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"As
a casual tourist you'll be dazzled by this romantic atmosphere - and
the history, and the music, the food, my God. It's an easy city to
love." - Walt Lockley
The
Alamo
The
Alamo Cenotaph - The Spirit
of Sacrifice
Alamo
Defenders - Mass Grave
Alamo
History
Bexar
County Courthouse
Comanche
Lookout Park
Ft. Sam
Houston
Hertzburg
Circus Museum
The King
William District
The Missions of San Antonio
The Quadrangle, Fort Sam Houston
The River
Walk
Casa Navarro
State Historic Site
- Downtown
San Antonio, Texas
Across
from the Police Dept. Headquarters. Two blocks from Market Square.
228 S. Laredo Street San Antonio TX 78207
210/226-4801
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/jose/
Forgotten San Antonio
"The
reverent, the irreverent and the irrelevant"
Five
Buildings of San Antonio
The Star, the Pig, the Dealership, the Icehouse and the Chinese
Grocery
Dr.
Aureliano Urrutia's Gates
by Walt Lockley
San
Antonio's Roatzsch-Griesenbeck House
Urban
Landscapes of Jacinto Guevara
Hays
Street Bridge
Berg's
Mill
Berg's
Mill Bridge
The
Last Humble Station, San Antonio
by Mark
Louis Rybczyk
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San Antonio
Stories
San
Antonio's Blue Book (from
"Charley Eckhardt's Texas" by C.F. Eckhardt)
'The Blue Book.' Those three words stir up quite an image among
those who delve into the more esoteric history of 19th and early
20th Century America. 'The Blue Book' is the legendary directory
of a city's 'red light' district....
National
Dish of Texas
("Charley Eckhardt's Texas" Column by C. F. Eckhardt)
- Chili con carne is the national dish of Texas. It was invented
in Texas by Texas natives-literally-and it's made right only in
Texas...
Fannie
Porter of San Antonio
by Maggie Van Ostrand
If even half the legends passed down through generations are true,
the Old West was a riotous and exciting place. Whether heroes or
desperadoes, these legendary people all seem to have either been
born in, traveled through, or fought for the great Republic of Texas...
But they didn't fight, shoot, and rustle all the time. They needed
rest. They needed relaxation. They needed love. And Fannie Porter
of San Antonio supplied these diversions. This is her story.
Texas'
Favorite Ghost Story - San Antonio's Overworked Ghost Children
by
Raoul Hashimoto
San
Antonio's Humble Oil Company
Vintage
photos
Brown's
Humble Service Station, 1938
On S. New Braunfels Avenue. Vintage Photos
Earl
Abel's
- San Antonio Landmark (from "Texas Tales" column by Mike
Cox)
The
Little Engine That Couldn't: The
Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad
("Charley
Eckhardt's Texas" Column by C. F. Eckhardt)
"... Even after the War, with much improved roads and a much
lessened Indian problem, it still took freight wagons the better
part of a week to travel from San Antonio to Fredericksburg... The
people north and west of San Antonio wanted and needed a railroad..."
Books
"San
Antonio Uncovered"
by Mark Louis Rybczyk
"Chinese
Heart of Texas"
by Mel Brown
The
San Antonio Community, 1875-1975
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Nearby Destination
Towns
in the Texas Hill Country
Towns
in South Texas Plains
Towns
in Central Texas (South), the most historic region in Texas
State
Parks & Lakes
Hill
Country State Natural Area
In Bandera and Medina Counties. 45 miles NW of San Antonio.
Government Canyon State Natural Area - 210/688-9055
12861 Galm Rd San Antonio TX 78254
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/govcan/
Honey
Creek State Natural Area - 830/438-2656
Approximately 30 miles north of downtown San Antonio in western
Comal County.
c/o Guadalupe River State Park
3350 Park Road 31 Spring Branch TX 78070
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/honey/
Victor
Braunig Lake - Highway 37, 17 miles south of San Antonio
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/braunig/lake_id.htm
Calaveras
Lake - Off Loop 1604, 20 miles south of San Antonio
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/calveras/lake_id.htm
Medina
Lake - 40 miles northwest of San Antonio
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/medina/lake_id.htm
Texas Trips from San Antonio
The
Chisholm Trail Rides Again by Clay Coppedge
The
trail, on a map, would resemble a tree. The roots were feeder trails
from South Texas, the trunk was the main route from San Antonio
through Indian Country and the branches were extensions to various
railheads in Kansas.
Hill
Country Trips
Splash
Across Texas
Swimming
to Mexico
Central
Texas Trips
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San Antonio
Forum:
Subject: Haunting
in San Antonio
I
am seeking your help in locating information. As a former long-time
resident of San Antonio, I am familiar with many of the local legends
about ghosts and the like. I know all about the "haunted"
train tracks, and the optical illusion responsible for the phenomenon,
I remember tales of Midget Mansion (actually hiked up that way a time
or two), and I have heard fascinating, and rather scary, stories of
the ghostly activities in the old Hertzberg Circus Museum. More specifically,
I have heard tales of what occured in the basement, used at least
at the time by the library for storage. The mother of a personal friend
of my brother actually worked in that basement, and had her own stories
to tell. Cases of a man in dark/black clothing, often very threatening,
books moving, being "grabbed" by nothing visible, and more. While
looking around online for these old stories, I found many of them,
but can locate nothing on the circus/library building. I did visit
the museum there once, and only once, and was rather uncomfortable,
for lack of a better word, the entire time. I am hoping that you might
have some information on this "haunting". Thank you. - Deborah
Fisher, May 25, 2006 |
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