After filtering for Texas, 1099 entries match your criteria. The first 100 are listed. Next 100 ⊳
Industry & Commerce Topic
By Bill Kirchner, October 25, 2012
Andrews County Discovery Well Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Eunice Highway (State Highway 176) at SW 3001, on the left when traveling west on Eunice Highway. |
| | C.E. Ogden No. 1, producing 200 barrels a day from San Andres lime formation was brought in, Dec. 1929, by Deep Rock Oil Co.--The Andrews County discovery well and first of 730 wells in Fuhrman-Masco oil field.
Bought, Feb. 1932, by . . . — — Map (db m61380) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 385) at NE Avenue A, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | On May 25, 1965, from one of 7,400 producing oil wells in the county's 196 fields, came the Billionth Barrel of Andrews County crude oil.
In the 35 years and 5 months since oil flowed from the county's discovery well, C.E. Ogden No. 1, in Dec. . . . — — Map (db m61377) HM |
| Near County Park Road 1.3 miles east of U.S. 385, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for old town of Florey, established as a post office 7 miles to the northeast in 1909, prior to the organization of Andrews County, June 1910.
In heart of the Means Oil Field, opened 1930, this park is at site of a 1934-1958 camp of . . . — — Map (db m61421) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 385) at NE Avenue A, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Andrews County produced it’s 2nd billionth barrel of crude oil August 21, 1981. Sixteen years and 96 days after its first billionth barrel came from beneath the county’s 1500 square miles.
In producing two billion barrels in 52 years, Andrews . . . — — Map (db m61378) HM |
| On North Temple Drive (U.S. 59) near Kenley Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A sawmill established here in 1894 by T.L.L. Temple gave rise to a town that by 1900 contained a commissary, post office, churches, homes, and schools run by the Southern Pine Lumber Company. The town was named for the Diboll family of New Orleans . . . — — Map (db m30360) HM |
| On Maynard Street at Booker Street, on the left when traveling west on Maynard Street. |
| | Emporia Lumber Company co-owner S.F. Carter and M.T. Jones purchased over 5,000 acres of land in south Angelina County and established a company town named Emporia in 1893. The town included sawmill facilities, a railroad spur to ship lumber, . . . — — Map (db m37824) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2109 near Farm to Market Road 2801, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Angelina County was organized in 1845, Alabama native Joseph Herrington (1823-89) was one of six men appointed by the legislature who set boundary lines and selected Marion as the first seat of government. That same year, at the age of 22, he . . . — — Map (db m32054) HM |
| On Spence Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Chartered in August 1900 and headquartered in the sawmill town of Keltys, the Angelina and Neches River (A&NR) Railroad began as a small short line railroad to move logs from the woods of East Texas to the mills of the Angelina County Lumber . . . — — Map (db m29735) HM |
| On South Timberland Drive near Tulane Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded 1882. Soon became a thriving sawmill community. Named for E.P. Lufkin, chief of crew that surveyed railroad through town. Has been county seat of Angelina County since 1892. Now a regional manufacturing and commerce center. Products include . . . — — Map (db m28715) HM |
| Near Atkinson Drive (State Highway 103) at Goleta Avenue. |
| | One of last ox-drawn or mule-drawn carts skidding logs to railroad from the forests. Built 1950 for W. T. Carter & Brother, a lumber firm, and replaced 1951 by tractor-powered equipment, this slip-tongue, high wheel cart is a relic of early . . . — — Map (db m156870) HM |
| On State Highway 103, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The boom town of Ewing stood for two decades on the west bank of the Angelina River. Named for plantation owner James A. Ewing, the town was located near a rail line and virgin hardwood forests. In 1919 H.G. Bohissen purchased a 100-acre tract of . . . — — Map (db m32058) HM |
| On North Raguet Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The U.S. Army began building POW camps in the United States in early 1942 for captured Axis prisoners. During World War II, the Army shipped almost 425,000 military prisoners to 511 camps in the U.S. Approximately 50,000 of those POWs, primarily . . . — — Map (db m29450) HM |
| On Lufkin Avenue at Cotton Square, on the left when traveling east on Lufkin Avenue. |
| | Regarded as the oldest Angelina County business in continuous operation, Kerr's began in 1870 as a general store in the early county seat of Homer (5 mi. SE). It was started by Civil War veteran Capt. Joseph Kerr (b. 1828), a native of South . . . — — Map (db m29153) HM |
| On South Raguet Street south of Saint Angelina Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Chartered in 1902 as a repair shop and parts supply house for local sawmills, Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company was begun by J.H. Kurth, Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener and Simon Henderson. Later, under the leadership of W.C. . . . — — Map (db m29845) HM |
| On Atkinson Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Steam locomotive and tender No. 3 were bought 1908 by Carter-Kelley Lumber Co., for use in building a sawmill at Manning (about 18 mi. south); then in railroad building, logging, and passenger and freight hauling schedules.
