San Angelo, Texas

Name: San Angelo, Texas
Address: San Angelo, TX

Everything San Angelo is known for

27 songs mention this city 17 artists from here

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San Angelo, Texas, a city in the Concho Valley of West Texas, has a notable connection to music. While known for its agricultural heritage as the "Wool and Mohair Capital of the World," the city is also home to a variety of artists and is mentioned in numerous songs. For example, the rock band Los Lonely Boys hail from San Angelo, and country artist Aaron Watson has a song titled "San Angelo."

With 21 songs in our collection mentioning San Angelo and 18 artists calling it home, the city's musical footprint is evident. The House of FiFi DuBois and Blaine's Pub are among the local venues that host live music, contributing to the city's entertainment scene.

Music in San Angelo

Songs About San Angelo

San Angelo

Aaron Watson

82%

"San Angelo"

Intro to San Angelo (Live)

Ross Cooper

81%

"Intro to San Angelo"

Leaving San Angelo (Live)

Mark David Manders

79%

"Leaving San Angelo (Live)"

San Angelo (1960)

Marty Robbins

77%

"I rode one day to the cow-town of San Angelo"

Swell San Angelo

Ernest Tubb

60%

"Now I have roamed this wide world o'er, but I'll never move no more, for I love you, swell San Angelo"

She’s Had Enough Of Texas

Triston Marez

54%

"Houston to San Angelo couldn't hold that tumbleweed"

Songwriter’s Lament

Cory Morrow

54%

"Well I've got some find memories of San Angelo"

Breaking Up the Band

Kat Hasty

53%

"From Syracuse to San Angelo"

Dallas After Midnight

Ray Wylie Hubbard

52%

"After a high-speed chase we got caught south of San Angelo"

Texas Women

Hank Williams, Jr.

50%

"I've got some fond memories of San Angelo"

Cottonfields and Crossroads

Los Lonely Boys

50%

Cassie’s Back In Texas

Luke Kaufman

49%

"Shes out in the bad lands south of San Angelo"

songwriter's lament

cory morrow

45%

one day closer to rain

owen temple

25%

Hey Daisy

Drew Womack

21%

"Wet our feet in the Concho River"

cassie's back in texas

luke kaufman

19%

charlie goodnight

dub miller

10%

Lone Star Love

Red Steagall

"Houston Beaumont San Angelo"

Keepin’ it ’Tween the Lines

Paul Eason

"Got some friends up in San Angelo"

Lone Star Blues

Delbert McClinton

"At a truck stop in San Angelo"

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Artists From San Angelo

J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers

Rivers & Roads in Song near San Angelo

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near San Angelo.

Kickapoo Creek 4 songs Texas Colorado River 6 songs

Musical Heritage

Briscoe RoadyGoat

2020

The Concho River runs through San Angelo, and it runs through Philip Lupton's songs too. He's half of Briscoe — a folk-rock duo he named after his grandfather. He and Truett Heintzelman, a San Antonio kid, met as middle schoolers at a Hill Country summer camp up in Leakey, where they played a John Prine cover in the talent show — two athletes who'd just picked up guitars. They put Briscoe together for real while they were students at the University of Texas at Austin, cut a single called "Sailing Away," and landed a deal with ATO Records — Dave Matthews' label, same roster as Black Pumas and Brandi Carlile. Since then they've opened for Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan and played Willie's Luck Reunion. Two curly redheads out of the West Texas river country. Just getting started.

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History of San Angelo

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Blaine's Pub on West Harris Avenue is San Angelo's original live music venue, open since 1997 and a regular stop on the Texas Country, Red Dirt, and Americana circuit. It's an intimate room: one long bar and a small stage where up-and-coming acts play.

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The founding of San Angelo is closely tied to the establishment of Fort Concho in 1867 by the United States government. The fort was one of a series of forts constructed to protect the frontier and was home to cavalry, infantry, and the Black Cavalry. The village of Santa Angela, which later became San Angelo, was founded outside the fort by Bartholomew J. DeWitt at the junction of the North and South Concho Rivers.

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Historic Fort Concho stands as a significant landmark in San Angelo. Established in 1867, it was one of a series of forts designed to protect the frontier and was home to various military units, including the famous Black Cavalry. Fort Concho played a crucial role in the city's founding and development, and it remains an important part of San Angelo's history and cultural heritage.

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Fort Concho

1867

The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso. Was also northern point of southern chain of forts extending to Rio Grande, thence along that river to its mouth. Established 1867 (at then junction of Butterfield Trail, Goodnight Trail and road to San Antonio) by 4th Cavalry under Capt. George G. Huntt to protect frontier. By March 1, 1870, fort buildings were (in order of their construction) a commissary and quartermaster storehouse, hospital, five officers quarters, a magazine and two barracks-- all built of sandstone. Among those who commanded post were: Gen. Wm. R. Shafter (later major general of volunteers, Spanish-American War; commanded troops at capture of Santiago de Cuba, July 1898); Maj. John P. Hatch (at one time fort was named in his honor); Gen. Wesley Merritt (first commander of Fort Davis after Civil War; was later superintendent of U. S. Military Academy at West Point); Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (who led attacks, from this and other forts, credited with defeat of Indian resistance in southwest); and Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, commander of Negro troops of 10th Cavalry. On June 20, 1889, fort was abandoned as a military post and property passed into private ownership. (1970)

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Metcalfe, Charles B.

