Leon Valley (Images of America) - Softcover

Library, Friends Of The Leon Valley Public; Leon Valley Historical Society

9780738585130: Leon Valley (Images of America)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738585130 ISBN 13: 9780738585130

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2011

Surrounded by the city of San Antonio and bisected by Texas State Highway 16, Leon Valley is known as the City of the Lions. In the early 1800s, European and Mexican immigrants homesteaded and raised their families here. Joseph Huebner, an Austrian immigrant, built a limestone house that became a stagecoach stop, providing a change of stock and overnight accommodations for weary travelers. Stories about strange noises and hauntings told by former homestead residents were thought to be related to the circumstances of his death. In the mid-1930s, a building boom attracted many to the quiet countryside. By the 1940s, dairy farming was the main occupation. From its beginnings, Leon Valley residents have chosen to preserve and celebrate its history, and concern for the well being of its citizens has remained a priority. This small community offers the advantages of a big city but retains its small-town atmosphere.

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The Friends of the Leon Valley Public Library and the Leon Valley Historical Society preserve the city’s history and heritage in the Kenneth and Esther Alley Historical Collection and family albums of many of the descendants of early settlers.

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