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Materials related to San Antonio, Texas, various dates. Digital Public Library of America. Items related to San Antonio, various dates "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: San Antonio". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin. "San Antonio". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
Fray Antonio de Olivares also built the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, on the west side of the San Antonio River, approximately 1 mile from the mission. [4] It was designed to protect the system of missions and civilian settlements in central Texas and to ensure Spanish claims in the region against possible encroachment from other European powers.
On February 11, 1858, the Seventh Texas Legislature approved O.B. 102, an act to establish the University of Texas, which set aside $100,000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university [15] (the $100,000 was an allocation from the $10 million the state received pursuant to the Compromise of 1850 ...
The 1911–1912 Blue Book, a tourist guide to San Antonio's Sporting District. The San Antonio red-light district known as the "Sporting District" was established in 1889 by the city council to contain and regulate prostitution. [43]
1890 in Texas (2 C) 1891 in Texas (1 C, 1 P) 1892 in Texas (3 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1890s in Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The San Antonio de Valero mission was founded in 1718, but was moved to its current location in 1724 after a terrible storm. More: The mysteries of the deadliest battle in Texas history
The 1890 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Attorney General Jim Hogg was elected over Republican Webster Flanagan . General election
The latter was followed by a slow recovery that didn't conclude until after 1900. More than 800 banks failed from 1893 through 1897, more than in any period until the Great Depression; by mid-1894 ...