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William P. Atkinson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman. Claude W. Black Jr., Baptist minister, civil rights leader, City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore. Augustus Belknap, Union Army officer, railway executive, and city alderman [1] Bill Blythe, member of the Texas House of representatives. Mario Cantu, Chicano activist.
Famous Smoke Shop is one of the largest cigar mail order businesses in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company was formed in October, 1939 in Midtown Manhattan as a cigar and gift shop . In 2000, increasing rents and taxes [ 4 ] forced the company to move its operations to Easton, Pennsylvania , [ 5 ] a state that currently imposes no ...
The United Services Automobile Association ( USAA) is an American financial services company providing insurance and banking products exclusively to members of the military, veterans and their families. [ 6] It was founded in 1922 in San Antonio, Texas, by a group of 25 U.S. Army officers as a mechanism for mutual self-insurance, when they were ...
91001682. Tower Life Building (formerly Smith-Young Tower, Pan-American Tower, and Transit Tower) is a 31-story building and a historical landmark in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. Completed in 1929 and standing at 404 feet (123 m) tall, Tower Life Building was the tallest building and structure in San Antonio until the Tower of the Americas ...
Menger Hotel. / 29.42472°N 98.48639°W / 29.42472; -98.48639. The Menger Hotel is a historic hotel located in downtown San Antonio, Texas, US, on the site of the Battle of the Alamo . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as a contributing building in the Alamo Plaza Historic District.
Tower of the Americas. / 29.418888; -98.483611 ( Tower of the Americas) The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower -restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford [ 1] and was built ...
The Buckhorn Saloon & Museumis a privately run museum located at 318 E. Houston Street in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Originally privately owned by Albert Friedrich, the Buckhorn became a tourist attraction for its unique collections. Theodore Rooseveltand his Rough Riders were reputed to frequent the establishment.
Located at 6519 San Jose Drive, it was designated the San Jose Mission National Historic Site in 1941. The historic site was administratively listed on the National Register on October 15, 1966. The church, which is still standing, was constructed in 1768. Mission San Jose was founded by Father Antonio Margil .