Old World San Antonio, Unbelievable Architecture of the Missions, Texas. First Photographs 1849-1939 

Ok my dad worked for the water system for 30 yrs. He often told me of buried streets while digging up and repairing water mains. So one night he called home while working the night shift. He told to go see what they were doing downtown. It was the City Water Board at that time. In front of the old court house there was the city street(not no more) well a water main had sheared the turning shaft as they were turning it off so it had to be dug up and repaired ok. My dad was a general foremen. He was in charge of this operation. What I saw ( it was 1991--92) was right in front of the old courthouse was the hole the they dug to reach the main. It was 15--18 ft deep and you could clearly see the buried street there. It is comprised of red type heavy superior bricks. Not cheap ones like today. Those bricks I still have them. Talk about mudflood. Yes the old courthouse is a mudflood relic. It is very old and we did not make it. Some other civilation did. Reset happened. My dad saw buried streets around San Antonio. It came with job. Digging EVERYDAY for years till he retired. Geologist didn't have nothing on my dad. Heh heh 😁

I live in SA. There are so many tunnels and barried buildings here . I went to Saint Mary's Catholic School. There was Saint Mary's Church right across the street and we would take the underground tunnel to church when it would be bad weather. The bricks in that tunnel we're so old looking.

What!! Just logged on you tube and see this ! Yeah excited to watch!! I live in San Antonio, Texas born and raised 🤠

My mother and grandmother would take us kids on vacations every year in the mid-to-late 60s and early 70s. Our route was Salado, Austin, Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, San Antonio and Port Aransas. We would take short side trips from those locations. Several weeks of fun and learning Texas history every year. I'm thankful they cared enough to teach us the history. I have to say, I loved the ocean but San Antonio was my second favorite. We took the Mission Tour, visited the River Walk, zoo and ate great food, plus other fun things. I live in North Texas but I would be happy living in San Antonio. I'm sure it's changed some since then.

Great show Jarid 😎💐

I've lived here since 1998 and the tunnels are the biggest mystery to me. A few homes in Alamo Heights have actually discovered extra hallways and rooms under them. San Antonio also has many retired spies and ranking military personnel. The Famous Riverwalk is pretty much under ground too... mudflood theory brain food. Supposedly Camp Bullis has miles of underground tunnels. The owner of the Pearl Brewery would get there by underground means. A couple of years ago it was reported that about 10,000people were living underground.

I’m on the edge of my seat wondering if you’ll mention the underground tunnel that was found under the Alamo in the mid 20th century… it led to a larger tunnel complex under San Antonio and was complete with a masonry staircase that descended under the river. Had the defenders known it was there, they could have escaped being massacred.

San Antonio is so old! I grew up not to far from there and remember tours when I was a kid where they said that the missions were built closer to Spanish cities in the Caribbean like Cartagena built in 1500s. That is most likely the truth, as they are very similar styles . Its only been more recent times that they moved the historical dates up to the 1700s to fix a narrative problem they were having, its just way to early and predates to many other things they need to be earlier on the timeline. Interesting also to hear the real history of the people in the mid 1800s , as it is completely different than what they want it to be, as Texas has to be part of the south, and cannot be anything else. Great work!

When I was in college I was taking some film classes, and one of the movies they had us watch was about Cabeza de Vaca. I believe the title was just Cabeza de Vaca. It is a very interesting and thought-provoking movie that really gets you into the headspace of an entirely different paradigm. I recommend it to anyone interested in either the region or the time period. I completely forgot most of the movies we watched for class, but that one has stayed with me.

There of skylights in the sidewalks downtown. There are also elevators that are under the steel doors that are built into the sidewalks.

Don't forget that there was a Worlds Fair in San Antonio. They built a needle for it, which is still in operation.

Having been to San Antonio twice yet a long time ago, it didn't matter to me what any differences there were, it's the story of the brave men that defended her at that time. The most remarkable experience of having been through The Alamo, was the quiet, the reverence, and the embedded history that I experienced that struck my soul. Perhaps because it was a mission, but I've been in few churches that were that quiet, so with that kind reverence from those like me going through the tour. My respect continues. 😊

I lived in Boerne, 17 miles northwest of San Antonio for two decades. I spent much time stomping around the missions and always knew there was more to the architecture. In this fantastic video, you have a picture of Fort Davis - the Officer’s Row I believe… at 15:50. It caught my eye because I live in Fort Davis now and there is sooooooo much mysterious melted “stuff” out here in the Big Bend. Thank you for your fantastic videos!!!

Ancient city, build by ancient civilisation with advanced technology . Resettled, and repurposed, by modern day settlers . This seems to be common to all "colonies" around the world , suggesting a worldwide civilization . Brilliant vid and excellent research .

Texan here. Bexar is pronounced "bear" we have a bunch of foreign pronunciation like that.