The 1906 wood-burning . . . — — Map (db m28803) HM |
| On East Lufkin Avenue at South Fourth Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lufkin Avenue. |
| | David Webster Martin (d. 1916) and his two sons opened a small wagon shop here in 1908. An inventor and designer, Martin developed various wagons for use in the lumber industry. In partnership with B.L. Zeagler, he incorporated the operation as the . . . — — Map (db m27228) HM |
| On State Highway 103 1 mile east of U.S. 59 when traveling east. |
| | First plant to turn southern pines into newsprint. Mill here revolutionized paper industry in the southern United States. Seeking local paper rather than foreign supplies, Southland was incorporated in 1938 and began operations, 1940. Its mills made . . . — — Map (db m28963) HM |
| On U.S. 59 0.4 miles north of Bates Road (County Highway 118-B), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Italian-born Vicente Micheli (c.1755-1848) came to North America around 1770 via New Orleans and moved to the Spanish Territory of Texas by 1793. He settled first in Nacogdoches and later received a grant of land near this site. His grant was the . . . — — Map (db m160411) HM |
| On South Raguet Street south of Saint Angelina Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from . . . — — Map (db m29852) HM |
| On North Fulton Beach Road 0.1 miles north of Cactus Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Fulton’s natural shoreline attracted a flourishing beef processing and distribution industry in the 1860s and 1870s. Piers and docks were built by landowners to facilitate the turtle, fishing, oyster, and shrimping industries. A steady growth began . . . — — Map (db m58917) HM |
| On North Fulton Beach Road at Chaparral Street, on the right when traveling north on North Fulton Beach Road. |
| | Because early Fulton was surrounded by ranches and could be accessed by water, the town became a leading packing center on the Texas coast. The industry flourished from 1868 to 1882. Initially, the packeries rendered cattle hides and tallow only and . . . — — Map (db m58918) HM |
| On South Fulton Beach Road at Broadway Street (Farm to Market Road 3036), on the right when traveling north on South Fulton Beach Road. |
| | Seafood has always been a Fulton staple. As early as the 1880s, commercial fishing for trout, redfish, sheepshead, turtles, and oysters had become significant for Fulton’s economy. About 1888, David Rockport Scrivner opened Miller Brothers Fish . . . — — Map (db m58913) HM |
| On Chaparral Street at Fulton Beach Road, on the left when traveling east on Chaparral Street. |
| | The ruins of this rendering vat mark the location of the Marion Packing Co. (spelled “Meriam” in some records), one of the dozen or more meat packing plants built in the Rockport-Fulton area in the 1860s and 1870s to process the huge . . . — — Map (db m53701) HM |
| On South Fulton Beach Road 0.1 miles north of Broadway Street (Farm to Market Road 3036), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the mid-1920s, a camp known as the “Cool Coast Camp,” located just north of Fulton, was promoted as a resort. It boasted tree-shaded cabins and tents, with a 500-foot wharf with an open-air pavilion over the water. In the 1930s, the . . . — — Map (db m58916) HM |
| On Mills Wharf Road at Lyndon B Johnson Causeway (Texas Highway 35), on the right when traveling east on Mills Wharf Road. |
| | Mills Wharf, built by John Howard Mills in 1932, was a renowned center for waterfowl hunting and fishing from the 1930s until it was sold in 1960. It consisted of cottages, a cook house, a guide service office, a store, a tackle shop, and a unique . . . — — Map (db m63716) HM |
| Near East Liberty Street (Business State Highway 35) east of North Austin Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Chartered on October 8, 1890, the First National Bank of Aransas Pass (now Rockport) was organized by a group of businessmen led by John H. Traylor, James M. Hoopes, George W. Fulton, Jr., James C. Fulton, and Richard H. Wood. Located at Main and . . . — — Map (db m53748) HM |
| On South Austin Street (State Highway 70) at Wharf Street, on the left when traveling south on South Austin Street. |
