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What is the history of our cultural growth?
“A city is ourselves,” said the noted city-planner Michael Middleton. In October we’ll pay tribute to:
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the first inhabitants of our environs, the Native Americans who camped on and off for centuries near the springs of the streams of the San Pedro and the San Antonio -- some of whom later became members of our five Spanish missions, helping operate farms and ranches and with construction of magnificent stone structures and flowing acequias for irrigation and living;
the first inhabitants of our environs, the Native Americans who camped on and off for centuries near the springs of the streams of the San Pedro and the San Antonio -- some of whom later became members of our five Spanish missions, helping operate farms and ranches and with construction of magnificent stone structures and flowing acequias for irrigation and living; ·the Hispanics whose Spanish governor came with 72 persons from below the Rio Grande in 1718 to San Pedro Creek to establish Mission San Antonio de Valero plus a settlement (Villa de Bexar) and a presidio in the name of King Philip V of Spain;
the Hispanics whose Spanish governor came with 72 persons from below the Rio Grande in 1718 to San Pedro Creek to establish Mission San Antonio de Valero plus a settlement (Villa de Bexar) and a presidio in the name of King Philip V of Spain; ·the 55 Spaniards who came from the Canary Islands in 1731 with a charter from King Philip to establish a municipality here;
the 55 Spaniards who came from the Canary Islands in 1731 with a charter from King Philip to establish a municipality here; ·the pioneers who came from the United States, beginning in the 1820s and 1830s, and the Europeans, especially Germans, French and Irish, who came in the decades that followed;
the pioneers who came from the United States, beginning in the 1820s and 1830s, and the Europeans, especially Germans, French and Irish, who came in the decades that followed; ·the Texians and Tejanos who at the Alamo and San Jacinto in 1836, helped create a new republic among the world’s nations – Texas -- which less than 10 years later became the 28th state of the United States.”
the Texians and Tejanos who at the Alamo and San Jacinto in 1836, helped create a new republic among the world’s nations – Texas -- which less than 10 years later became the 28th state of the United States.”·the 20+ cultural groups who were living in San Antonio in 1968, the year city leaders founded UT Health Science Center, and recognizing that their people had created a great Pan-American city, celebrated with a world fair, Hemisfair; [1968 saw the beginning of our two largest industries: tourism and biomedicine];
the 20+ cultural groups who were living in San Antonio in 1968, the year city leaders founded UT Health Science Center, and recognizing that their people had created a great Pan-American city, celebrated with a world fair, Hemisfair; [1968 saw the beginning of our two largest industries: tourism and biomedicine]; ·all the distinctive groups and individuals who have come here since 1968 to contribute to the city’s unique character as a metropolitan community of notably compatible cultures.
all the distinctive groups and individuals who have come here since 1968 to contribute to the city’s unique character as a metropolitan community of notably compatible cultures. Each of these cultural groups has made traceable contributions to the formation of the character of our city.