1918

Sponsor of 1918 measure to give Texas women right to vote. Born in Lawrence County, Tenn. came to Texas 1872. Helped map town site of Ben Ficklin, first county seat, Tom Green County. Grew first bale of cotton and installed first (water-powered) cotton gin in county; was one of first ranchers to work for law and order, in fencing rangeland. County Commissioner 6 years. Served 1915-1919 in Legislature of Texas. There his amendment to 1918 election bill gave vote in primaries to women of Texas three years before the national adoption of woman's suffrage. (1968)

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Green, Tom, Confederate General

1836

(Star and Wreath) Led 5th Texas Cavalry, Battle Val Verde in Arizona-New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862. Commanded "cotton clad" carrying Cavalrymen dubbed "Horse Marines" in recapture Galvston, January 1863. Made brigadier general while leading Green's Cavalry division 1863 campaign to save Louisiana. Killed 1864 leading attack at Blair's Landing, Louisiana in Red River Campaign to prevent the Federal invasion of Texas. An ardent Texan, a brave leader, he constantly sought the heat of battle. A memorial to Texas who served the Confederacy. This county was named in honor of Tom Green, 1814-1864. Came to Texas from Tennessee, 1833. Veteran Battle of San Jacinto 1836 manning famed "Twin Sisters" cannons. Fayette County representative 4th Congress. Secretary of Senate, 6th and 8th congresses. Clerk of Supreme Court, 1841-1861. Participated frontier Indian campaigns. Member Somervell Expedition. Officer in Mexican War. Confederate general in the Civil War.

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Cárdenas, María Guevara

1976

María Guevara Cárdenas, Chicana politician, activist, and feminist, daughter of Fernando Guevara and Paz (Manchaca) Guevara, was born on January 20, 1935, in Tivoli, Texas. As one of nine children in a family of migrant farm laborers, Guevara often joined her siblings as field laborers and, as a result, was unable to attend school year-round. In 1945 the family relocated to San Angelo, Texas, where she grew up in the predominantly Mexican American La Loma barrio. She attended public schools there but was unable to complete high school. However, she later earned her GED. At the age of fifteen, María Guevara married Abel Gomez Cárdenas in San Angelo on November 2, 1950. The couple had six children and were divorced in 1977. María Cárdenas spent most of her adult life in the Rio Vista neighborhood of San Angelo, where she first became involved with the community through the local Parent Teacher Association and other neighborhood organizations. Inspired by the rise of the Chicano Movement, Cárdenas’s interests became increasingly political by the late 1960s. During this time, she often wrote letters to the editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times to voice her opinion about the discrimination that minority children faced at school and the city government’s neglectful attitude toward neighborhood improvement. Cárdenas expanded her political activities as a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Raza Unida Party (RUP). In the early 1970s she joined the Rio Vista Consejo del Barrio (“neighborhood council”), a local affiliate of the Education Group Action Project initiated by Texans for the Educational Advancement of Mexican Americans (TEAMA), and later became chairwoman of a statewide advisory board for TEAMA. In 1972 Cárdenas attended the RUP’s first national convention in El Paso as a voting delegate for Tom Green County. After the convention she campaigned on behalf of RUP gubernatorial candidate Ramsey Muñiz. She also associated herself with Mujeres Por La Raza Unida and the Texas Women’s Political Caucus , and in 1977 she attended the National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas. By the late 1970s she joined the Democratic party and served on the board of the Tom Green County Democratic Club. Cárdenas’s membership with these political organizations provided her an outlet to fight for race, gender, and class equality within and outside San Angelo. Aside from Cárdenas’s political motivations, she realized that earning an education would help her advance in society. In 1975 she enrolled at Angelo State University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1983. In 1976 Cárdenas spearheaded a successful campaign to create a single-member district voting system for the San Angelo city commission. The proposed city charter amendment challenged the at-large voting system that the city of San Angelo traditionally used. The change to single-member districts allowed marginalized residents to elect members of their own neighborhood onto the city council. After the measure was overwhelmingly approved by voters in April 1976, Cárdenas was named to a special advisory board tasked with drawing up the boundaries for the newly-created districts. On May 13, 1978, the Rio Vista neighborhood elected Cárdenas to represent District 3 of the San Angelo city commission; she was the first Mexican American woman to serve in this capacity. She eventually served on the city commission (known as the city council since 1979) for three consecutive terms. During that time, Cárdenas pushed for improvements to basic services in her previously-underrepresented district such as paved roads, street lights, and a monthly blood pressure clinic for barrio residents. She was also instrumental in convincing the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund construction of a public housing development for low-income seniors living in the Rio Vista neighborhood. Additionally, in 1981 she coordin

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Fort Concho National Historic Landmark

