San Antonio de Bexar - 1 de Enero 1836

 San Antonio de Bexar: 1 de Enero 1836 by Richard G. Santos

:: LANDMARKS ::

MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE VALERO

QUARTEL DE SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR

CASA DE COS

CASA DE BERAMENDI

CASA REALES

PLAZA DE LAS ISLA CANARIAS

SAN FERNANDO

PLAZA DE ARMAS

SPANISH GOVERNOR'S PALACE

CAMPO SANTO

RIO SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA

 

:: STREETS ::

CAMINO REAL A LA BAHIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO

CAMINO A LAS MISIONES DE ABAJO

CAMINO REAL A NOCOGDOCHES

CAMINO REAL A SAN AGUSTIN DE LAREDO

CAMINO REAL AL PRESIDIO DEL RIO GRANDE

:: STREETS RUNNING EAST AND WEST ::

CAMINO VIEJO DE LAS CARRETAS

CALLE DE LA ALAMEDA

CALLE DE LA VILLITA

CALLE A LA NUEVA VILLA

CALLEJON DE ARCINIEGA

CALLE DEL CALABOZO

CALLEJON DE SALINAS

CALLEJON DE LOS NOGALES

CALLE DEL OBRAJE

CALLE DE RIVAS

CALLEJON DE LOS ZAMBRANO

:: STREETS RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH ::

CALLE DE LA PRESA

CALLEJON DE BERAMENDI

CALLE DE LA DOLOROSA

CALLE DEL PASO

CALLE DEL RINCON

CALLE DE LA SOLEDAD CALLE DE LA QUINTA

CALLE DE LA ACEQUIA PRINCIPAL

CALLE DE LAS (LOS) FLORES

CALLE DEL CAMARON

CALLE DE LA AMARGURA

:: SAN PEDRO CREEK AND THE IRRIGATION DITCHES ::

AGUAS DE SAN PEDRO (OR ARROYO DE SAN PEDRO)

ACEQUIA PRINCIPAL DE BEXAR (AKA ACEQUIA MADRE DE BEXAR)

ACEQUIA MADRE DE VALERO

ACEQUIA DEL ALAMO

ACEQUIA CONCEPCION (AKA ACEQUIA DE LOS PAJALACHES)

MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE VALERO

Mission de Valero was established in the San Antonio area on May 1, 1718, by Don Martin de Alarcon, second Governor of Texas. The mission was originally located west of the San Antonio River, but was transferred in 1724, to its present vicinity on the east bank of the river. The mission was secularized in 1793, and thereafter occupied by the cavalry unit of San Carlos de Parras del Alamo, Coahuila, from which it acquired its nickname "The Alamo." In 1805, the abandoned convento of the mission became the first military hospital in Texas. The Alamo was first used as a defensive fortress during the siege and assault of Bexar by the Texian Army in December, 1835. Some 187 Texans under the command of William B. Travis and James Bowie defended the Alamo from February 23, to March 6,  1836, against Santa Anna's Mexican army totaling 2,591 men. Not a single defender was spared on the morning of March 6, while the Mexican casualties numbered approximately 600 men.

QUARTEL DE SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR

The fortress-garrison of Spanish and Mexican militia was first recommended in 1805, but not begun until 1810. The building figured prominently in the pro-Hidalgo uprising led by Captain Juan Bautista de las Casas in January, 1811, against the local Spanish administration. Two months later, Juan Manuel Zambrano gained the support of the soldiers stationed at the Quartel to lead a counter-revolution against the Casas Regime. The building was never used continuously thereafter, although it appears to have been standing in 1836.