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San Antonio and South Texas
Local businesses and founders in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley.
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Natural Bridge Caverns: How Four UT Students Discovered One of Texas’s Largest Cave Systems in 1960
In 1960, four University of Texas students squeezed into a narrow shaft on the Wuest ranch and found a vast cave network. Today it…
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Gruene Hall: Inside Texas’s Oldest Continually Operating Dance Hall, Built in 1878
A tin-roofed dance hall in New Braunfels has hosted music since 1878. George Strait, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett have all played its small…
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Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia: The Cortez Family’s Market Square Landmark Since 1941
Pedro and Cruz Cortez opened Mi Tierra to feed the farmers who sold produce at San Antonio’s Market Square. The family business is still…
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San Antonio and South Texas: Tradition, Flavor and Family Businesses
Multigenerational family businesses, Tex-Mex traditions and Rio Grande Valley citrus: a look at South Texas’s local economy.