1867

Fort Concho was abandoned as an active military post in 1889. In 1905 C. A. Broome formed the Fort Concho Realty Company and parceled off lots in his Fort Concho addition to San Angelo. At about the same time J. L. Millspaugh, another real-estate developer who had been a post trader during the fort's active years, attempted to persuade the newly incorporated city of San Angelo to purchase the old fort as a park site. Although Millspaugh's initial efforts were unsuccessful, the eastern third of the parade ground and other pieces of property were donated to the city in 1913. The Pocahontas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sought to have Fort Concho designated a state historic site, a goal accomplished in 1924, when a bronze plaque was placed on the parade ground. By 1929 Ginevra Wood Carson had founded the organization that became the Fort Concho Museum. She launched her campaign to save the fort by purchasing, for $6,000, the original headquarters building, built in 1876 by request of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson , who was then the post commander. Over the next thirty years Mrs. Carson spearheaded efforts to develop and expand public ownership of the museum. During that time several projects were undertaken, including the purchase and renovation of the schoolhouse-chapel, the reconstruction of two enlisted-men's barracks in 1951, and the acquisition of the Ruffini office building. In 1961 Fort Concho was registered as a National Historical Landmark through the Historic Preservation Office of the National Park Service. At about the same time the fort was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Texas Historic Landmark. Then in 1967 Franklin G. Smith, an NPS staff member, submitted a three-phase master plan for long-range development, financing, and interpretation of the site. Under Smith's plan, a museum director was employed, additional staff positions and several new programs were established, and a consistent preservation and acquisition program was carried on. Although local businesses and clubs continued to occupy and use some of the old fort buildings, such as the barracks, the officers' quarters, and the old commissary, the grounds contained seventeen surviving period structures, and the two barracks reconstructions. Some of these were at least partially restored and used for museum exhibits by 1980. In 1980 a new master plan was published by the Bell, Klein, and Hoffman architectural firm in Austin. The old post hospital, which had been damaged by fire in 1911 and subsequently demolished, was reconstructed. It is now part of the John and Sally Meadows Historical Complex. By 1989 the museum complex included sixteen original structures, six reconstructions, and a stabilized ruin, making it one of the best preserved frontier forts in the United States. The Fort Concho Museum contains over 35,000 artifacts in its collections. Equipment and furnishings in one of the officers' quarters and a barracks replicate the interiors of such buildings during the post's active years. The restored post chapel is often utilized by area school children, who relive the days of the McGuffy readers and one-room schoolhouses. The museum maintains an education department and an archive and research library. Conventions are often held in the restored commissary building. The Fort Concho Museum Press produces a monthly periodical, the Fort Concho Members' Dispatch , and other publications. Living-history groups reenact the lives of White infantry and White and Black cavalry units on the Texas frontier. These units can be seen at Fort Concho during Fiesta Frontier Day (third Saturday in June), Fiestas Patrias (second weekend in September), Christmas at Old Fort Concho (first weekend in December), and special events throughout the year.

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Mathis, Jack W.

1943

Jack W. Mathis, recipient of the Medal of Honor, was born on September 25, 1921, in San Angelo, Texas, to Rhude Mark and Avis C. Mathis, Sr. Jack and his brother, Mark, were raised in Sterling City. Jack enlisted in the United States Army on June 12, 1940, and saw duty with the Eighteenth Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After learning that his brother had enlisted in the air corps, Jack transferred and was assigned with Mark to Goodfellow Field in San Angelo. Both were accepted as aviation cadets, trained as bombardiers, and commissioned second lieutenants. Jack was assigned to B-17s and went to the Eighth Air Force in England, where he was assigned to the 303d Bombardment Wing. He flew fourteen missions. On the last of these he was just starting his bomb run as squadron lead bombardier over Vegesack, Germany, on March 18, 1943, when he was hit by a burst of antiaircraft fire. His right arm was shattered above the elbow, and he received large wounds in his side and abdomen. Although mortally wounded, he dragged himself back to his bombsight, dropped his bombs, and then died at his post of duty. As the result of his courage and determination his squadron placed its bombs directly on the assigned target. He was awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity beyond the call of duty." Mark Mathis was on the base when the aircraft bearing the body of his brother landed. He requested and received permission to replace Jack in the crew of the Harold Strouse . Though this crew returned to the United States after completing its required tour, Mark stayed on and was killed in action when his battle-damaged B-17 ditched in the North Sea in May 1943. Jack Mathis is buried in Fairmont Cemetery, San Angelo.

