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A Brief History of San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, at the head of the San
Antonio River in Bexar County, is on Interstate Highway 10
(east–west) and Interstate Highway 35 and 37
(north–south). The city is also served by five U.S.
highways, numerous state highways, San Antonio
International Airport, two freight railroads (the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific), and two AMTRAK trains. The
area was explored by Spanish expeditions in 1691 and 1709,
which named the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek. The
town grew out of San Antonio de Béxar Presidio, founded
1718, and the villa of San Fernando de Béxar, chartered by
Canary Islandersqv in
1731. Beginning in 1718, five Spanish missionsqv
were located along the river. The presidial captain's
house (later the Spanish Governor's Palaceqv)
was completed on Military Plaza in 1749, and San Fernando
de Béxar Church was built by 1758. In 1773 San Antonio de
Béxar became the capital of Spanish Texas.qv
In 1778 the settlement had a population of 2,060,
including mission Indians. Its circumstances were
described as "miserable" by visitors. The population was
poor and heterogeneous, made up of Europeans, mestizos,qv
and a few black slaves. The missions were all secularized
by 1795, and San Antonio de Valero Mission (later, the
Alamoqv) became a
military barracks. San Antonio declared for Mexican
independence in 1813; it was recaptured by Royalist forces
after the battles of Alazán Creek and Medina,qv
and the population was decimated by purges.
During the Texas Revolution,qv San
Antonio was the site of several battles, including the siege
of Bexarqv (December 1835) and the battle of the Alamoqv
(March 6, 1836), which made it one of the most fought-over
cities in North America. After the evacuation of Mexican
forces, Bexar County was organized by the Republic of Texasqv
in December 1836, and San Antonio was chartered in January
1837 as its seat. A failed attempt to negotiate the release
of captives held by Comanche Indians resulted in yet another
battle in the streets of the town, the Council House Fightqv
of 1840. San Antonio was seized twice in the Mexican
invasions of 1842,qv and
the population was reduced to about 800 in 1846. After Texas
entered the Union, growth became rapid, as the city became a
servicing and distribution center for the western movement
of the United States. The census showed 3,488 in 1850 and
8,235 in 1860, when San Antonio had become for the time the
largest town in Texas (ahead of Galveston). Germansqv
made up a large part of this growth; German speakers
outnumbered both Hispanics and Anglos until after 1877. In
1861 local militia forced the surrender of the federal
arsenal at San Antonio even before the state seceded on
March 2. Subsequently, San Antonio served as a Confederate
depot. Several units such as John S. Ford'sqv
Cavalry of the West were formed there, though the city was
removed from the fighting.
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