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After the Vietnam War, conflict arose on the Texas Gulf Coast between white fishermen and newly arrived Vietnamese shrimpers. On February 14, 1981, the Ku Klux Klan hosted a fish fry on a private farm in Santa Fe, to protest the growing presence of Vietnamese shrimpers.
San Saba County was organized from Bexar County and named for the San Saba River in 1856. San Saba was selected as the county seat. [3] The Seventh Texas Legislature confirmed the boundaries of the county in 1858. [3] in 1860, the population was 913, which included 98 slaves. [3] The county was divided into 10 school districts in 1867. [3]
Bexar County: Robert Potter (1800–1842), secretary of the navy for the Republic of Texas, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence 114,647: 909 sq mi (2,354 km 2) Presidio County: 377: Marfa: 1850: Santa Fe County: Presidio del Norte, an eighteenth-century fort and settlement on the south side of the Rio Grande: 5,795: 3,856 sq mi ...
On January 21, 1978, a ballot proposal to incorporate Alta Loma and parts of Arcadia passed by a wide margin and the city of Santa Fe was born. Santa Fe has since grown to include all of Arcadia and parts of Algoa, and ironically is now twice the size of Hitchcock. On February 14, 1981, the Ku Klux Klan hosted a fish fry on a private farm in ...
Presidio County was established from Bexar County on January 3, 1850. Fort Leaton became the county seat. The county was organized in 1875 as the largest county in the United States, with 12,000 square miles (31,000 km 2). Fort Davis was named the county seat. The boundaries and seat of Presidio County were changed in the 1880s.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said U.S.-owned border wall materials, which were available for sale, were pulled from an Arizona auction at the government's request. The Lonestar State had shown ...
It is bordered to the north, west, and south by San Antonio and to the east by unincorporated neighborhoods in Bexar County. It is 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio . According to the United States Census Bureau , it has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km 2 ), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km 2 ), or 0.23%, is covered ...