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See also:SAN See also:ANTONIO , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Bexar county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., about 8o m. S.S.W. of See also:Austin, on the San Antonio See also:river, at the mouth of the San Pedro. Pop. (1900) 53,321, of whom i8,88o were of See also:foreign parentage, 9348 were foreign-See also:born (including 3288 Mexicans and 3031 Germans) and 7538 were negroes; (1910 See also:census), 96,614. San Antonio is the largest city of Texas. It is served by the See also:Galveston, See also:Harrisburg & San Antonio, the See also:International & See also:Great See also:Northern, the San Antonio & Aransas Pass, and the See also:Missouri, See also:Kansas & Texas See also:railways. The city lies at an See also:elevation of 610-750 ft. above the See also:sea. The San Antonio river (which has a winding course of 13 M. within the city limits) and its affluent, the San Pedro (which is 10 m.See also:long in its course through San Antonio), See also:divide the city into three See also:main portions, and these See also:water-courses and the Acequia (7 M. long) are spanned by 17 large See also:iron See also:bridges and about 2500 smaller bridges and culverts. Among the public buildings are the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall in Military Plaza, the See also:court-See also:house on Main Plaza, the Federal See also:building on the N. See also:side of Alamo Plaza, the See also:Carnegie library and the See also:convention hall and See also:market house on Milam Square. The most interesting building is the historic Alamo (named from the See also:grove of cottonwood—alamo, the Populus monilifera—in which it stands) on the E. side of the Alamo Plaza, E. of the San Antonio river; it was begun probably in 1744 and was the See also:chapel of the See also:Mission San Antonio de Valero (often called " the Alamo mission "); in 1883 it was bought by the See also:state and has since been maintained as a public See also:monument. The San Fernando See also:Cathedral' on Main Plaza was built in 1734, but there is very little of the See also:original structure in the See also:present building, which really See also:dates from 1868-1873; the former See also:governor's See also:palace, built in 1749, is at No. 105 Military Plaza; at 128 Soledad is the Veramendi Palace, the See also:residence of Governor Veramendi, See also:father-in-See also:law of See also:Colonel See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Bowie, and in this palace Colonel B. R. Milam was killed on the 5th of See also:December 1835 by a sharpshooter hidden in a See also:cypress See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree; there is a monument to Colonel Milam in Milam Square. One mile N. of the city on See also:Government See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill is Fort Sam See also:Houston (established in 1865), headquarters of the See also:Department of Texas, with an See also:army See also:hospital (1885) and a See also:tower 88 ft. high. There are several old See also:missions near the city, notably the Mission La Purisima See also:Concepcion de See also:Acuna (the " First Mission "), 2 M. S. of the city, built here in 1731-1752, having formerly been in E. Texas; the Mission San Jose de Aguayo (the " Second Mission "), 4 M. S. of San Antonio, built in 1720-1731; the Mission San Juan de See also:Capistrano (the " Third Mission "), 6 m. S. of the Main Plaza built in 1731; and San Francisco de la Espada (the " See also:Fourth Mission," also built in 1731 and also removed here from E. Texas), which is 8 m. S. of the Main Plaza and is now used for service by the See also:local Mexicans. The city has 21 parks and plazas. Within the city limits in its N. central See also:part is Brackenridge See also:Park (200 acres) along the San Antonio; r m. N.E. of the city is San Pedro Park (40 acres), the source of the San Pedro river; in Travis Park is a Confederate monument; and 3 M. S. of the city are the International See also:Fair Grounds, where in 1898 Colonel See also:Theodore See also:Roosevelt organized his " Rough Riders," and See also:Riverside Park. The most notable of the plazas are Military, Main and Alamo. The anniversary of the See also:Battle of San Jacinto, the 21st of See also:April, is annually celebrated by a " Battle of See also:Flowers." Annually in See also:October an International Fair is held, to which See also:Mexico sends an exhibit of Mexican products and manufactures. The See also:climate is mild with a mean summer temperature of 82° F. and a See also:winter See also:average of 54°, and this and the dry purity of the See also:air make it a See also:health resort; it is also the winter See also:home of many Northerners. There is See also:good See also:shooting (doves, See also:quail, See also:wild See also:turkey and See also:deer) in the vicinity; there are See also:fine See also:golf links and there is a large See also:ranch for breeding and training See also:polo ponies. In the See also:southern suburbs two artesian See also:wells, 1800-2000 ft. deep, See also:discharge 800,000 gallons a See also:day of strong See also:sulphur water. (temperature 1o3°-1o6° F.), which is used for treating See also:rheumatism and skin diseases. Near one of these wells is the See also:South-western (State) Hospital for the Insane (1892). The city has a good public school See also:system, including, besides the usual departments, departments of See also:manual training and domestic See also:science. In 1910 there were 3o See also:schools -26 for whites and 4 for negroes. Among the educational institutions in San Antonio are the San Antonio See also:Female See also:College (Methodist Episcopal, South; 1894), the See also:West Texas Military See also:Academy; See also:Peacock Military School; St See also:Mary's Hall (See also:Roman See also:Catholic); St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis College; and the Academy of Our See also:Lady of the See also:Lake (under the Sisters of Divine See also:Providence, who have a See also:convent here).