I was in San Antonio, TX for many weeks as I completed US Airforce basic training. I didn’t see much as I was in a base but what I did see past the big fence was ugly flat land with absolutely no trees and giant rabbits!😅 Rd called Jack rabbits. They were my favorite part. As I was a punk rocker at the time I did not fit in AT ALL with any Texans. I didn’t care. I was busy. I wanted one of those jack rabbits SO SO BADLY! I don’t know what I’d do with one, but that didn’t matter to a naive 23 year old. 😮😇

Thank you, and I think I speak for most people watching your no less than amazing videos; the information here is well presented and much appreciated.

Texan here just went to San Antonio for Vacation 2 weeks ago... the Spain/Roman... built Older buildings look maybe 400-500 years old or 1000's Roman..??? Alot of Time and Money went into planning the Streets and Buildings (Roman) style Domes Steeples Arches around water...rivers......I felt like time.. seems to slow down there and a peaceful calm feeling at night...possible Ancient Indian.... Holy Site???

I've seen it around posted here-and-there . . . Jarid Boosters -- always A HIT! NEVER a miss!" As judging by this new San Antonio production of his plus about a half-dozen others, I am coming to believe it so absolutely. WHAT a find!

When I saw the Alamo for the first time I couldn’t believe not only how small it was but that it was surrounded by other buildings. I too would like to learn more about the underground tunnels. I live in Dallas and in recent years have learned that there are massive tunnels connecting Dallas to Ft. Worth. I believe that they are all connected around the world. Anyone else? Who and why?

Excellent video. San Antonio also has a river canal system. I think Pee-Wee Herman was right and there is a basement. The river is that low.

As a lifetime resident... thank you to all involved in the making of this documentary... failed to mention the aqueducts previously seen only in Greece

Love that you do this You and Roger from Mudfossil University could wake up the world

I live in San Augustine Texas and it's the oldest Spanish missionary settlement in the Texas... or at least supposedly. Nacogdoches is the VERY oldest "mostly white" Texas town. You can see our jail from when Sam Houston moved it to his law office in San Augustine. It's a show on RU-vid called expedition Texas 1101 is the episode. I believe I could be wrong on the episode number but that's where I live and I even got put in jail there when I was 16.

Thanks for another great upload!

Another Awesome video!! I've lived WNW of San Antonio for 20+ years..... Great video!!

Absolutely outstanding video!

German immigrants are noted as populating so many American and Canadian cities, all during the same period, it is a wonder that Germany was not bereft of its population entirely! The English language is suffused with word origins derived from French, but not much with German. With such an influx of German speaking people, one would suppose American English would have been more affected.

I grew up next to Salado creek outside of Ft. Sam Houston base. Two landmarks THE DAWSON MASSACRE and THE BATTLE OF SALADO, almost within a mile of each other have been relocated. Oddly all the death around that area translated years later in the neighborhood I grew up. There's a couple of dozen odd deaths of friends I grew up with.

One thing that's always bugged me is that we're told that the type of granite used for the buildings in Austin cannot be mined anymore, and was brought in after they built a railroad. But I'm thinking that they actually took the huge stone slabs from ancient sites in S Texas. Since they used a lot of prisoners to build it wouldn't be difficult to keep that a secret.

There is so much in Texas. Rockwall is a fun dig.

I Really Appreciate All The Effort That You Put Into All Of Your Videos Brother. [ It Must Be Very Time Consuming ] Much Love, & God 👍 ♥ 🙏 Bless You And Yours.

Follow the money and we’ll always track it back to the same group regardless Old World or New World.

Hotel California Song by Eagles, Is about this topic, The 800 mile California Missions Trail between San Francisco Bay and San Diego takes in 21 historic Spanish missions and can be completed in 50-60 walking day. Highway 101, which roughly traces El Camino Real (The Royal Road) "We are programmed to receive You can check-out any time you like But you can never leave!"

I was one of your first subscribers back when you only had a few subscribers even then I knew this channel was gonna be good! Maybe start filling in the gaps in the narrative timeline missing pieces of history or holes in the current historical narrative, between 1850-1940 a lot was erased & destroyed of the old tech I believe. 100+ years ago they had tech that you have to special order today or in some cases cant even get today like water powered automobiles, jetpack flying machines, motor powered bicycles that used water & electricity not gasoline, cell phones, harnessing lightning, they had tech that was destroyed then hidden from the public when the last reset happened somewhere in the 1800's. I think they may have cloned millions of children from European DNA put them on trains all over the world and claimed it was immigrants. Why are there so many old pics of trains full of children wearing businessman's clothes with almost no adults in sight. The old movie Pinocchio had some truth about child slave trade & genetic manipulation. There is a lot of truth "they" keep hidden because people would be angry if they found out 90% of what they learned of history is fiction or changed to fit the narrative.

The photo of the men at 18:20 show one of them on the far right doing a Masonic hand gesture, although four of them also appear to be doing what is known as the "lion's paw". The guy with the peg leg at 19:49 is also interesting, wonder how he ended up with a wooden leg? Byzantine style cathedral or church, domed roof and arched windows, both indicative of the "old world", wonder if they're red brick under the stucco?

Many people don't know this, but El Paso, Texas oldest mission was built 1692, however, it was washed away in 1740 by the Rio Grande and was rebuilt by1744. We have some of the oldest missions in all of Texas.