| | Before the arrival of the railroad in 1888, hotels in Rockport generally served clientele of the several local packeries. The Congdon Hotel was the leading hostelry of early Rockport and once served as a boarding home to the prominent Robert . . . — — Map (db m53769) HM |
| On Veterans Memorial Drive 0.1 miles east of Chamber Street, in the median. |
| | In 1866, James Doughty and Richard H. Wood, searching for a safe harbor location to ship cattle, built pens and a livestock-shipping wharf on “Rocky Point,” a prominent limestone protrusion that extended into Aransas Bay near present-day . . . — — Map (db m53787) HM |
| On Veterans Memorial Drive at North Austin Street (Loop Texas Highway 70), on the right when traveling east on Veterans Memorial Drive. |
| | Rockport’s commercial seafood companies have been operating for more than one hundred years. By 1903, David Rockport Scrivner had opened a fish house. In 1907, he sold to Roy Jackson who named the operation the Jackson Fish Company. A few years . . . — — Map (db m53772) HM |
| On Water Street at Wharf Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. |
| | Since 1866, wharves and piers have been a part of Rockport’s shores. The first wharf, constructed to ship cattle, was at Rocky Point. Other wharves handled commercial shipping and passenger traffic. Sorenson’s Wharf extended into the bay behind the . . . — — Map (db m53770) HM |
| On Water Street at East Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. |
| | Shipbuilding was a natural industry for Rockport. The earliest recorded ship built here was the Connie, constructed in 1880 by Bludworth & Company. The Bludworth family specialized in building pleasure craft and scows.
In 1917, World War . . . — — Map (db m58824) HM |
| On South Church Street (State Highway 70) at Shell Ridge Road, on the left when traveling south on South Church Street. |
| | Shipping industries flourished on the Rockport waterfront by the 1880s. Heldenfels Shipyard was established here on 12.9 acres in October 1917. Four 281-foot wooden cargo vessels were to be built for military use in World War I; the . . . — — Map (db m53595) HM |
| On Water Street at North Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. |
| | After the Civil War, Rockport became an important cattle ranching and shipping center. In 1866, James Doughty, T.H. Mathis, and John M. Mathis constructed cattle pens, with a long wharf that extended out into Aransas Bay from “Rocky . . . — — Map (db m53771) HM |
| On Wharf Street at South Magnolia Street, on the left when traveling west on Wharf Street. |
| | The earliest newspaper in this area was “The Vaquero”, published by Charles F. Bailey and Geraldo A. Beeman in St. Mary’s in 1868. In 1869 Bailey moved to Rockport and founded “The Transcript”, which continued in operation . . . — — Map (db m53588) HM |
| On South Magnolia Street at East North Street, on the right when traveling south on South Magnolia Street. |
| | During its early years Rockport relied on Gulf shipping for goods and services. After the arrival of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in 1888, however, the town’s economic focus changed to include rail shipping and a burgeoning tourism . . . — — Map (db m53589) HM |
| On State Highway 25 4.5 miles west of State Highway 79, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River, about 100 miles to the northwest. The Ranger Captain, Lawrence S. ("Sul") Ross, later to serve Texas as Governor, . . . — — Map (db m17912) HM |
| On U.S. 281 at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 281. |
| | German native John H. Meurer (b. 1850) settled his family in this area about 1900 when he became a land agent for H. J. Scott of the Clark and Plumb Company. In selling over 60,000 acres of land, Meurer helped to establish the towns of Windthorst . . . — — Map (db m157893) HM |
| On County Road 14, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Locomotive engineer piloting the first Fort Worth & Denver passenger train to reach here, 1887. Town was given his name. Recorded - 1971 — — Map (db m151614) HM |
| On Trice Street south of 5th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born in Chester County, Tenn., son of Joseph Cyrus and Emily Kirk Carroll. Married Claudia Haltom, 1900. Graduated 1901 from University of Tennessee. Moved to Claude, 1914. In career of 54 years, delivered over 2500 babies.
A staunch Democrat; a . . . — — Map (db m100494) HM |
| On State Highway 97, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Jourdan Campbell (1867-1938) and his family moved to Atascosa County by 1870; his father John Campbell founded Campbellton. Jourdan married Alice Louise Marr in 1897 and the couple had eight children. Jourdan became County Commissioner in the 1890s, . . . — — Map (db m130161) HM |
| On Main Street at Zanderson Avenue (Texas Highway 16), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | By the early 20th century the ranching industry that spurred the growth of Atascosa County had begun to wane, with many large ranches split into smaller ranches, farms and town lots. George M. Martin realized the importance of a company to research . . . — — Map (db m56667) HM |
| On East Hacienda Street at South Tesch Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hacienda Street. |
| | Rebecca Cumings and her three brothers, James, John, and William, migrated to Texas from Virginia in 1821. As members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony, they were given 20,000 acres here in return for the construction and operation of a mill . . . — — Map (db m157520) HM |
| On East Main Street (State Highway 36) at South Harris Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Situated on land originally granted by the Mexican Government to Austin County pioneer John Nichols. This Vernacular Italianate commercial building was constructed in 1896 by E. Oscar Finn and John Thomas Colleton. E. O. Finn (1866-1945) a native . . . — — Map (db m157539) HM |
| On East Main Street (State Highway 36/159) at North Bell Street, on the right when traveling north on East Main Street. |
| | The First National Bank of Bellville, chartered on February 25, 1890, is the oldest bank in Austin County, and one of four national banks in Texas still in existence that were chartered in 1890. The first officers were E. J. Marshall, President; C. . . . — — Map (db m125598) HM |
| On East Main Street (Farm to Market Road 529) at North Amthor Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Johann Joachim Henrich Frederick (J. H.) Hintz (1841-1920), a native of Ziesendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany, immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1855. The Hintzes settled in the Millheim area, and Joachim joined the Cat Spring Agricultural . . . — — Map (db m157511) HM |
| On South Bell Street at West Luhn Street, on the left when traveling north on South Bell Street. |
| | The son of a Prussian immigrant, Emil H. Harigel, Sr. (1859-1904) opened a hardware, tinware, and stove emporium in Bellville in 1881. Soon after, he constructed this residence for his wife, Nannie Louise (Lovette), and children. The home features . . . — — Map (db m157601) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1093 at Railroad Street, on the right when traveling west on Highway 1093. |
| | Settlement in this area began in the late 1830s. In 1880, when the Gulf, Colorado & San Fe Railway built a spur from Galveston to Temple, circumventing Houston, the community became known as Wallis Station and later Wallis, after a rail company . . . — — Map (db m155607) HM |
| On FM 746, on the left when traveling south. |
| | One of numerous natural salt lakes in the Texas Panhandle. Its waters, although brackish, have been welcome enough at various times to Indians, buffalo hunters, and thirsty cattle on hot, dry days. The lake, having a shoreline of over six and a . . . — — Map (db m153245) HM |
| On State Highway 173 1 mile north of Farm to Market Road 2828, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The prominent feature known as Bandera Pass is a notable landmark in the topography and history of the region. The pass is a narrow natural cut through a chain of hills which run roughly east and west and divide the Guadalupe and Medina river . . . — — Map (db m157932) HM |
| On 11th Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on 11th Street. |
| | Bandera's First Bank. On Texas Republic land grant. Hand-cut native rock. Built about 1860. A school, home, shop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 — — Map (db m130358) HM |
| On 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Communities in the 19th century relied on mills to provide lumber, shingles, flour and cloth. Local millers and blacksmiths were integral community members, providing the necessary materials for early development. Stephen F. Austin reported in 1833 . . . — — Map (db m130356) HM |
| Near Park Road 1 at Loop State Highway 150, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Located 80 miles west of the main pine belt of Texas, these trees probably were once part of vast, prehistoric pine forests. As land areas gradually rose, possibly due to glacier activity, most of the forests moved east. Ideal local conditions . . . — — Map (db m126804) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 969 at Wilbarger Bend (County Route 65), on the right when traveling west on Route 969. |
| | Founded in 1827 by Josiah Pugh Wilbarger of Austin's Colony
Beginning of Wilbarger's Trace, blazed by his son James Harvey Wilbarger 1860 with slaves and ox-wagons carrying commerce to Corpus Christi and Matamoros, Mex. — — Map (db m82611) HM |
| On West Corpus Christi Street west of South Washington Street (Business U.S. 181), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Commercial National Bank of Beeville traces its history to January 1893 when several prominent citizens met to organize a financial institution. Elected as officers were Dr. L.B. Creath, A.G. Kennedy, John I. Clare, and D.C. Stone. The bank . . . — — Map (db m32293) HM |
| On East Houston Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Beeville, the county seat of Bee County since 1860, did not have a secure bank until 1890, when the First National Bank of Beeville opened for business. Prior to that year, the town's only banking facility was A.C. Jones' general store, where some . . . — — Map (db m32296) HM |
| On East Corpus Christi Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Oldest business structure in Beeville, erected about 1867 on east side of courthouse square, near Poesta Creek. General store, lodging house, post office. Pioneer western style, with southern porches.
Built by G.W. McClanahan, Beeville's first . . . — — Map (db m32242) HM |
| On State Highway 95 at Linderman Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 95. |
| | Although the town of Bartlett had regular electric service by 1905, farmers in the surrounding rural area were not supplied with electricity until thirty years later. On May 11, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order . . . — — Map (db m28816) HM |
| | Settlement began on Lampasas River, 1847. Created Jan. 22, organized Aug. 1, 1850. Named for Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898), native of Virginia; veteran of Battle of San Jacinto; served in Somervell expedition to stop Mexico's Raids into Texas; . . . — — Map (db m29379) HM |
| | The Belton Farmers Co-op Gin, built in 1927 along Nolan Creek, is a rare example of a surviving brick cotton gin in Central Texas. It was built by an association of local cotton farmers to replace an earlier gin that had burned down on the site in . . . — — Map (db m149427) HM |
| On South Penelope Street at East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Penelope Street. |
| | Henry Mansfield Cook opened his first store in Centerville, Texas, in 1869, and in 1874 established the firm of H.M. Cook & Company with his son-in-law, Thomas W. Cochran. The firm moved to Buffalo, Texas, in 1876. Their mercantile business stocked . . . — — Map (db m150613) HM |
| On Water Street at South Penelope Street, on the right when traveling east on Water Street. |
| | A Scotsman, Robert Naismith (1859-1938), founded the Central Manufacturing Co. in a two-story building on this lot in 1893. Using equipment originally powered by steam, he supplied and repaired machine parts for the Belton area. The company also did . . . — — Map (db m149431) HM |
| On North Gray Street at East Avenue B, on the left when traveling north on North Gray Street. |
| | Chartered on Feb. 27, 1901, the First National Bank of Killeen is the oldest continuously operated bank in Bell County. It first served a primarily agricultural economy, but as Killeen began to develop the bank led in the town's dramatic growth. Its . . . — — Map (db m133596) HM |
| | A native of Georgia, Robert B. Halley brought his family to this area about 1853. With partner T.J. Eubanks, he operated a liquor distillery and a flour and grist mill on the Lampasas River. Halley served as Bell County Commissioner in 1859 and as . . . — — Map (db m29374) HM |
| | Constructed during the 1860s, the Stagecoach Inn was known as Salado Hotel and as Shady Villa before the current name was adopted in 1943. Military figures George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee, and cattle baron Shanghai Pierce are among those . . . — — Map (db m29080) HM |
| On South Main Street at Pace Park Road, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Built in 1864 by William A. Davis First stone mill with carding machine in this vicinity. A sawmill and gin were added in 1866. French burrs, Leffel water wheel and silk bolt brought from Galveston by wagon in 1871. Made flour for Central Texas . . . — — Map (db m29251) HM |
| On Bell Drive at Southwest H K Dodgen Loop, on the right when traveling east on Bell Drive. |
| | Pioneer commercial aircraft developed by engineering genius George W. Williams, who with Roy Sanderford, George Carroll, and his brother E.K. Williams, formed Texas Aero Corporation in 1927. The firm obtained (June 23, 1928) Approved Type . . . — — Map (db m151042) HM |
| On Staff Post Road at Liscum Road, on the left when traveling east on Staff Post Road. |
| | Introduced in 1953 as part of a "family" of tank designs. The elliptical hull and turret provided greater armor protection while the M-41 90mm gun increased offensive power. Variants of the M-48 series saw service in Europe, the Middle East and . . . — — Map (db m31804) HM |
| On Northwest Drive at Washington Circle, on the right when traveling south on Northwest Drive. |
| |
Site of
US Army Air Corps
Primary Flying School
Post Exchange
Construction completed 23 Apr 1931
Dedicated on 30 Sep 1993 — — Map (db m31774) HM |
| |
Site of
US Army Air Corps
Primary Flying School
PX Filling Station
Construction completed 23 Feb 1935
Dedicated on 27 Dec 1996 — — Map (db m31775) HM |
| On North Saint Mary's Street 0.3 miles north of East Mulberry Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Near this site in 1879, Englishman William Loyd discovered a blue argillaceous limestone believed to be a natural cement rock. Analysis by San Antonio druggist and chemist George H. Kalteyer confirmed the rock contained proper proportions of lime . . . — — Map (db m65282) HM |
| On Dolorosa at Plaza de Armas, on the right when traveling west on Dolorosa. |
