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Early San Antonio boarding house keeper, Wm. Menger in 1859 opened fine stone hotel, the "new" Menger, beside Alamo Plaza. To host Indians, presidents, poets, actors, generals, singers, public of the world. Served venison, quail, mutton, beef, soup made of San Antonio River turtles. Bar's vintages had ice imported by Gulf steamers and expressed to San Antonio in special wagons. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were recruited here.
Menger Hotel is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4246, -98.4866 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Menger Hotel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Barbed Wire Demonstration, San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women, and Pan American Round Table.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029003334. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Menger Hotel” names 2 distinct records in Bexar County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1965 in San Antonio. The others:
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