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Monte Vista Historic DistrictOne of San Antonio's oldest neighborhoods, this district
was granted by King Philip of Spain as public land in 1729, making
it the country's second oldest municipal park. Soon the San Pedro
Acequia was constructed here by the Canary Islands settlers; this
irrigation facility served the city for a century and a half. In the 19th century, the site became a military camp
on more than one occasion. In 1846, US soldiers camped here; they
were later followed by camels assigned to the region as part of
Jefferson Davis's Camel Corps (it didn't work). Today the neighborhood is a quiet residential district but best known as home of San Pedro Park. Return to San Antonio's Historic Neighborhoods
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