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Things to Do in San Angelo

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Everything Near San Angelo

132 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

Blaine's Pub
Blaine's Pub on West Harris Avenue is San Angelo's original live music venue, open since 1997 and a regular stop on the Texas Country, Red Dirt, and Americana circuit. It's an intimate room: one long bar and a small…
Briscoe
The Concho River runs through San Angelo, and it runs through Philip Lupton's songs too. He's half of Briscoe — a folk-rock duo he named after his grandfather. He and Truett Heintzelman, a San Antonio kid, met as middle…
San Angelo, TX
The founding of San Angelo is closely tied to the establishment of Fort Concho in 1867 by the United States government. The fort was one of a series of forts constructed to protect the frontier and was home to cavalry,…
Metcalfe, Charles B. · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
Sponsor of 1918 measure to give Texas women right to vote. Born in Lawrence County, Tenn. came to Texas 1872. Helped map town site of Ben Ficklin, first county seat, Tom Green County. Grew first bale of cotton and…
Rust, John Yellott · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Angelo, where John Yellott Rust built a telecommunications empire from the ground up. Born in Virginia, Rust learned the telegraph business as a young man, even helping build a line from New York…
Sacred Heart Catholic Church · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is the site of the very first church building in town. Catholic priests had visited this area for centuries, but it wasn't until after Fort Concho was established in…
San Angelo Standard · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is where a newspaper was born that helped shape this whole region. Back in 1884, two guys who worked at the 'San Angelo Enterprise' decided to start their own thing.…
First United Methodist Church of San Angelo · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Angelo's first United Methodist Church. Organized in November of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1882</say-as>, this congregation rose from the ashes of a flood that destroyed…
Green, Tom, Confederate General · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
(Star and Wreath) Led 5th Texas Cavalry, Battle Val Verde in Arizona-New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862. Commanded "cotton clad" carrying Cavalrymen dubbed "Horse Marines" in recapture Galvston, January 1863. Made brigadier…
Original Tom Green County · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the heart of what was once the original Tom Green County, a vast territory that dwarfed Rhode Island ten times over! This land, part of the Republic of Texas until 1846, was a crucial stop on the…
Schwartz & Raas and San Angelo National Bank Buildings · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of some of San Angelo's earliest permanent buildings, constructed during an 1880s economic boom. Look for the Victorian architecture! The San Angelo National Bank got a fancy sandstone…
Emmanuel Episcopal Church · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Emmanuel Episcopal Church in San Angelo, a place with roots stretching back to the frontier days of Fort Concho. The very first Episcopal services in this area were held way back in 1871, right at…

