Historical Markers in San Antonio, Texas

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• John Salmon "Rip" Fordplaced 1963

  Here Rests in Peace--John Salmon ("Rip") Ford May 26, 1815- November 3, 1897. Native South Carolinan, Pioneer doctor and editor, Republic of Texas…

• The Casas Realesplaced 1971

  On site chosen July 2, 1731, for "government houses" by people of San Fernando de Bexar, including newly-arrived settlers from the Canary Islands.

• "Battle" of Adams Hillplaced 2007

  Near this site, an early armed confrontation of the Civil War ended without bloodshed. On February 16, 1861 in San Antonio, General David E. Twiggs…

• Adina Emilia de Zavalaplaced 2008

  Teacher, historian and preservationist Adina Emilia De Zavala was born in Harris County, Texas, on November 28, 1861.

• Committee on Public Safetyplaced 1965

  Texas and the Civil War Committee on Public Safety Created by Texas Secession Convention, Jan. 1861.

• El Quartel (El Cuartel)placed 1967

  Built in 1810, on Jan. 22, 1811, Captain Juan Bautista De Las Casas recruited forces here for first overthrow of Spanish rule in Texas by arresting…

San Antonio on the Texas history calendar

• February 16: "Battle" of Adams Hill
• November 28: Adina Emilia de Zavala
• February 18: Committee on Public Safety
• June 3: Edward H. White II Memorial Hangar, Brooks Air Force Base
• January 22: El Quartel (El Cuartel)
• March 28: In this vicinity the Battle of Rosillo
• May 26: John Salmon "Rip" Ford
• August 30: Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings
• December 26: St. John's Lutheran Church, "the Rooster Church"
• February 8: Surrender of Federal Forces by General David E. Twiggs
• July 2: The Casas Reales
• November 26: The Grass Fight
• September 11: The Woll Invasion
• May 21: Venustiano Carranza in San Antonio

