Author : Art Martinez de Vara
Publisher : Alamo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780984212156
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Dios Y Tejas by : Art Martinez de Vara
Download or read book Dios Y Tejas written by Art Martinez de Vara and published by Alamo Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Von Ormy, Texas was founded as a Tejano ranching community along the Medina River thirteen miles southwest of San Antonio in the mid-1700s. Its strategic location near San Antonio and along the main trade route to the south have attracted interest and settlers for nearly three centuries. Dios y Tejas provides a comprehensive and multifacted overview of this South Texas town whose residents have been influential from the Texas Revolution to the Liberty City movement. Readers will find biographies of Blas Herrera, Francisco Antonio Ruiz, Samuel McColluch, Jr., Count Norbert Von Ormay, Enoch Jones, Rafael Quintana, Ella Fischer and other historical figures. Other essays include the environmental history of Southwest Bexar County, Historic Native Peoples of the area, Colonial Roads and River Crossings, Tejano support for Texas Independence, the Comanche Expedition of 1839, the Castle on the Medina, the Medina Guards and Civil War, Mission San Patricio de Bexar, the Medina and Von Ormy Schools, Von Ormy Cottage Sanitarium, Kelly Field and the Rise of the Mexican-American Middle Class, Repatriations, Water Wars and much more. The history of Von Ormy, Texas is as rich and unique as the Lone Star State.