Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Tennessee and Texas governor, and first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.
Clock tower built in 1876 inside the Quadrangle on Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Line up for chow in camp at Fort Sam Houston
Quadrangle Plaza, Fort Sam Houston (postcard, circa 1890–1924)
Illustration from a postcard of the Quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in 2020. It is the most populous city in and seat of Bexar County. The city is the seventh-most populous in the United States, the second-largest in the Southern United States, and the second-most populous in Texas after Houston.
Image: Downtown San Antonio view from The Tower of the Americas
Image: Alamo Mission San Antonio at Night
Image: San Antonio Riverwalk with boat tour view
Image: San Antonio, Texas (2018) 057
