrated from Mississippi in 1826, settling with his parents in Austin's Colony on the Brazos River. He played a key role in the Texas Revolution as a guide and spy for the Texian Army.
By 1835, . . . — — Map (db m232678) HM WM
The chronicle of encounters over decades and centuries tells the story of a city's beginnings and emergence.
Beginning In The 1680s, 160 years after the conquest of Mexico, several Spanish expeditions entered the still uncharted . . . — — Map (db m213498) HM
On Lone Star Parkway (Farm to Market Road 2854) at State Highway 105, on the right when traveling west on Lone Star Parkway.
Sam McCulloch, Jr. was a hero who fought in many capacities for freedoms modern Texans take for granted. He was born in South Carolina and reared with three sisters, Jane, Harriet, and Mahaly, in Alabama by his father, Sam McCulloch, Sr., a white . . . — — Map (db m207413) HM
Swiss immigrants Abram Louis (1824-1921) and Anna Barbara (Kaderli) (1825-1905) Bueche, and family, settled in this area, known as Fratt, in 1854. Their infant granddaughter, Frieda A. Bueche, died in 1892 and is said to be the first buried at this . . . — — Map (db m247399) HM
On Stahl Street at East Blanco Road, on the left when traveling south on Stahl Street.
SAN ANTONIO - M.P. 238
The SA&AP wood frame passenger depot was located at the corner of Aransas Street, later changed to S. Alamo Street. and S. Flores Street. During its operation the ground floor provided passenger services including . . . — — Map (db m174167) HM
Created Aug. 27, 1856. One of 128 counties formed from Bexar County that extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, and as far west as El Paso. Named for Texas hero, Ben McCulloch, who fought in Texas Revolution, Indian, Mexican and Civil Wars. . . . — — Map (db m116316) HM
San Antonio, Texas, has a rich, but complex history. Part of this history is the number of nations that held sovereignty over the area, beginning with Spain and ending with the United States. Stell's mural includes symbols-buildings and . . . — — Map (db m188657) HM
On Mission Road 0.2 miles Mission Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
The World Heritage Site Program was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1972 to identify and honor cultural, natural, or mixed sites of worldwide importance. Participating countries . . . — — Map (db m213396) HM
On East Theo Avenue 0.4 miles west of Mission Road, on the right when traveling west.
The World Heritage Site Program was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1972 to identify and honor cultural, natural, or mixed sites of worldwide importance. Participating countries . . . — — Map (db m216416) HM
On Main Street (Loop State Highway 481) near North 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Jumano and Apache Indians inhabited region when Spanish explorers traveled across it in the 17th and 18th centuries, and were displaced by the Comanche tribe by the mid-19th century. Area was under military jurisdiction of Forts Terrett . . . — — Map (db m239569) HM
On Farm to Market Road 539 at East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north on Highway 539.
Pattillo “Pat” Higgins was born in 1910 in Houston to Pattillo “Bud” Higgins, Sr. and Annie Jahn Higgins. Bud owned oil properties in Chambers and Bexar Counties and, in 1925, began to purchase land in Sutherland Springs. . . . — — Map (db m167547) HM
On Nacogdoches Road (Farm to Market Road 2252) west of Toepperwein ROad, on the right when traveling west.
Background Information of Comanche Lookout Park
The Comanche Lookout is the forth highest point in the Bexar County of 1034 ft. In the earlier years the hill was probably used as a lookout to catch game that was watering around the Cibolo . . . — — Map (db m247393) HM
On E Gates Valley Road at Mangum Road, on the right when traveling east on E Gates Valley Road.
William Norwood (W.N.) Gates (1818-1903) was born in Madison County, Tennessee, and served in the Army of the Republic of Texas, participating in the Seige of Bexar in 1835. In 1854, he settled in what was then Bexar County, near present-day Poteet . . . — — Map (db m294024) HM
On Old Medina Highway 0.1 miles west of Houston Street, on the right when traveling west.
The footprints of Blacks in the sands of Bandera County's history are not easily found...but they can be seen with diligent searching. Carolyn Edwards, Chairperson, Bandera County Historical Commission, 1991
A Community Laid to Rest . . . — — Map (db m299184) HM
Near New Sulphur Springs Road east of Foster Road, on the left when traveling east.
