This much enlarged edition of a favorite handbook identifies the origins of nearly 1,000 familiar place names in the San Antonio region. Naming sleuth Dr. David P. Green cracks mysteries that puzzled him in earlier editions, and comes up with several hundred new entries as well...
Who's it named for? Why did it used to be called something else? Is the naming story a legend or is it true? Here origins of more than 500 familiar places -- streets, schools, parks, towns, natural features -- are unveiled. Vanished families come back to light. Forgotten achievers...