| | At first called "Devil's Rope" by cowboys, barbed wire was patented in 1873 but found little favor with Texas cattlemen until the late 1870s, when its use and practicality were shown in a sensational demonstration here in San Antonio. Its . . . — — Map (db m61084) HM |
| On East Crockett Street just east of Alamo Plaza. |
| | Once called "bobwire" by cowboys, barbed wire was a French invention first patented in the U.S., in 1867, but it did not gain favor with cattlemen until late 1870s. Joseph Glidden of Dekalb, Illinois, received a patent for his barbed wire in 1874, . . . — — Map (db m30607) HM |
| | Otto Bombach, a carpenter, built this combination house and store in 1856 before moving to Mexico. His wife lived here and managed the property until it was sold in 1869. Victor Bracht, author of Texas in 1848, lived here briefly, and in . . . — — Map (db m82888) HM |
| | This tract of land is a natural peninsula in the San Antonio River. It once was bounded by the river on three sides and on the fourth by the Concepcion Acequia. In 1845 John Bowen, a native of Philadelphia, bought the property from Maria Josefa . . . — — Map (db m30864) HM |
| 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 South Alamo Street south of East Nueva Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signing ceremony which occurred in this place on October 7, 1992 between the countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. From left to right (standing) . . . — — Map (db m82883) HM |
| On Alamo Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Alamo Street. |
| | Native San Antonian Henry B. Gonzalez spent 45 years in elective public office (city, state, federal) doing what he liked most - serving the people of San Antonio. As his seniority in Congress grew, he developed a greater role in serving the entire . . . — — Map (db m31890) HM |
| Near East Commerce Street at North Palmetto Street. |
| | Jack Harris was born in Connecticut in 1834 and ran away to sea at the age of 12. In 1856 he was a member of William Walker's Nicaragua Expedition where he was captured and put in front of a firing squad before being rescued by Walker. Harris . . . — — Map (db m156442) HM |
| Near South Alamo Street at East Nueva Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mayer Halff (1836-1905) immigrated to Texas from Lauterborg, Alsace Lorraine, France, in 1850. In partnership with his brother Solomon, he opened a mercantile business in Liberty and began a cattle ranching enterprise. They moved to San Antonio in . . . — — Map (db m82808) HM |
| Near King Philip Alley south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Curbier Family, which was granted land in La Villita after the 1819 flood, sold this property in 1854 to Rafael Herrera, husband of their daughter Vicenta. Herrera built this house and owned it until 1897. The property, which extended back to . . . — — Map (db m82900) HM |
| Near South Presa Street south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Juana Francisca Montes de Flores inherited this property from her husband, Jose Leonardo de la Garza, and sold it to Ernest Hessler in 1869. Hessler built this house before 1873, when it appears on the city map. He never lived here, and in 1891 sold . . . — — Map (db m82912) HM |
| Near South Presa Street south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Like 208 South Presa, which it resembles, this house was probably built shortly after 1869 on land purchased by Ernest Hessler from Juana Francisca Montes de Flores. The structure, which appears on the 1873 city map, was rented when Louis Foutrel . . . — — Map (db m82913) HM |
| Near East Houston Street west of North St. Mary's Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Houston Street, known from the 1700s until the middle 1800s as Paseo (passageway) or Paseo Hondo (deep passageway), was sloped to the San Antonio River. Nearby land drained to the river, and the usually dusty street became a muddy . . . — — Map (db m119149) HM |
| Near East Johnson Street west of King William Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
The river followed an irregular course through the town center and irrigated the lower farmlands of Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) to the south. After the mission was secularized 1793, the surrounding fields were distributed to . . . — — Map (db m118908) HM |
| Near King Philip Alley south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | As early as 1877, this land was the site of an adobe residence where Mrs. Kate Womble operated a boarding house popular among travelers to San Antonio. The house appeared on the 1873 city map. The Sanborn Insurance maps show it as late as 1904. The . . . — — Map (db m82910) HM |
| On Villita Street at King Philip Alley, on the left when traveling west on Villita Street. |