Land for this schoolhouse was given to Bexar County in 1919 by Albert F. Boldt. During that year this two-room building was constructed by local resident Fritz Gembler. From 1919 until 1960 it served as an educational facility for the children of . . . — — Map (db m205699) HM
On Camaron Street north of Kingsbury Street, on the right when traveling north.
From the 1840s-1880s Kingsbury Street near San Pedro Creek was affiliated with the family of John William (1792-1845) and María Jesusa Curbelo-Delgado (1815-1890 Smith. the couple married in 1830 when he was a 38-year-old Green DeWitt’s colony . . . — — Map (db m294942) HM
On Dolorosa at South Main Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Dolorosa.
56 Canary Islanders founded a village, "San Fernando de Béjar", after arriving March 9, 1731.
They walked nearly 1,200 miles from Veracruz, with children, livestock and all their worldly possessions, for more than six months after a previous six . . . — — Map (db m179534) HM
On East Theo Avenue 0.4 miles west of Mission Road, on the right when traveling west.
Rural Land Surrounded Mission Concepción in the late 1800s providing a quiet retreat for city dwellers. The area began to change in 1888 when the San Antonio International Fair and Exposition opened at a nearby site along today's Roosevelt . . . — — Map (db m216287) HM
On State Highway 214 at NW 5th St, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 214.
Named for James L. Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, this county was formed out of Bexar County in 1876. Anglo settlement of the area began about 1895, and the county was formally organized in 1905. Seminole was established . . . — — Map (db m290379) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1376 1 mile south of Farm to Market Road 1888, on the right when traveling south.
Teacher and inventor Jakob Brodbeck (1821-1910) conceived the idea of building an airship while sailing to the U.S. in 1846. Born and educated as a teacher in Plattenhardt, Germany, he began teaching in the Kingdom of Württemberg, where he worked on . . . — — Map (db m214271) HM
On Frisco Avenue (U.S. 83) north of U.S. 190, on the right when traveling north.
Welcome to Menard, Texas
This scenic Central Texas town of 1,600 souls was established in 1858 along the banks of the San Saba River and has thrived modestly through the decades as a center of farming and ranching industry. It is . . . — — Map (db m115712) HM
On Cowboy Way (U.S. 82/380) at Avenue F, on the left when traveling east on Cowboy Way.
Created Aug. 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for Henderson Yoakum, who wrote a classic on early Texas history. Only Texas county named for an author.
Indian activity and frontier hazards made growth slow. Only itinerant buffalo hunters . . . — — Map (db m73468) HM
On North Washington Street south of West Colorado Street, on the right when traveling south.
Erected
by the State of Texas
to the
memory of her defenders
Captain N. H. Dawson
and his command.
Who fell at the battle of Salado Texas
Sept. 18th, 1842. . . . — — Map (db m80829) HM WM
On Farm to Market Road 1346 at Adkins Street, on the right when traveling east on Highway 1346.
Located in far eastern Bexar County, Saint Hedwig was settled in 1855 by immigrants from Upper Silesia in Prussian Poland. Without land grants, funding or transportation provided by an empresario, establishing a community proved to be difficult . . . — — Map (db m304490) HM
On King Philip Alley at East Nueva Street, on the right when traveling north on King Philip Alley.
Great early San Antonio leader, a native of North Carolina. Moved to Illinois, then to Missouri, where he was sheriff of Rawls County in 1824. Came to Texas with Green DeWitt in 1826 and settled at Gonzales.
Smith moved to San Antonio in 1828 . . . — — Map (db m82880) HM
On Mission Road 0.2 miles west of Mission Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
The San Antonio River Provided Early Settlers with water for their homes and fields and power for small mills that ground corn and other grains. The first known mill was built at Mission San José in the 1790s, and by the late 1800s, many . . . — — Map (db m213417) HM
On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
On May 4, 1917, a group of 17 doctors' wives met to discuss a proposal by Mrs. John O. McReynolds to form a woman's auxiliary to the Dallas County Medical Society - the first group of its kind in the country. With the nation's entry into WWI and . . . — — Map (db m151398) HM
On South River Street at East Nolte Street, on the right when traveling south on South River Street.
