A Pre-Base History of Randolph Air Force Base in the Cibolo Valley, Texas, 1690-1928
Author(s): Joseph P. Sanchez; Bruce A. Erickson
Year: 1998
Summary
This pre-base history describes the area of the Cibolo Valley, Texas where the Randolph Air Force Base is located. Influenced by the development of the city of San Antonio (approximately 18 miles to the southwest), the land was crossed by Spanish explorers, by herders who supplied the Spanish missions, by travelers along the Camino Real, and by speculators in Mexican land grants and Texas land claims. Intense use occurred around the middle of the nineteenth century, first by ranchers, and, finally, by the many German immigrant farmers who built homes and grew crops between the 1860s and 1928. Physical evidence of these uses has been all but obliterated due to the clearing and leveling of the land and the construction of the base.
Cite this Record
A Pre-Base History of Randolph Air Force Base in the Cibolo Valley, Texas, 1690-1928. Joseph P. Sanchez, Bruce A. Erickson. 1998 ( tDAR id: 405485) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8405485
Keywords
Culture
Euroamerican
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Historic
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Spanish
Investigation Types
Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
Geographic Keywords
Cibolo Valley
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Randolph Air Force Base
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Texas (State / Territory)
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United States of America (Country)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -98.339; min lat: 29.5 ; max long: -98.21; max lat: 29.573 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio
Contributor(s): Center for Historic Preservation & Technology, Texas Tech University; Intermountain Support Office, Santa Fe, National Park Service; Joseph E. King; Robert L. Spude
Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston
Prepared By(s): Spanish Colonial Research Center, National Park Service
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| 1998-Randolph-AFB-Pre-Base-History-1690-1928.pdf | 6.16mb | Apr 28, 2016 2:39:16 PM | Confidential |
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Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio