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The Ignacio Perez Rancho Jacal is located in the Medina River Natural Area and Greenway in southern Bexar County.  (15890 Highway 16, San Antonio, TX).  The Medina River Natural Area and Greenway is operated by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department.   The jacal is near the El Chaparral Trail and is visible from a distance as it is protected by a security fence.  The Perez Rancho was located on the Spanish Land Grant awarded to Lt. Colonel Ignacio Perez in 1808.  However, it is likely that Perez was occupying the lands prior to this time in the 1700s.

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Presnall-Watson Homestead Distric

• Mailing address and location of main gate:  1349 Neal Road, San Antonio, TX 78264-3531.
  

• The Presnall-Watson Homestead District includes six buildings, three contributing structures, and six significant archeological sites.

• The 188-acre Presnall-Watson Homestead District is part of the Land Heritage Institute (LHI) property, a 1,200-acre living land museum representing at least 10,000 years of occupancy by all the major cultural groups that shaped South Texas, including Native Americans, the Spanish, the Mexicans, and the Anglos as well as African-Americans.

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The land where the (Schumann - Scheel)  home is located was part of a 1476 acre ranch, known as the Converse Ranch, which Major James Converse, Chief Superintendent and Engineer for the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rail way Company and the founder of the City of Converse, had purchased in 1877. James Converse sold his ranch to Edward Hall in 1882.

Anton Otto Schumann, born near New Braunfels on 3 January 1875, purchased 120 acres of that land from Hall on January 11, 1900.

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The  James L. Trueheart Ranch Complex, also known as the Trueheart-de la Garza Property,  Casa Vieja, the Berry Ranch, or the Goeth Ranch has been recognized on the local, statewide and national levels for its significance as a historic farm and ranch in association with agriculture and conservation, a cultural landscape and as important vernacular architecture in the mid-19^th century.  Just as significant is its association with important historical persons such as James L. Trueheart and his father-in-law, Jose Antonio de la Garza, who were key figures in the history of the property, as well as members of the Goeth family, owners of the property during the early 20^th century.

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The Von Plehwe Compound is comprised of three structures: two diminutive residences and a detatched kitchen building. Built using a mixture of timber and masonry construction techniques, the structures reflect vernacular building traditions of central Texas architecture of the mid-19th century.

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