"I embraced the cause of Texas at the report of the first cannon which foretold her liberty, filled an honorable situation in the ranks of the conquerors of San Jacinto, and was a member of the Legislative body of the Republic."
Personal . . . — — Map (db m232405) HM WM
Near Locust Street at Main Street (Business U.S. 82).
During the 4 years, 4 months after secession, Texas sent 18 lawmakers to the Confederate capitols. Her delegates to the Provisional Congress, Feb. 1861 to Feb. 1862, were John R. Gregg, Freestone County; John Hemphill, Travis County; Wm. B. . . . — — Map (db m96899) HM
Near East Exchange Avenue at North Main Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east.
A native of North Carolina, Thomas Bailey Saunders (1816-1902) migrated to Texas in 1850 and started a cattle ranch near Gonzales. After the Civil War he completed cattle drives to markets in New Orleans and Kansas before settling in Bexar County. . . . — — Map (db m53413) HM
Atascosa County was created from Bexar County in 1856. The first county seat was at Navatasco, on land donated by Jose Antonio Navarro, and the county's first courthouse was a log cabin. The county seat was moved to Pleasanton in 1858, and a frame . . . — — Map (db m56584) HM
On Camaron Street 0.1 miles north of West Martin Street, on the left when traveling north.
Suddenly, in the midst of an arid landscape of dire challenges, here was an unexpected oasis - brimming with life.
The First Spanish Explorers to arrive in the environs of San Pedro Creek and the nearby San Antonio River attested to a . . . — — Map (db m225326) HM
On South Laredo Street at Dolorosa, on the left when traveling south on South Laredo Street.
(top marker)
O. Henry House
Typical of the homes of early German settlers, this two-room dwelling was built by John Kush about 1855. It originally stood on south Presa Street. It was occupied in 1895-96 by William Sidney Porter, . . . — — Map (db m61240) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 27) north of Earl Garrett Street, on the right when traveling north.
Formed from Bexar County
Created January 26, 1856
Organized March 22, 1856
Named in honor of
James Kerr, 1790-1850
the first American settler on
the Guadalupe River. General
manager of DeWitt's Colony
signer of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m111222) HM
On Ruidnger Lane (County Highway 426) at County Highway 1796, on the right when traveling west on Ruidnger Lane.
Captain Heinrich Joseph Richarz established this cemetery in 1905. A native of Prussia, he and his family arrived in Texas in 1850. After a brief stay in Bexar County, the family moved to Fort Lincoln, residing for a time in quarters once occupied . . . — — Map (db m221512) HM
On State Road 97 at Parsons Road, on the right when traveling south on State Road 97.
Following World War II, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifted its freeze on new radio stations. In 1949 chiropractor, preacher and rancher Ben Parker and his wife, Mona Parker, each veteran broadcasters, helped form the Atascosa . . . — — Map (db m260127) HM
Near West Commerce Street at North San Saba, on the right when traveling west.
During the 1930s, San Antonio native Emma Tenayuca was a prominent leader of a movement that fought deplorable working conditions, discrimination and unfair wages on behalf of the city's working poor. As a child, Tenayuca had often visited the . . . — — Map (db m201905) HM
On Noblewood Drive south of Tamarak Drive, on the left when traveling south.
"We will transform an area ravaged by flood and make it Fruitful-Barren and Bring Blessings" Rev. Dr. E. Thurman Walker - 2007
Many homes were destroyed in the Salado Creek flood of 1998. In 2007, Bexar County Leadership . . . — — Map (db m304440) HM
On Kitty Hawk Road 0.2 miles east of Pat Booker Road (Farm to Market Road 218).
Early Anglo settlers to Texas, the John Edens family arrived in Houston County in 1831. John's son Banister Edens, along with his wife Mary Walker Edens and their family, moved to Bexar County in 1855. By 1856 Banister Edens had acquired 350 acres . . . — — Map (db m197208) HM
On North Main Street north of West Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for a native of New Jersey, Robert Cochran, a private who died for Texas Independence in the siege of the Alamo.
Indian hostilities and the distance to market and supplies made settlement slow. . . . — — Map (db m76252) HM
On Ranch to Market Road 469 0.5 miles Interstate 35, on the right when traveling west.
