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Surrounding the source of the springs, the 46-acre park is the oldest in the state of Texas. It is the location of a Payaya Indian village known as Yanaguana, [2] and is the original site of the city of San Antonio. [2] The park is alternately known as San Pedro Park. The park was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965. [3]
This was the first permanent European settlement in San Antonio. San Pedro Park swimming pool or lake, in 2011. San Pedro Springs Park and Lake, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, circa 1907) In the 1730s, an acequia was built to carry water from the springs toward the city for irrigation and household use.
The city of San Antonio created San Pedro Springs Park out of Yanaguana in 1852. [1] [8] At Yanaguana in 1718, Martín de Alarcón founded the city of San Antonio by establishing San Antonio de Valero on the west side of the springs, and Presidio San Antonio de Bexar. [1] On May 1, 1718, Alarcón turned over possession of the "..mission at the ...
What to know: Located in Alpha Park, the pool opened May 25. Closes Aug. 11. Hours: The pool is heated, and open Noon-6 p.m. seven days a week. Contact: 1605 W. Garfield Ave., Bartonville, 309-697 ...
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As a San Antonio, Texas-based swimming coach, 65-year-old Ingraham continues to crush her personal goals. She says that at 63, she swam in a four-day staged open water swim, without a wetsuit, in ...
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]
1894 map of San Pedro and Palos Verdes Peninsula; White Point is the headland just to the left (west) of Point Fermin Japanese abalone camp at White Point, California (Popular Science magazine photo published 1913) Illustrations of resort at White Point by cartoonist Robert Day (Los Angeles Times, August 26, 1923)