All 177 historical markers in San Antonio

• "Battle" of Adams Hill2007
• "Kelly No. 2" Flight Line1986
• 9th Cavalry at San Pedro Springs2017
• Acequia de Arriba2012
• Acequia Madre de Valero (Main Irrigation Ditch of Valero Mission)1968
• Adina de Zavala1994
• Adina Emilia de Zavala2008
• Alamo Cenotaph1936
• Alamo Iron Works1979
• Alamo Low Barracks and Main Gateway1994
• Alamo Masonic Cemetery1984
• Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Company1991
• Alejo de la Encarnacion Perez1998
• Alfred Giles Home2015
• Anna Barbara and Johann Engelbert Heidgen House2003
• Anton Wulff House1976
• Aqueduct1962
• Barbed Wire1971
• Barbed Wire Demonstration2000
• Battle of the Alazan1967
• Belgian Transit of Venus Observation Site2004
• Belknap Place2014
• Benjamin Rush Milam1936
• Bexar County under Nine Governments1967
• Book Building1978
• Bowen's Island1985
• Brooks Air Force Base Hangar 91967
• Building 100 "Taj Mahal"1975
• Captain Lee Hall1970
• Carl Wilhelm August Groos House1977
• Casino Club1965
• Central Catholic High School1978
• Central Christian Church1985
• Chihuahua Trail1965
• Christ Episcopal Church1986
• Clara Driscoll (April 2, 1881-July 17, 1945)1978
• Coker Cemetery2010
• Commerce Street Bridge1971
• Committee on Public Safety1965
• Confederate Cemetery1989
• Confederate Tannery1965
• David J. and May Bock Woodward House1995
• Dodd Field (Fort Sam Houston) Enemy Alien Detention Station, World War II2012
• Don Jose Miguel de Arciniega2015
• Don Juan Ximenes1963
• Dr. Claudius E. R. King House1973
• Edward H. White II Memorial Hangar, Brooks Air Force Base1970
• El Carmen Cemetery (Cementerio del Carmen)1994
• El Quartel (El Cuartel)1967
• Emma Tenayuca2009
• Engleman-Muench House1984
• Enrique Esparza (September, 1824-December 20, 1917)1968
• Erasmo Seguin1973
• Ernst Homestead1983
• Evers Family Cemetery1990
• Fest-Steves Block1977
• Gould-Onderdonk House1973
• Groos National Bank1968
• Guenther's Upper Mill, Site of1979
• Gustav Blersch House2011
• Halff House1966
• Hamilton P. Bee1963
• In Re Ricardo Rodriguez2010
• In this vicinity the Battle of Rosillo1936
• Italian American Community in San Antonio1992
• J.M. and Birdie Nix House2006
• Jacobs Chapel United Methodist Church2022
• Jay Adams House2012
• Jefferson Davis Smith1993
• John "Jack" Coker1968
• John Lang Sinclair2000
• John Salmon "Rip" Ford1963
• John W. Smith1973
• Jose Antonio Navarro1936
• Jose Francisco Ruiz1973
• Kelly Air Force Base2001
• King William Neighborhood2012
• Krause House/Mann's Crossing Post Office1999
• Little Church of La Villita1962
• Ludwig Mahncke2010
• Lydia Mendoza2016
• Madison Square Presbyterian Church1977
• Maverick-Carter House2010
• McCulloch Cemetery1999
• Menger Hotel1965
• Menger Hotel1976
• Menger Soap Works1983
• Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Mission St. Francis of the Sword)1969
• Mission San Francisco de la Espada Dam, Ditch and Aqueduct1969
• Mission San Juan Capistrano1967
• Monte Vista Historic District1985
• Moses Austin1936
• Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings2012
• Norton-Polk-Mathis House1971
• Noted Texas Soldier Col. Edward Miles1964
• O. Henry House1964
• Oak Island Methodist Church and Cemetery1967
• Old Edward Steves House1970
• Old Houston Road1965
• Old Military Headquarters1965
• Old Military Hospital1965
• Old Powder Mill1965
• Old S. J. Brooks Home1969
• Old San Antonio National Bank Building1979
• Old San Pedro Springs1965
• Old St. Mary's College1969
• Oscar and Rachel Berman House2006
• Our Lady of the Lake University1986
• Petty House2017
• Plaza De Armas (Military Plaza)1971
• Polish Quarter of San Antonio2016
• Portland Cement Plants1944
• Robert B. Evans Home1969
• Route of El Camino Real1979
• Roy and Madge Hearne House2016
• Saint Mark's Episcopal Church1962
• Saint Mary's, Old, Site Of1985
• Saint Philip's College1998
• Salado Valley1968
• San Antonio Casino Club Building1979
• San Antonio High School1979
• San Antonio Mutual Aid Association1965
• San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women2000
• San Francisco Di Paola Catholic Church1991
• San Pedro Creek1995
• Sartor House1983
• Scottish Rite Cathedral1987
• Second Baptist Church of San Antonio1984
• Silvestre Revueltas2006
• Site of de la Garza House, Gardens and Mint1999
• Site of Home (1850 to 1870) of Samuel Augustus Maverick1967
• Site of Old St. Mary's1969
• Site of Rincon/Douglass School1989
• Site of the Camp of Stephen F. Austin1936
• Site of the Home of Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff2000
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Building2022
• Spanish and Mexican Land Grants2015
• St. Anthony Catholic School2008
• St. John's Lutheran Church, "the Rooster Church"1962
• St. Paul United Methodist Church2010
• St. Paul's Epsicopal Church1962
• St. Philip's College (original site)1976
• Station "X"2018
• Stevens Building1984
• Stinson Airport2001
• Sunshine Ranch2010
• Surrender of Federal Forces by General David E. Twiggs1965
• T. C. Frost and the Frost Bank1978
• Texas' First All-Spanish Radio Program1973
• The Battle of the Salado1936
• The Bexar County Courthouse1976
• The Bullis House1983
• The Caile House1966
• The Canary Islanders1971
• The Casas Reales1971
• The Dawson Massacre1936
• The Grass Fight1982
• The Matamoros Road1965
• The Oge House1971
• The Perrin Home1968
• The Pershing Chinese2009
• The Rev. John Wesley DeVilbiss1967
• The Southwell Company2015
• The Woll Invasion1972
• Thiele Cottage1984
• Thomas Jefferson High School1983
• Toltec Apartments2014
• Travis Park United Methodist Church1973
• United States San Antonio Arsenal1986
• Ursuline Convent and Academy1962
• Venustiano Carranza in San Antonio2008
• Vicinity of the Storming of Bexar1971
• W. B. Teagarden House2008
• Westside Black Enclaves2016
• William and Mary Ann Richter House2002
• Wolfson House1969
• Zambrano House1966

Historical markers near San Antonio

• Helotes5 stories · 18 mi
• La Vernia6 stories · 24 mi
• Castroville10 stories · 24 mi
• Floresville11 stories · 27 mi
• Poteet6 stories · 27 mi
• Sutherland Springs6 stories · 27 mi

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