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The first major extension of the Riverwalk was constructed by the joint venture of two general contractors Darragh & Lyda Inc. and H. A. Lott Inc. to Tower of the Americas as part of HemisFair '68.
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Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, a shipwrecked captive of Indians, visits the interior of Texas, sees and describes the River.
June 13. Domingo Teran de los Rios, first Governor of the new Province of Texas, accompanies Father Damian Massanet on his return trip to East Texas. Camping at a rancheria of Payaya Indians on a stream called Yanaguana, someone said, “let’s celebrate mass."
The Spanish Council of War approves a site on the San Antonio River for a fortified presidio (fort). This same council also approves the request to establish a mission at the site.
Martin de Alarcon, Governor of Texas, names the presidio San Antonio de Bejar in honor of the Duque de Bejar, The Mission of San Francisco de Solano is moved from the Rio Grande to merge with Mission San Antonio de Padua. The mission is renamed Mission San Antonio de Valero. The presidio, the villa and the mission comprise the municipality named Sa...
Mission San Antonio moves to its second site on the east bank near the present day St. Joseph's Church on Commerce.
Mission San Antonio is moved to its third and final site on Alamo Plaza because of hurricane flooding at the previous site.
Construction of the first bridge to span the San Antonio River, connecting the Presidio with Mission San Antonio, at the site of the present Commerce St. bridge.
All the missions are closed down by order of the Spanish government. Their lands are distributed to the mission Indians attached to the compounds. Through the late 1800s and early 1900s, San Antonio's growing population and expanding boundaries were the cause, to a large degree, of problems brought about by flooding. In fact, if steps to control th...
July 5th, a serious flood causes some settlers to relocate to La Villita, on the higher east bank of the river.'
Moses Austin petitions the Spanish Governor in San Antonio for a permit to settle Americans in Texas
One man, an architect named Robert H. H. Hugman proposed a plan that would turn the area into a beautiful urban park with apartments, dining, shopping, boat rides and walk ways lit with old-fashioned street lamps.
In the early 20th century, Robert H. H. Hugman, an architect and urban planner, developed a plan for the riverwalk. Hugman’s plan included walkways along the river, bridges, stairways, and lighting.
Architect Robert H. H. Hugman is often hailed as the father of the Riverwalk, having introduced the “River Beautification Plan” in the late 1920s. His vision was to transform the San Antonio River into an accessible and aesthetically pleasing commercial and recreational space.
One mile downstream from the heart of the city, San Antonio’s world-famous River Walk did not yet extend this far south. “It was just a dirt trail,” recalls Lee, who still owns and operates San Angel Folk Art Gallery at Blue Star Arts Complex on South Alamo Street.
The history of San Antonio River walk. The San Antonio River is one of the most beautiful places in all of Texas where you can visit since it has many places where you can buy.
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