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sk.TEXAS ALMANAC--1958-1959
Sam Houston's "Steamboat House," Huntsville.
all of Southern and part of Eastern Texas.
Most noteworthy is San Antonio. Here is
located the Alamo, "Cradle of Texas Liberty,"
scene of the tragic Battle of the Alamo during
the Texas Revolution. (See p. 60.) Erected
about 1754, the building is now the property
of the state and the location of a museum
of historical documents and objects. Nearby
stands the Cenotaph, a monument erected by
the Centennial Commission of 1936. On the
monument are inscribed the names of those
who died in the Battle of the Alamo. At San
Antonio also are the San Jose, Concepcion,
Espada and San Juan Capistrano Missions,
constituting the most remarkable group of
early Spanish missions north of the Rio
Grande. (See p. 53.) Architecturally San Jose-Photo by Robert M. Hayes.
Woodlawn, old Gov. E. M. Pease Home,
Austin, acquired by Gov. Allan Shivers late
in 1956 after a century in hands of Pease
family.is the most remarkable. Never a complete
ruin, it was restored according to the origi-
nal drawings found in the archives of Spain.
Its "Rose Window" is known for its beauty,
and its old water-power wheel is undoubtedly
the oldest industrial machine in Texas. Other
buildings dating from the Spanish era are
the San Fernando Cathedral, the Spanish
Royal Governor's Palace and a number of
homes of the colonial period. La Villita (the
Little Town) is a restoration of the early
Spanish settlement on the bank of the San
Antonio River. Among the many places of
historic interest are the Cos House, Navarro
House, Argyle House, Twohig House and St.
Mark's Church. These are only a few of the
interesting historic structures in San Antonio
which, in its entire setting, is today the most
distinctive "landmark" of the era of Spanish
dominion anywhere in the Southwestern
States.
Along the Rio Grande
Older than the San Antonio Missions, how-
ever, are those of Ysleta, Socorro and San Eli-
zario in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near
El Paso, which were founded in 1682-1683
after an Indian revolt drove Spaniards and
loyal Indians out of the settlements in New
Mexico. At San Elizario, also, is the Vice-
Regal Palace, which is today probably the
oldest residence in the state.
Along the 889-mile course of the Rio Grande
from the New Mexico border to the Gulf are
towns and cities of historic significance but
with varying physical evidences today. Among
these are Presidio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, San
Ygnacio, Roma, Rio Grande City, Mission and
Brownsville. At San Ygnacio, Zapata County,
the Trevenio Home (and old fort) is occu-
pied by the descendants of the builder in
1767, possibly the record home tenure by
one family in Texas.
South Texas Landmarks
Near Goliad Col. J. W. Fannin's men were
defeated in the Battle of Coleto and later
massacred on orders of Santa Anna. Here are
located Goliad State Park and the Goliad
Memorial Auditorium erected during 1936, the
centennial year. Here also is the Goliad Monu-
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