James Nathaniel Fisk

San Antonio, TX

Built in 1810 as a military barracks in San Antonio de Béxar, El Quartel became a flashpoint in the struggle over Spanish rule. Here in January 1811 Juan Bautista de las Casas raised forces to arrest the royal governor in Texas's first overthrow of Spanish authority, only for Juan Zambrano to muster a counter-revolt that restored the crown weeks later. The barracks were apparently destroyed during the Texas Revolution, when defenders chose instead to make their stand at the Alamo.

San Antonio, TX

Built in 1734 for prominent Bexar citizens Geronimo and Javiera Cantu de la Garza, this block-long Spanish colonial compound had limestone walls three feet thick and lush gardens. Generations later, José Antonio de la Garza used its vault to safeguard merchants' valuables and, granted royal permission in 1818, minted the small coins called 'jolas'—making the home likely the first mint in Texas. During the 1835 Siege of Bexar, Ben Milam's troops battled two days to seize the fortress-like compound as their headquarters, and Milam died taking the city.

San Antonio, TX

This memorial in San Antonio is dedicated to all the men and women wounded across the nation's wars. Rather than singling out one conflict, it gathers the sacrifice of the injured from every generation of American service into a single tribute. San Antonio, long a garrison city with deep military ties, is a fitting home for such a remembrance.

San Antonio, TX

This Neo-Classical Revival residence was completed in 1909 for Gen. John Lapham Bullis, a New Yorker who spent much of his career on the Southwestern frontier. In 1873 Bullis took command of a company of Seminole Scouts whose skill at tracking raiders on the Texas border drew national attention. He lived in the house, designed by San Antonio architect Harvey Page, until his death in 1911; nearby Camp Bullis bears his name.