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First Baptist Church of San Angelo · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Angelo's First Baptist Church. Missionary work began here in 1881, and a formal congregation formed in 1883. Despite droughts, cyclones, and the army abandoning Fort Concho, the…
First Presbyterian Church · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of San Angelo's First Presbyterian Church. It was organized in 1885 by the Rev. J. H. Zivley with seven members, meeting in the local Methodist church. The current brick sanctuary was…
A Normal Night at Fort Concho · 0.4 mi · Historical
Here is a story about Fort Concho after dark. A frontier officer wrote about a typical night at a cavalry camp on the Texas plains, and it reads less like a military post and more like a campfire horror story. He wrote,…
Fort Concho · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
Fort Concho is one of the best-preserved frontier military posts in the American West, and the men who served here were among the most remarkable soldiers in the U.S. Army. Built in 1867 at the junction of the North and…
Municipal Swimming Pool · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and just ahead is a site that rose from disaster. In September of 1936, a massive flood surged down the South Concho River, wrecking much of the city, including its parks and swimming…
Fort Concho · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso. Was also northern point of southern chain of forts extending to Rio Grande, thence along that river to its mouth. Established…
A base for General Mackenzie · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Fort Concho, a vital frontier post established in 1867. This sandstone fort was the center of a line protecting the Texas border and served as a base for famous commanders like General…
Tenth Cavalry · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Angelo, where history gallops on. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1867</say-as>, Congress created the Tenth Cavalry, an all-black unit led by white officers. Facing discrimination,…
The Budget Chairman From San Angelo · 0.6 mi
In San Angelo, the overpass at North Bryant and Highway Eighty Seven is named for Robert A. Junell, known as Rob. Junell was first elected to the Texas House in nineteen eighty eight and represented San Angelo for seven…
The Maier House · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Maier House, a beautiful Victorian home built in 1891. Originally erected by George W. Brockman, it was purchased in 1893 by Edward Maier, a rancher and businessman. Maier remodeled the house…
Eckert House · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Eckert House in San Angelo, a home built with a unique touch. In 1910, German immigrants Oscar and Martha Eckert bought this lot. Oscar, a jack-of-all-trades who was a farmer, tinsmith, windmill…
Buffalo Soldiers · 0.7 mi
After the Civil War, the United States Army created four all-Black regiments and sent them to the frontier posts of West Texas. The Ninth and Tenth Cavalry established their headquarters at Fort Concho, and they became…
Massie, Robert, Mrs. · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and just ahead is the former site of the Massie home. Mary Lee Payne Massie, born under pioneer conditions, faced hardship, even losing her wardrobe crossing a river! But she…
Orient-Santa Fe Depot · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Orient-Santa Fe Depot, a grand old building that was once the heart of a grand dream. Built in 1909 by the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railway, this was meant to be a vital link in a…
Fort Concho · 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a time when the Texas frontier was a wild, untamed land, and this very spot was a crucial defense against raids and conflict. Fort Concho was established in 1867 at the junction of the North and South Concho…
Cornick Bungalows · 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Cornick Bungalows in San Angelo. In 1907, Dr. Boyd Cornick built thirty cottages here, pioneering a new treatment for tuberculosis. His methods focused on rest, a dry climate, and…
Beck, Fred · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through San Angelo, and right here is the former home of Fred Beck, a German immigrant who made his mark on this town. Beck arrived in San Angelo in 1886 and purchased this very homesite in 1889. Just a…
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church. On Nov. 23 1929, a group of Greek residents in San Angelo made the first attempt to organize the Greek community in the area by creating the…
Fairmount Cemetery · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Fairmount Cemetery in San Angelo, a place that's seen more than 33,000 burials since it opened as the 'New City Cemetery' in 1893. The first to be laid to rest here was Elise Bond, wife of a city…
Ingram, John · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the resting place of John Ingram, a true Texas hero. Ingram fought bravely at the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive clash that won Texas its independence. He was born way up in Kentucky back in…
Congregation Beth Israel · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Congregation Beth Israel in San Angelo. In the late 1800s, Jewish families were already meeting for religious services here, though without a formal building. By 1926, there were about 35 Jewish…
Millar, Daniel · 1.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is the story of Daniel Millar. He arrived in Texas way back in 1831, settling the land years before it was even a republic. Millar then served in the Texas War for…
Why San Angelo Is Sheep Country · 1.8 mi
Why is San Angelo sheep country? Start with the ground. The Edwards Plateau has thin soils, poor for farming and very good for grazing. The Handbook of Texas sorts it this way: the best range goes to cattle, the next…
Cárdenas, María Guevara · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
María Guevara Cárdenas, Chicana politician, activist, and feminist, daughter of Fernando Guevara and Paz (Manchaca) Guevara, was born on January 20, 1935, in Tivoli, Texas. As one of nine children in a family of migrant…
Fort Concho National Historic Landmark · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Fort Concho was abandoned as an active military post in 1889. In 1905 C. A. Broome formed the Fort Concho Realty Company and parceled off lots in his Fort Concho addition to San Angelo. At about the same time J. L.…
Mathis, Jack W. · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Jack W. Mathis, recipient of the Medal of Honor, was born on September 25, 1921, in San Angelo, Texas, to Rhude Mark and Avis C. Mathis, Sr. Jack and his brother, Mark, were raised in Sterling City. Jack enlisted in the…
Potter, Andrew Jackson · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Central Texas, perhaps near Lockhart, where a preacher once died mid-sermon. Andrew Jackson Potter, known as the 'fighting parson,' was a Methodist circuit rider who served the Texas frontier for…
Privett, Samuel Thomas, Jr. [Booger Red] · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Williamson County, the birthplace of a Texas legend known as 'Booger Red.' Samuel Thomas Privett, Jr. was born here in 1864. But a childhood accident changed his face forever, earning him the…
Starks, Maggie Fulleylove · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, where Maggie Fulleylove Starks carved out a legacy against all odds. Back in the 1920s, she noticed the funeral homes here weren't giving the Black community the respect and care they…
Tucker, Eva Camúñez · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, the "godmother" of this West Texas city. Eva Camúñez Tucker was the first Mexican American woman to graduate from San Angelo High in 1930. She faced segregation early on, even…
