San Antonio History

In 1899, 200 acres along the San Antonio River were donated to the city of San Antonio by philanthropist George W. Brackenridge who intended the space to be a public space for the people of San Antonio. Brackenridge Park is celebrating 125 years with a 'Big Brack Bash' that is free and open to all of San Antonio.

An archive of a 1938 radio program shows a different side of the then-mayor of San Antonio, Maury Maverick.

The King William historic home Villa Finale contains a collection of music machines that play back San Antonio's history.

Curanderos on the borderlands offered physical, spiritual and psychological healing; and El Pueblo — the bilingual voice of San Antonio’s West Side.

Mapping the Movimiento is a self-guided interactive tour of San Antonio's Mexican American civil right's history.

A devastating flood 100 years ago marked a critical turning point for San Antonio’s development. But the response efforts by local leaders at the time were largely driven by protecting economic interests of business elites while neglecting the barrios of the city’s West Side. A new book details what happened on that fatal night and the West Side community organizers who fought to protect their neighborhoods after city leadership failed them.

Oral histories and preservation projects have been instrumental in documenting meaningful moments throughout history, but this process is not bound by significant historical events. A new project aims to teach and equip local residents with resources on how to preserve their own family’s history and memories.

In his book "In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio," author David Johnson dives into the history of the Alamo City, describing its transformation from a frontier settlement into a diverse and complex modern metropolis.

San Antonio’s 343-acre tree-shaded Brackenridge Park is home to the Zoo, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Witte Museum and the Sunken Garden outdoor Theater.…

An iconic San Antonio attraction has a darkly quirky event attached to it for all times. It happened in Brackenridge Park, on that little train that…