The city is the see of See also:Protestant Episcopal and
1 The cathedral is the centre of the city accordinb to the See also:charter, which describes the city as including " six See also:miles square, of which the sides shall be equi-distant from what is known as the See also:cup&&a of the cathedral of San Fernando and three miles therefrom."
Roman Catholic bishops. Among the charitable institutions are the City Hospital (1886), the See also:Santa See also:Rosa Infirmary (1869), maintained by Sisters of Charity, a House of See also:Refuge (1897), s See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
Rescue Home (1895), a home for destitute See also:children and aged persons (1897), the St See also:Francis Home for the Aged (1893), Sr See also:John's See also:Orphan See also:Asylum (1878), St See also:Joseph's Orphan Asylum (1871) and the Protestant Home for Destitute Children (1887).
The See also:principal manufactures are See also:malt liquors, See also:flour and grist-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products and See also:steam railway cars. San Antonio is the commercial centre of a great live stock and farming region.
Under the charter of 1903, as amended in 1907, the municipal government consists of a city See also:council, composed of the See also:mayor, four aldermen, elected at large, and eight See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward aldermen, all elected for a See also:term of two years, as are the other elective See also:officers; a city See also:attorney, an See also:assessor, a See also:collector, a treasurer, an auditor and See also:judge of the See also:Corporation Court. Any elective officer may be removed by the See also:vote of eight members of the council. Other officers are appointed by the mayor with the See also:confirmation of the council. The city water See also:supply, owned by a private corporation, is obtained from artesian wells with a capacity of 40,000,000 gallons a day. The city has a See also:sewer-See also:farm of 530 acres which the charter forbids it to sell.
San Antonio was the See also:capital of Texas during the periods of See also:Spanish and Mexican See also:rule. The presidio of San Antonio de Bexar and the mission of San Antonio de Valero were founded in 1718 under the direction of See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin de See also:Alarcon, governor of See also:Coahuila. San Antonio was accordingly from the beginning a See also:combination of two of the three types of Spanish See also:settlement, the military and the ecclesiastical (see TEXAS: See also:History). To these was added the third, the See also:civil type, in 1731, when the See also:villa of San Fernando was established. Several missions were established in the neighbourhood, including those already mentioned and San See also:Xavier de Naxera (1722), a new See also:foundation. All of these missions decreased in importance with the disappearance of the See also:Indians and by the See also:close of the See also:period of Spanish rule (1821) had been abandoned. San Antonio was captured by the See also:Magee-Gutierrez party in 1813, but was recovered by the Mexican royalists (see TEXAS: History). It was besieged by the Texan army under See also:General See also:Stephen F. Austin and See also:Edward Burleson in 1835 and was finally taken See also:early in December as the result of an attack led by Colonel See also:Benjamin R. Milam. Its recapture by Santa See also:Anna, See also:February–See also:March 1836, was distinguished by the heroic See also:defence of the mission (particularly the chapel of the Alamo) by Colonels See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Barrett Travis, James Bowie and See also:Davy See also:Crockett, and 178 others against the attack of about 4000 Mexicans. After a See also:bombardment lasting from the 23rd of February to the 6th of March, the Mexicans assaulted on the 6th, were twice beaten back, and then over-powered and slaughtered the See also:garrison, the five survivors being subsequently bayonetted in See also:cold See also:blood. Three See also:women, one a Mexican, two children and a See also:negro servant were spared. " Remember the Alamo " became a See also:war-cry of the Texans. The Mexicans again invaded Texas in 1842, and San Antonio was twice captured and held for See also:short periods, first by General Vasquez and later by General Woll. After 1836 there was a large influx of Anglo-Americans and Germans, and the Mexican See also:element long ago ceased to predominate. Charters of See also:incorporation were granted in 1837, 1842, 1852, 1856, 187o and 1903. At San Antonio in February 1861 General See also:David E. Twiggs (1790-1862), a See also:veteran of the Mexican War, surrendered the Department of Texas, without resistance, to the Confederate general, See also:Ben McCglloch; for this General Twiggs was dismissed from the See also:United States army, and in May he became a See also:major-general in the Confederate service. The rapid growth of San Antonio dates from 1878, when the first railway entered the city.
See William Corner, San Antonio de Bexar (San Antonio, 189o); The Quarterly of the Texas State See also:Historical Association, ii. 217-226, viii. 277-352 ; and See also:George P.
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I think that when you note the statue of Milam as well the artist Bonnie MCCleary should be acknowledged. I knew her as a child and think it should be noted.
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