What is San Antonio known for?
Here is a good link http://bexargenealogy.com/ Spain established a small colony at San Antonio deBexar in 1731. A large portion of the Hispanic population are descendants of those people, not all are descendants of immigrants from Mexico. In the 19th century large numbers of German immigrants came to San Antonio. So much of the original population before it started expanding in the past 40 years are Spanish colonials and the English speaking caucasians are largely German with some Czech mixed in. Anyone who understands the background of the town will not make cutting remarks when they hear Spanish spoken as there were people speaking Spanish there before any English was spoken. Texas was ruled by Spain and occasionally some parts by France. Then when Mexico became free of Spanish rule Texas was part of Mexico for 15 years. Texians and Tejanos were unhappy with Santa Ana’s rule and they rose up against him. That is what the Battle