An Ohio native who found gold in California in 1849, William A. Waugh settled near the Cibolo Creek Crossing on the Laredo-San Antonio Road in 1856, before La Salle County was created. Waugh served briefly as a Texas Ranger during the border raids . . . — — Map (db m202895) HM
On Camaron Street at West Martin Street, on the left when traveling north on Camaron Street.
These ancient waters also served as a resource for San Antonio's first entrepreneurs and aspiring industrialists.
San Pedro Creek was an invaluable source of water for residents who lived and farmed and grazed their livestock along its . . . — — Map (db m225336) HM
Near South Presa Street (State Highway 122) at Koehler Court, on the right when traveling south.
In 1892 Well Drillers Were Surprised when their well produced 103°F sulphur water instead of the clear artesian water they were hired to locate. Unable to use this water, the State of Texas which owned the well, leased it to Charles . . . — — Map (db m213224) HM
On East Commerce Street at Soledad Street, on the left when traveling west on East Commerce Street.
Spanish urban planners in the New World knew how to create a vibrant community: its two interconnected building blocks were a cathedral and a plaza.
This spatial structure compelled the citizens of New Spain to revolve around a civic center, . . . — — Map (db m118154) HM
On Main Street at N. 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Created in 1858 out of Bexar County, Kimble County was attached temporarily to Gillespie County for judicial purposes. It was named for Lt. George C Kimble slain March 6, 1836, in the siege of the Alamo. The county was organized in 1876 and the . . . — — Map (db m102796) HM
On South Ann Street (Farm to Market Road 674) at James Street, on the left when traveling north on South Ann Street.
Human inhabitation of Kinney County began thousands of years ago. Spanish expeditions through the area began in 1535 and continued throughout subsequent centuries. An attempt at establishing a Franciscan mission in 1775 failed, as did settlement by . . . — — Map (db m56235) HM
Near South Presa Street (State Highway 122) at Koehler Court, on the right when traveling south.
Although Bexar County had three popular mineral water spas at one time, none of the others equaled Hot Wells Hotel's reputation for luxury.
Hot Wells guests could choose from a variety of facilities: 3 swimming pools, 45 private bathing . . . — — Map (db m213243) HM
Near South Presa Street (State Highway 122) at Koehler Court, on the right when traveling south.
Hot Sulphur Baths First Attracted health seekers to South Bexar County in 1892 when Charles Scheuermeyer used water from a nearby mineral well to fill an indoor pool at Southwestern Park. The property was later redeveloped by local brewery owner . . . — — Map (db m213225) HM
On South Presa Street (State Highway 122) near Koehler Court, on the right when traveling south.
Hot Wells Was A Health Resort and an elegant hotel where visitors bathed and performed water gymnastics in hot mineral rich pools. When not bathing, guests strolled the 100-acre site along the San Antonio River and enjoyed golf, tennis, and . . . — — Map (db m213226) HM
On East Theo Avenue 0.4 miles west of Mission Road, on the right when traveling west.
The San Antonio River Is Formed By Springs that rise to the surface from the Edwards Aquifer north of downtown and by tributaries that flow into the river channel along its winding route. Most of these tributaries in Bexar County are on the west . . . — — Map (db m216273) HM
On North Panna Maria Avenue (Business State Highway 123) at West Calvert Avenue (Business U.S. 181), on the right on North Panna Maria Avenue.
Formed from Bexar County
Created February 4, 1854
Organized February 27, 1854
Named in honor of
Henry Wax Karnes
1812-1840
Conspicuous for gallantry at
storming of Bexar
Commanded a company at
San Jacinto
Texas Ranger . . . — — Map (db m121656) HM
On Ann Street (Ranch to Market Road 674) at Cook Alley, on the left when traveling north on Ann Street.
Built in 1878-1879 to serve as the first county-owned courthouse for Kinney County, this structure served that purpose for thirty-two years. In 1911 it became the headquarters of the Las Moras Masonic Lodge, which was chartered in 1876. While the . . . — — Map (db m248124) HM
Near College Drive (U.S. 70) at Hospital Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Formed from Bexar County
Created February 1, 1858
Organized October 10, 1881
Named for
Josiah and Mathias Wilbarger
brothers who came to Texas
in 1829
Josiah, scalped by Indians
August, 1833,
survived 11 years . . . — — Map (db m96685) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