Willoughby, Clara Starr Pope · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is a place that owes a lot to Clara Starr Pope Willoughby. Born in 1902, she was a descendant of Republic of Texas Secretary of the Treasury James Harper Starr. But…
Women's Professional Rodeo Association · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here in San Angelo, Texas, in 1948, a groundbreaking moment for women in sports happened. Thirty-eight women met at the St. Angelus Hotel to form the Girls Rodeo Association, which we now know as the Women's…
Lynch, Ellen Beck Goldsby · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Angelo, Texas, and right here is a story about Ellen Beck Goldsby Lynch. She was a laundress for the famous Buffalo Soldiers of the Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Concho. Life was tough, and in…
Dunbar Library · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
The Dunbar Library in San Angelo, Texas, was the first and only library in that city for African Americans during segregation . The Tom Green County Library was founded in 1929, but the public library excluded people of…
Cornick, Boyd · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near San Angelo, and you're passing through a landscape that once offered hope for people battling a deadly disease. Right here, Dr. Boyd Cornick, a physician himself, arrived in…
Goodfellow Air Force Base · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near San Angelo, home to Goodfellow Air Force Base. It all started back in 1940 as San Angelo Field, a pilot training site. Just a year later, it was renamed Goodfellow Field to honor John J. Goodfellow,…
Guerrero, Antonio Rudy [Ham] · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the hometown of a Tejano music legend: Tony 'Ham' Guerrero. Born in San Angelo in 1944, Guerrero found his passion for the trumpet early. He went on…
Johnson, John Willis · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Tom Green County, and right here in San Angelo, you're passing through the stomping grounds of J. Willis Johnson. He arrived in the area around 1874, initially hunting buffalo. But Johnson wasn't…
Metcalfe, Charles B. · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here, Charles B. Metcalfe started his Texas life in 1873, just a young man in charge of a mule drive heading for Fort Worth. He ended up working the 700-mile frontier route…
Ragsdale, McArthur Cullen · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, in what is now San Angelo, you're passing the old stomping grounds of McArthur Cullen Ragsdale, a pioneer photographer. In 1875, he set up shop on the main trail of the…
Ruffini, Oscar · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, the heart of West Texas, where the buildings themselves tell stories. And one of the key storytellers was Oscar Ruffini. He arrived here in <say-as interpret-as="date"…
Shannon Health System · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo right now, and you're passing a legacy that started with a promise. John Moore Shannon and his wife, Margaret, moved here in 1893 and decided to leave their entire estate to build a…
Tankersley, Annie Ellen Allen · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the Concho River basin, and right here is where Annie Ellen Allen Tankersley made her mark. Arriving in Texas in 1853, she and her husband eventually settled near what is now San Angelo, becoming…
Tom Green County · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Tom Green County, a place that's seen centuries of history unfold. Long before Texas was a republic, Spanish explorers were visiting the native Jumano people here along the Concho River, even…
San Angelo, TX · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, a town born right on the frontier. It all started in the late 1860s, just across the North Concho River from Fort Concho. The founder, Bart DeWitt, set up a trading post that would…
There Is No Concho Shale · 1.8 mi
If you have heard about the Concho Shale, here is a gentle correction. The shale that put San Angelo in the oil news was the Cline Shale, and part of it lies under western Tom Green County. In April two thousand twelve…
Angelo State University · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, home to Angelo State University. It started way back in 1928 as San Angelo College, a junior college right in the heart of the school district. It wasn't until 1963 that the state…
Baker, Andrew Jackson · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, a city that was home to Andrew Jackson Baker, a man who wrestled with millions of acres of Texas land. Baker served as Texas Land Commissioner in the late 1890s, a time when the state…
Farr, Louis Lee, Sr. · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here in San Angelo, you're passing through the stomping grounds of Louis Lee Farr, Sr. Born in Greenville in 1865, Farr moved to San Angelo in 1884 and became a true builder…
Harte, Houston · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, the city that became the heart of a media empire. Houston Harte, a Missouri transplant, bought the San Angelo Evening Standard back in 1920. Just seven years later, he partnered up to…
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, the story of the Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad comes alive. Chartered in 1909, this railroad aimed to connect the region, with its main office right here…
Duggan, Edmund · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Tom Green County, and right here is where Captain Edmund Duggan spent the last decades of his life. Duggan fought with Hood's Texas Brigade in the Civil War, starting as a lieutenant…
Mayer, Edwin S. · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, the land of wide-open spaces and rugged individualism. Right here, you're passing through country that shaped men like Edwin S. Mayer. Born in San Antonio in 1896, Mayer found his…
O. C. Fisher Lake · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is O. C. Fisher Lake. It was originally called San Angelo Lake, built by the Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1947 and finished by 1952. This massive earthen dam…
Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art [CASETA] · 1.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Headquartered at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art (CASETA) was formed in 2002 by several scholars, collectors, gallerists, and other devotees, most notably…
Calvary Catholic Cemetery · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Calvary Catholic Cemetery, established on June 12, 1893. The first burial that month was Yrinia Buendia. Graves with earlier dates are transferred burials. A memorial altar was added in 1960.
Johnson Street Church of Christ · 2.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, passing the site of the Johnson Street Church of Christ. A congregation began meeting here in 1900 after a revival, forming the nucleus of the Harris Avenue Church of Christ. They…
Kiwanis Little Olympics · 2.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Kiwanis Little Olympics. On April 21, 1942, the first Little Olympics began as a community service project organized by the San Angelo Kiwanis Club. The event let grade school-aged children prepare…
The Stones of Fort Concho · 2.8 mi
As you pass through San Angelo, look for the impressive collection of stone buildings just south of the river. That’s Fort Concho, the reason this city exists. Established in 1867, this wasn't a log stockade, but a…
Miss Hattie's Famous 'Boarding House' · 2.8 mi
If you find yourself on Concho Avenue in downtown San Angelo, you're standing on what was once the rowdiest street in West Texas. Saloons, gambling, and the trade that follows a cavalry post across the river gave the…
