Texas-Best Post- San Antonio, Canary Island SettlementThe beginning of the city of San Antonio as a civil settlement in the province of Tejas is generally recognized as the arrival of 16 families consisting of 55 immigrants from the Canary Islands. The group marched overland to the presidio of San Antonio de Béxar, where they arrived at eleven o’clock on March 9, 1731 [...]
- San Antonio, Canary Island Settlement
