History

Civil War LegacyAfter the Civil War, the children of  its veterans, hardened by the death and mayhem, often turned to violence. The post oaks...

Located near the confluence of the Chupaderas and Calaveras much of Jaques Rancho these days is...

Valentine and Josepha Aniol were among the first families to blaze the trail from Upper Silesia to Bexar County.

The families that move from the Southern States to the Cibolo River Valley in the early...

Gus Gildea's exploits as a Ranger were only outshone by his ability as a master storyteller.

Boley Conner(B.C.) Walters, Jr. and Lucinda Walters came to Bexar County in the early 1850s to...

From a community of fewer than twenty-five families,  nineteen men were conscripted by the Confederate States of America.  

The area known as the Post Oaks takes its name from the post-oak forests east of San Antonio. These forests were a treasure to...

A visit to old Bexar County east of San Antonio, Texas reveals numerous historic churches. They were the places where the first European settlers...

During the Civil War, Robert Weakley Brahan accepted an appointment by the Governor of Texas to General of the Militia. In this position, he enforced Confederate States of America’s conscription laws in South Texas.

John Edgar Trainer served as a deputy under two legendary Bexar County sheriffs:  T.P. McCall and...

A Road Once TraveledOn quiet evenings in La Vernia, under the branches of the old post oaks, one can easily imagine the time before...

The Post Oaks of the 1870sEast of San Antonio, exists a series of watersheds beginning with the Salado, and continuing to the Rocillo, the...

On July 26, 1860 William Anderson Jackson became first postmaster of Cottage Hill, Texas in far...

Theodore and Veronica Zaiontz Felix, the children of Silesian immigrants, invested in the future of San...

La Vernia is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and FM 775 in northwest Wilson County. It is 24 miles southeast of...

In 1880 C. G. Napier was a media celebrity in San Antonio. His advice to farmers and ranchers about raising crops and animal husbandry was published in the San Antonio Express under the pseudonym of Greeley #2 and was widely read throughout south Texas. Greeley #2 traveled throughout Texas and wrote about people, places, and agricultural practices.

The mysterious village of Cottage Hill came into existence and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Scattered stones from the hearths and foundations...

D’Alanson (D. A.) Saltmarsh, a successful stagecoach operator, came to Texas to make his fortune on...

William H. Irvin was one the early settlers along the old Gonzales Road in the vicinity...