Brackenridge Park Land History and Public Grants
The piece traces Brackenridge park area origins from 1899 donations by George Brackenridge and subsequent additions by Emma Koehler and James Davis. It covers restrictive covenants, parcels sold or leased over decades, and how the city’s control narrowed while notes on zoning, polo, zoo, and stadium developments shape today’s parklands. It highlights a long, evolving public access debate tied to a proposed north south freeway and separate royal grants east and north of the park.
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Dick Balmos
Brackenridge Park
San Antonio
Brackenridge
Koehler
Davis
Bexar County
Austin
Bracken- Tae
Gus Mauermann
Olmos Basin
Park
San Antonio Water Works Co
George ¥. Brackenridge
Otta Koehler
Avenue B
Josephine
Texas University
Jimmy Jotinsui
Playland Park
Ludwig Mahneke
Telcost
Water Company
Emma. Koehler
Otto Koehler
Koehler Park
Labor Ditch
County Commissioner's Court
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Posse
C. F. King
Alamo Cement Ca
Clarmain
Wassoon
Hildebrand Ave
Shook
Broadway
Brackenridge Park Formed by Four Land Grants
Photo diagram explains Brackenridge Park consists of four land grants. The city has deeded more than half of the original Spanish grant to organizations including the San Antonio Independent School District and Trinity University. Some restrictions in the Brackenridge deed do not apply to the remaining area.
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Cty
Brackenridge Park
San Antoni
San Antonio
Oakmont
Alameda
N. St. Mary's
Horsetrade
S. ‘T Alamo
Trinity University
Univer
Woodlawn
St Cloud
Bandera
Hoa
Los Angeles Haights
New Foundation To Fight Cancer
A memorial fund organized in San Antonio at the St. Anthony hotel aims to raise about 500000 within a month to support cancer research or treatment. Honored by Congress for Dudley Jackson Memorial work, the foundation names E J Tiner as president and Maury Maverick Jr. as legal marker.
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Dation
Mesdameus Edgaray
San Antonio
Tabin
Hal Peterson
Dudley Jack+Krueger
Maury Maverieann
St. Anthony Hotel
Dudley Jackson
Ath Cancer Foundation
Congress
Jackson Jr
Europe
House and Senate
Washington
E. J. Tiner
Tiner
Maury Maverick Jr
Trainees Get Break On Base Dress Codes
Lackland and several southern bases grant permission for basic trainees to wear short sleeves and skip the tie while off base in summer. The policy, announced by Air Training Command officers, aims to ease summer dress for airmen amid complaints from west and south Texas communities.
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Lackland
South
Texas
Hospital Aid Pay Hikes Provided
A Texas hospital funding bill advances with raises for employees and new appropriations. The San Antonio State hospital system gains increased allocations, addition of ward buildings, a main kitchen, and renovation costs totaling several hundred thousand dollars. The measure covers multiple state hospital needs through the next two fiscal years.
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Kpertal
Licht
Austin
Sant
Legistae Antonio State Hospital
Ture
Daniel
San Antonio
San Antonio State Hospital
Senate
Ital
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Regimes Whittle
Polo Club
Frank Madhock
Madhock
G. L. Smith
Brackenridge and
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Lions
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Ganizations
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Dél Almazan
New Spain
Kings of Spain
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Hildebrand
C. K. Quin
Maury Maverick
Trinity
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Paul Stefter
Frank G. Huntress Jr
Express Publishing
Alfred Callaghan
N. St. Mary’s
Alpine Dr
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Anna Hertzberg
Jack White
Sunshine Cottage School For
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