Engineering the Oasis: The Concho River Walk · 2.8 mi
The Concho River, flowing through the heart of San Angelo, looks peaceful and planned. That's because it is. Historically the river was unreliable, raging with floodwater one year and running near dry the next. Half the…
The Pearls of the Concho River · 2.8 mi
The rivers that run through San Angelo hold a unique secret: the Concho Pearl. These aren't your typical white ocean pearls; they are natural, freshwater pearls that can range in color from pink to lavender to a deep…
Delta Memorial Park Cemetery · 3.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here is Delta Memorial Park Cemetery. Established in 1928, it served as a vital resting place for the African American community in this part of West Texas. For decades, it…
St. John's Hospital · 3.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, and right here, you're passing the site of a true West Texas pioneer: St. John's Hospital. Back in 1909, this booming town of 15,000 had zero hospitals. The San Angelo Business Club…
Major Ben Ficklin, C.S.A. · 4.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a true Texas original, Major Ben Ficklin! He was called the 'Mystery Man of the Confederacy,' a VMI grad who fought in the Mexican War and helped launch the Pony Express. Ficklin even…
Ben Ficklin Cemetery · 4.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Ben Ficklin Cemetery, a final resting place for many Tom Green County pioneers. This site replaced an older burial ground that was washed away in a devastating flood on August 24th, 1882. The…
Tom Green County · 4.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Tom Green County, a place whose story begins way back in 1842 as part of a land grant. It was officially created in 1874 and named for General Thomas Green, a veteran of San Jacinto who also…
Site of Ben Ficklin · 4.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Ben Ficklin, a frontier outpost named for Major Ben Ficklin himself. He was a frontiersman and a big name in mail and stagecoach contracts, even helping to launch the Pony Express!…
Ficklin, Benjamin Franklin · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near San Angelo, and you're passing through a place named after a man who was, among many things, the originator of the Pony Express. Ben Ficklin, born in Virginia, came west and…
Green, Thomas · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Tom Green County, named for a man who fought in some of Texas's most pivotal battles. Thomas Green arrived in Texas in 1835, just in time to fight in the Battle of San Jacinto, helping…
Western Trail · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through the heart of Texas, and right beneath your tires, for a time, ran one of the greatest cattle highways in history: the Western Trail. Blazed in 1874 by John T. Lytle, this route stretched from…
Ben Ficklin, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Ben Ficklin (Benficklin), seat of Tom Green County from 1875 to 1882, was located five miles south of Fort Concho on the east bank of the South Concho River. In 1868 Maj. Benjamin F. Ficklin bought from John O.…
Sanatorium, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Sanatorium is in Tom Green County sixteen miles northwest of San Angelo on U.S. Highway 87. It was never an incorporated town, instead, it was a relatively self-sufficient tuberculosis sanatorium. The postmark…
Concho River · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, the Concho River. It's named for the Spanish word for 'shell,' and for good reason. Back in 1650, explorers Hernán Martín and Diego del Castillo found huge quantities…
Tweedy, Joseph · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, you're passing through the birthplace of a major wool industry hub. In the spring of 1877, Joseph Tweedy and his partners drove the very first sheep into this area,…
Bohemia, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Bohemia was on the banks of the Main (Middle) Concho River south of the road from San Angelo to Arden and on the old road from San Angelo to Sherwood in west central Tom Green County. George Hagelstein, who owned 12,000…
Knickerbocker, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Knickerbocker is at the junction of Farm roads 2335 and 584, six miles from the Irion county line and eighteen miles west of San Angelo in southwestern Tom Green County. It was named for Diedrich Knickerbocker, narrator…
Vancourt, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Vancourt is a farming and ranching community on U.S. Highway 87 twenty miles southeast of San Angelo in Tom Green County. In 1908 the community postmaster estimated the Vancourt population as 125; the 1980 federal…
Veribest, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Veribest is on Farm Road 380 eleven miles east of San Angelo in eastern Tom Green County. Isaac "Ike" Mullins, who came to the county some time before 1875, gave the land for a school and the Mullins Cemetery, where he…
Water Valley, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
Water Valley is on U.S. Highway 87 and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway twenty-two miles northwest of San Angelo in northwestern Tom Green County. Among the early area settlers was Capt. William Turner, who…
Nasworthy, John R. · 6.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past San Angelo, and you're passing the legacy of John R. Nasworthy. This Georgia-born pioneer fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War before heading to Texas. He became a key figure in West Texas,…
Site of Bismarck Farm · 6.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Site of Bismarck Farm. First plot of land to be cultivated in Tom Green County; projected as a German colony and named for Otto Von Bismarck, the strong-willed "Iron Chancellor" of Germany who was…
Sheep and Goat Industry in Texas · 7.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through San Angelo, the heart of Texas's sheep and goat country. These animals first arrived with Spanish explorers way back in the 1500s, providing food and clothing for missions. By the 1850s, Angora…
R.F. Tankersley Homestead · 7.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the R.F. Tankersley Homestead, built in 1864. This rock house, constructed with local stone, gravel, and even buffalo hair for plaster, served as a ranch home. It features gun ports and a high rock…
Battle of Dove Creek · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker
On January 8, 1865, a force of Texas militia and Confederate soldiers attacked a large camp of Kickapoo on Dove Creek, near present-day San Angelo. It was a catastrophic mistake. The Kickapoo were not raiding. They were…
Wall Brethren Church · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Wall Brethren Church, a community with roots stretching back to the summer of 1929. Czech-speaking Brethren families, moving from places like Granger and Taylor, found a new home here. Initially,…
Wall, TX · 9.4 mi
Wall, Texas, has a rich history dating back to the mid-1880s when it was first settled under various names like Lipan School, Little School, and Murray's Store. The community was named Wall after James Madison Wall Sr.,…
Butterfield Stage Station at Grape Creek · 9.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Grape Creek, Texas, a place that was once a vital link in the nation's communication system. Back in 1857, John Butterfield won a contract to deliver mail twice weekly between the Mississippi River…
Wall - 2025 Texas 3A Division II state football champion · 9.9 mi · Sports News
You're near Wall High School in Wall. Last December, they took down Newton twenty-five to twenty-four to win the Texas 3A Division II state football championship. They wear that crown until this December, when the next…
2025 UIL 3A Division 2 Football State Champions · 10.0 mi