| | Mariano Romano Losana bought this land in 1859, and probably built this house soon afterward. It was purchased by Rafael Lopez in l866 and sold again in 1871, when the deed referred to “the house, out houses, fences and all other . . . — — Map (db m82894) HM |
| | Exact replica of pub in London's House of Lords. Theodore Roosevelt recruited "Rough Riders" here in 1898. Site of more cattle deals than any other place in Texas and San Antonio's oldest continuously operated saloon. — — Map (db m30556) HM |
| | Early San Antonio boarding house keeper, Wm. Menger in 1859 opened fine stone hotel, the "new" Menger, beside Alamo Plaza. To host Indians, presidents, poets, actors, generals, singers, public of the world. Served venison, quail, mutton, beef, . . . — — Map (db m30597) HM |
| |
In recognition of its nurturing
atmosphere for
William Sidney Porter (O. Henry)
Theodore Roosevelt
Sidney Lanier
Oscar Wilde
January 14, 2000
———————
[Marker in the 1859 hotel lobby] . . . — — Map (db m31844) HM |
| On East Crockett Street just east of Alamo Plaza. |
| | William A. (1827-1871) and Mary Menger, both born in Germany, opened a boarding house and brewery at this site in 1855, when most local businesses were still clustered around Main Plaza and Military Plaza. The popularity of the boarding house led . . . — — Map (db m92750) HM |
| | Mills were used to grind grain such as corn or wheat into meal or flour for use as food. The grain was poured into the hopper which funneled it through the eye in the top millstone. Water drove the waterwheel which turned the top millstone. The top . . . — — Map (db m30749) HM |
| |
This plaque is placed
in memory of
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Beyer
Founders of Casa Rio Mexican Restaurant
A true pioneer with the vision
to make our river a better and
more beautiful people's place,
Mr. Beyer opened the first
River . . . — — Map (db m30712) HM |
| On Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This structure was built to house the San Antonio National Bank, organized by George W. Brackenridge and others in 1866 as the first federally chartered banking institution in the city. Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, a New York architect, designed the building . . . — — Map (db m30346) HM |
| On Dwyer Avenue at Kallison Walk, on the right when traveling north on Dwyer Avenue. |
| | Organized Nov. 1862, by act of Texas Legislature, incorporated 1863. Had store at this site. Its $44,000 capital included $8,000 subscribed by the city for its needy and for families of Confederates away in the Civil War. Aim of group was to keep . . . — — Map (db m30210) HM |
| Near Washington Street north of East Arsenal Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Trained as a millwright in his native Germany, Carl H. Guenther (1826-1902) started his San Antonio operation in 1859 at the site of the present Pioneer Flour Mills. In 1868 he built another dam and mill upstream at this location. Because it was . . . — — Map (db m118542) HM |
| On North Main Avenue north of West Commerce Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A former Texas Ranger and Confederate soldier, Thomas C. Frost (1833-1903) began a wool commission business as part of his mercantile enterprise in the 1870s. He purchased wool from producers throughout the state and stored it in warehouses on this . . . — — Map (db m130097) HM |
| On Hoefgen Avenue at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north on Hoefgen Avenue. |
| |
Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m30116) HM |
| On Hoefgen Avenue at E. Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north on Hoefgen Avenue. |
| |
Built by
American Locomotive Company, 1916
Weight Engine and Tender, Loaded,
442,080 Pounds
Total Length, Engine and Tender,
80 Ft., 2-1/2 In.
Tractive Effort 53,630 Pounds
Used in Freight Service on Texas
and Louisiana Lines . . . — — Map (db m30102) HM |
| On Commerce Street at Main Plaza, on the left when traveling west on Commerce Street. |
| | Thomas Claiborne Frost (1833-1903) came to Texas from Alabama in 1855 to teach at Austin College, Huntsville. Admitted to the Bar in 1856, he served as a Texas Ranger before setting up a law practice in Comanche County. He was a delegate to the . . . — — Map (db m30223) HM |
| Near King Philip Alley south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This house appears on the 1873 city map and was probably built by José and Refugia Durán Tejada, who bought the land in 1855 from Concepción Ruiz. Ernest Hessler, who already owned the two houses to the west on Presa Street, bought the property in . . . — — Map (db m82911) HM |
1099 entries matched your criteria. The first 100 are listed above. Next 100 ⊳
RSS Feed