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Spanish Water, Anglo Water: Early Development in San Antonio (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, Band 113) - Softcover

Porter, Charles R., Jr.

 
9781603444682: Spanish Water, Anglo Water: Early Development in San Antonio (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, Band 113)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1603444688 ISBN 13: 9781603444682
Verlag: Texas A&M University Press, 2011

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In 1718, the Spanish settled San Antonio, partly because of its prolific and breathtaking springs—at that time, one of the largest natural spring systems in the known world. The abundance of fresh water, coupled with the Spanish colonial legal concept that water was to be equitably shared by all settlers, led to the building of the system of acequias (canals or ditches) within the settlement. The system is one of the earliest and perhaps most extensive municipal water systems in North America.

This book offers a meticulous chronicling of the origins and often-contentious development of water rights in San Antonio from its Spanish settlement through the beginning of the twentieth century.

 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

CHARLES R. PORTER JR. is a real estate and construction expert, Texas Real Estate Commission instructor, and adjunct professor of history at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

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Verlag
Texas A&M University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1603444688
ISBN 13 
9781603444682
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
181
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