Wall High School (Wall, TX): Most recent: 25-24 over Newton · 2025 3A Division 2 final.
Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Wall (Wall) · 10.0 mi
Wall (Wall, TX) placed on the 3A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Hagyn Barbee (0.598 avg, 3 HR); Reid Ballard (0.458 avg, 5 HR); Jack Jeys (3 HR); Konnor Kanak (2 HR); Wyatt Jost (0.470…
Wall Was Named for a Storekeeper · 10.0 mi
Wall, Texas, is not named for any wall. It is named for a man. This little town on U.S. eighty seven, ten miles southeast of San Angelo, went through three other names first. It started out as Lipan School, then became…
Not One Great Wall · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. The town is named for a storekeeper, J. M. Wall, but the most famous wall on Earth is hiding a surprise. The Great Wall of China is not one wall. It is a series of…
Hadrian's Line Across Britain · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. Wall got its name from J. M. Wall, its first postmaster, but there is an ancient wall that was a whole frontier. In A D one hundred twenty two, in the reign of the…
The Night the Wall Opened · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. This town is named for J. M. Wall, a storekeeper, but the most famous wall of the twentieth century went up on August thirteenth, nineteen sixty one. That day, the…
Wall Street Had a Real Wall · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. The Texas town is named for J. M. Wall, but the most famous street with the same name really was named for a wall. In the sixteen hundreds, the tip of Manhattan was…
Walls That Hold Back a Hill · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. Wall is named for a storekeeper, but some of the hardest working walls you drive past every day are not keeping anybody out. They are holding up the ground. A…
The Writing on the Wall · 10.0 mi
Since you're in Wall, Texas, here's the wall tangent. Wall takes its name from J. M. Wall, the town's first postmaster, but one of the most famous walls in any story never held up a roof. It held a message. When people…
Grape Creek, TX · 10.3 mi
The community of Grape Creek was founded before 1900, with a school established for 26 pupils and one teacher in 1901. By 1934, Grape Creek had grown to include three elementary schools and a high school. This…
Mullins Cemetery · 13.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Mullins Cemetery, a final resting place for a true Texas pioneer. Isaac Mullins arrived in the Republic of Texas in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1837</say-as>. He organized Tom Green…
Carlsbad, TX · 15.6 mi
The name Carlsbad carries a rich history. Initially named Hughes, the community had to change its name due to Post Office requirements. In a nod to the mineral water found in local wells, residents chose Carlsbad,…
McKnight, Joseph Banning · 15.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, not far from San Angelo, where a major medical facility stands as a testament to one man's dedication. Right here, Dr. Joseph Banning McKnight took charge of a brand new state…
Carlsbad, TX · 15.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Tom Green County, heading toward Carlsbad. This town started in 1907 as a land rush. Developers bought the huge Hughes Ranch, laid out a townsite, and offered free land to anyone who bought a farm…
Anti-Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 (McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital) · 16.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a former self-sustaining community that once housed 2,000 people. In 1912, the Anti-Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 opened its doors, established by the Texas Legislature to treat tuberculosis.…
Christoval, TX · 16.6 mi
Christoval, nestled along the Concho, has always been ranching country. The river, of course, is why folks settled here in the first place, back when it was just a trading post. That reliable water source, combined with…
Knickerbocker · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through Knickerbocker, a town that started with a bang in the 1870s. Farmers and ranchers were drawn to the fertile land along Dove Creek. The Baze brothers kicked things off in 1875, digging an…
Knickerbocker Schools · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Knickerbocker, where education has been a priority for over a century. As early as 1877, children rode horseback to the Baze Subscription School, a one-room adobe building that operated for over…
Knickerbocker, TX · 17.5 mi
Knickerbocker, a community in Tom Green County, Texas, has a rich history. It was named after Washington Irving's character Diedrich Knickerbocker by early settlers related to Irving. The community quickly became…
Old Thiele Building · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Old Thiele Building, a real hub of activity back in the day. Built in 1904 by Joe Thiele, a sheep rancher and civic leader, this place was constructed from native stone dug just a couple miles…
The Opera House Above the Bank · 17.6 mi
You're at the corner of 2nd and Robinson, in Miles, in Runnels County, looking at a two-story stone building sheep rancher Joe Thiele put up in 1904. The ground floor held the Runnels County National Bank. Upstairs was…
Miles Methodist Church · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Miles Methodist Church. Methodists here built their first tabernacle of willow and brush in 1891, near a spring-fed pool called China Mott. The congregation eventually built a church on…
The Cattle King's Town · 18.2 mi
The man this town is named for, Jonathan Miles, bought it with cash. He was a rancher in the country between Ballinger and San Angelo in the years when a railroad's route decided which places would exist and which…
When Cotton Was King · 18.2 mi
In the early 1900s, Miles was buzzing with an energy that's hard to imagine today. Runnels County ginned just 677 bales of cotton in 1890. By 1900 it was more than fifteen thousand, by 1910 it was twenty-three thousand,…
Christoval, TX · 18.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Christoval, Texas, a community with a name that might surprise you. It's supposedly named for Christopher Columbus Doty, an early settler, but the name itself is Spanish for 'Christopher's Water.'…
Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Christoval (Christoval) · 18.9 mi
Christoval (Christoval, TX) placed on the 2A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Ryler Hunt (2 HR).
Christoval · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Christoval, a town born from the frontier and built on water. Back in the 1880s, settlers tapped into the South Concho River, building canals to farm this dry land. Later, Christopher Doty opened…
Christoval, TX · 19.0 mi
Pugh River Park in Christoval, Texas, is a public park that offers visitors access to the South Concho River. The park is situated along three-quarters of a mile of riverfront, providing a natural setting for recreation…
Christoval United Methodist Church · 19.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Christoval United Methodist Church. The congregation's records date back to 1923, and they erected this red brick building in 1926, funded partly by Fourth of July celebrations. The church…
Christoval Baptist Church · 19.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Christoval Baptist Church. Organized in 1889 as the South Concho Baptist congregation, the church met in a shared Union Church building before constructing its own octagonal…
Arden Community · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through what used to be the Arden community, named for sheep raiser John Arden who arrived back in 1876. After 1900, homesteaders moved in, and by 1903, Joe Funk donated land for a school and cemetery…

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