Named for Saint Anthony of Padua, the City of San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar County. In 1709, Father Antonio de Olivares visited the area and was bound and determined to found a mission and a civilian settlement where the city sits today. In 1716, he finally got approval from Spain. Construction of the Mision de San Antonio de Valero, also known as the Alamo, began in 1718, and thus the creation of the largest and most important town in Spanish Texas was built. It was the capital of the Mexican province of Tejas until the Texas Declaration of Independence and ensuing Texas Revolution in 1836. San Antonio is home to the Alamo and several other Spanish colonial missions, the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, an numerous military installations, including Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base, Camp Stanley, and Camp Bullis.
Regular Blogs
Topics vary widely, such as discussions about the retail corridor and news about who wants to develop where, conventions, upcoming events as well as reports on events afterwards, parking, and University of Texas at San Antonio, and local history.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/downtown/
Restaurants and events in San Antonio are the main subject of this blog, which offers reviews of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. Other topics are the Spurs and anything involving them. Awards, which are earned by all sorts of local establishments, are also profiled here.
http://www.saflavor.com
This weblog is for and about mothers in San Antonio and contains things that interest that population, such as articles about 100 free things to do in San Antonio this summer, more than 70 vacation bible schools in the city, the local book festival, and the benefits of summer camp.
http://sanantoniomomblogs.com
