Our San Antonio
Author: Susanna Nawrocki, Mark Langford, Gerald Lair, Claude Stanush
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781610604802
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Author: Susanna Nawrocki, Mark Langford, Gerald Lair, Claude Stanush
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781610604802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: San Antonio Express-News
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2015-10-19
Total Pages: 1620
ISBN-13: 1595347569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Sept. 27, 1865, the San Antonio Express-News made its debut. And from the beginning, there was plenty to write about. The Civil War had just concluded, and it was only twenty-nine years after the fall of the Alamo. The Chisholm Trail, the high road of the Cattle Kingdom, began in San Antonio, which was the largest and among the most diverse cities in Texas. Spanish, German, and English were commonly spoken. The politics were lively and sometimes divisive, as the city was full of Unionist sympathizers in a state that was an anchor of the Confederacy. Today, 150 years later, San Antonio is America’s fastest-growing big city and still making history. San Antonio is a richly illustrated compilation of more than 150 years of coverage on the history and culture of the city, as told in the pages of the San Antonio Express-News. From local politics to news stories on the military, energy, water use, the border and immigration that reverberate nationally and internationally, to the recent naming of San Antonio’s five Spanish missions as a World Heritage site, the city has always been a place where the American identity is forged. This book tracks the city's past from 1865 until 2015 and is full of evocative pictures and compelling accounts culled from the Express-News archives. The collection celebrates companies that shaped the city, such as Frost Bank, which began extending credit in 1867; the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, founders in 1869 of what is now the Christus Santa Rosa Health System and subsequently their namesake university; and H-E-B grocery. This is not a standard civic history or a straightforward march through the decades. Loosely organized by theme, the stories in the collection are often quite often surprising, just like San Antonio itself. As anyone who has spent time in the city knows, this is a place with a soul.
Author: Patricia Hart McMillan
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-28
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780764360930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNothing sparkles like downtown San Antonio at Christmastime. Dazzling color photographs take readers on a magic carpet ride to this multicultural city's most-visited events and attractions, extravagantly and romantically decorated for the winter holidays. See popular destinations such as Six Flags Texas Fiesta--a vast amusement park--Spanish Colonial Missions, fine restaurants, historic hotels, house museums on King William Street, and the San Antonio Zoo, which becomes a fairyland at night. Photos are accompanied by brief histories of the sites. An insider's take on the town's merry-making, the book will be a treasured take-home souvenir for tourists and a striking coffee table book for locals.
Author: San Antonio (Tex.). Housing and Inspections, Dept. of
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Claudia R. Guerra
Publisher: Maverick Books
Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781595348937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe iconic stories, moments, people, and places that define one of the oldest communities in the United States
Author: David R. Johnson
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1595349235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson’s extensive research into the development of Texas’s oldest city. Beginning with San Antonio’s formation more than three hundred years ago, Johnson lays out the factors that drove the largely uneven and unplanned distribution of resources and amenities and analyzes the demographics that transformed the city from a frontier settlement into a diverse and complex modern metropolis. Following the shift from military interests to more diverse industries and punctuated by evocative descriptions and historical quotations, this urban biography reveals how city mayors balanced constituents’ push for amenities with the pull of business interests such as tourism and the military. Deep dives into city archives fuel the story and round out portraits of Sam Maverick, Henry B. Gonzales, Lila Cockrell, and other political figures. Johnson reveals the interplay of business interests, economic attractiveness, and political goals that spurred San Antonio’s historic tenacity and continuing growth and highlights individual agendas that influenced its development. He focuses on the crucial link between urban development and booster coalitions, outlining how politicians and business owners everywhere work side by side, although not necessarily together, to shape the future of any metropolitan area, including geographical disparities. Three photo galleries illustrate boosterism’s impact on San Antonio’s public and private space and highlight its tangible results. In the Loop recounts each stage of San Antonio’s economic development with logic and care, building a rich story to contextualize our understanding of the current state of the city and our notions of how an American city can form.
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night Books
Published: 2015-04-23
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 1602193479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHowdy, partner! This colorful board book features some of San Antonio’s most cherished places, including the San Antonio River Walk, the Alamo, San Antonio Zoo and Aquarium, Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Brackenridge Park, Natural Bridge Wild Ranch, caverns, Tex-Mex, Mariachi bands, and the San Antonio Spurs.
Author: Lauren M. Swartz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-09-24
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 1625840470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEverything is bigger in Texas—including ghosts—especially in San Antonio, considered one of the ten most haunted cities in the world by National Geographic. As the saying goes, “dead men tell no tales.” Or do they? From its humble beginnings as a Spanish settlement in 1691 to the bloody battle at the Alamo, San Antonio’s history is rich in haunting tales. Discover Old San Antonio’s most haunted places and uncover the history that lies waiting for those who dare enter their doorways. Take a peek inside the Menger Hotel, the “Most Haunted Hotel in Texas,” and just a block away, peer into the Emily Morgan Hotel, renovated after a decade of being vacant, was once the city’s first hospitals where many men and women lost their lives. Explore the San Fernando Cathedral, where people are buried within the walls and visitors claim to see faces mysteriously appear. Uncover the legends behind Bexar County Jail. Join authors James and Lauren Swartz and decide for yourself what truly lurks behind the Alamo City’s fabled past. Includes photos!
Author: Susanna Nawrocki
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2008-02-15
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780760329733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuintessentially historic Texas, San Antonio is the place where Old Mexico and the deep South, the Wild West and Native American culture meet and mingle. A stunning photographic portrait of the city, this book conducts visitors and natives alike to San Antonio's best known and most beloved landmarks as well as her lesser-known but no less fascinating historic sites, natural splendors, and cultural marvels. First stop, of course, is the Alamo, where more than 180 Americans and Texans, including Davy Crockett, lost their lives in a fierce thirteen-day battle with the Mexican army in 1936. A tour of historic San Antonio also includes La Villita, one of the original settlements housing Spanish soldiers; the Spanish Governors Palace; Fort Sam Houston; San Fernando Cathedral; and four mission churches. San Antonio is also home to the famous Paseo del Rio, or River Walk. The authors, longtime residents, take us along this thoroughfare through the heart of the city, along the San Antonio River's banks, past the teeming shops and restaurants, clubs, theaters, and posh hotels. They direct us then to the city's other highlights, such as the Tower of the Americas, Brackenridge Park and the San Antonio Zoo, the Marion Koogler McNay Museum and the San Antonio Museum of Art as well as five major military installations.
Author: Higher Publicity League of Texas
Publisher:
Published: 1919
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13:
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