Love learning new things about my hometown

Will you look into Oklahoma old world😇😇please love your approach to send viewers on adventures that takes us to see blast from our past😎😎😎So cool! ,&exciting

San Antonio here ..born and raised ..there’s so much here that I learn about everyday ..the Alamo is beautiful and just filled with so much rich history and let’s not forget how packed it always is 🥴 it’s def getting way to overpopulated here and the traffic is terrible

Good History, Good Job in all. Fine Presentation. Got the thumb up and a like and subscribe. Thank you.

Keep it up! Good work

No one in a brown robe with a hoodie and sandals built these structures, they did however take credit for them.

Excellent video!

7:04 the men in black at the rubble site is very interesting. I’ve found some old photos of the pyramids that are similar & include men in black

When telling history, it’s good to read/study both sides of “story”. By listening to the account it seems that the story teller read the romantic side.. Juan Nepomuceno Seguin’s “A Stranger in my Own Land” is a good read and the Mexican side of the story is also a good read.

Very interesting. So was a documentary I saw years ago about Rockwall Texas. And ancient stone wall that no past generations knew who built it. That the present day city that has been built over top of it most people dont know the old brick wall was there. Very little of the wall remains there today.

another classic

I live here in S.A. and you should look at the Helotes area north of town. Lots of Spanish land grants given and the families still live on the land generations later.

Beautiful video I love San Antonio TX

The Alamo and the other missions look positively ancient! I imagine that the plain, sand-colored walls might have been decorated with colorful plaster and paint designs. They look bare, like there is something missing. Also, I wonder if there are or were tunnels connecting all of the old world buildings in San Antonio? Btw, what does "Alamo" mean? Thank you, Jarrid! As always, the research, the pictures, and the presentation are all awesome. Much love and blessings! 🤗❤️🩷💜🙏

I'm from San Antonio and I love this. Juan Seguin last name is pronounced Se-geen. Other than that awesome job!

Fascinating!

great photo reel man and nice story! it would be good if you could maybe put a bit of context or dates on some of the pictures (especially of ruins!)... it's quite hard to get an idea of what I'm seeing!

Античные высотные здания Америки и соборы как в Европе Одна и та же допотопная архитектурная школа по всему миру приписанная непонятно кому

I am so amused (and somewhat embarrassed) by my Texas brothers and sisters bouncing on pronunciation. Hey Darlin, y'all give the man a short break! Most Texans know the proper use of ain't, and the necessary distinction between y'all and all y'all, but qualfied grammarians we ain't! Hahaha...if he ever goes to Waxahachie to examine the old world courthouse let's give him some grace. Juan Sequin is a great Texian hero, well deserving of having his name recorded properly. I love your work! Please do not be deterred! These are valuable videos! And I thank you!

There's some cool buildings

Regarding the condition of stone buildings: some could be attributed to the limestone. I am not a geologist, but as an amateur sculptor living in San Antonio for 50 years, I have seen great variance in it. Some appears to be as substantial as marble while other (that superficially looks the same) deteriorates to powder in decades.

Where to begin. There was no baptism at the Alamo in 1718 because there was no Alamo then. It was Mission San Antonio de Valero. It wasn't until the early 1800s that it became known as the Alamo. The first settlement was at San Pedro Springs, but these were not and still aren't "hot" springs. San Antonio was named for St. Anthony of Padua, not for Father Antonio Olivares. He's the one who gave the mission its name and I don't think he would've named it after himself. The "San" means "saint," and Olivares was not then or now a saint. Strangely enough, however, Santa Anna means "St. Ann," and he did not order that all the missions be destroyed. Supposedly he did want the Alamo destroyed, but it didn't happen, at least it wasn't a total destruction. When talking about Cabeza de Vaca the narrator refers to him as "de Vaca" in a second reference. That is incorrect. His full last name was Cabeza de Vaca, which translates literally to "head of a cow." You need all three elements for the name to make sense, even though it's unusual. There are various theories as to how he got that name. The narrator also mispronounces the names of Ben Milam and Juan Seguin, which made me cringe. There are other problems with the presentation, but I'll leave it there.

I toured the alamo last year and off in the back corner was the 6x10 foot area they had excavated about 6 to 8 feet deep showing the older foundation. I think the official plackert even admitted it to some degree.

OK I thought I knew my Texas history and I laughed at some of your pronunciations of some names, but I admit I don't remember knowing about the "New Philippines". After some searching and reading up on it, your information taught this smart aleck something new. Thanks.

Jarid , what was the downfall. How did all that beauty and people disappear or go so backwards.? love your work .

History of actions over 2 or 3 centuries vs buildings 2 or 3 millennia? Love your work ❤

Very eye-opening especially about Juan Seguin. Didn't know it was 140yrs to have a Latino mayor. Thank you

It blows my mind there were hot springs in san antonio 😮 used to live by the hot wells motel which had a hot spring for years.

Greatings from Massachusetts well done video spot on I think alot of things where destroyed during the building of the great highways

Ok so there is an emerging field of archaeological science known as lichen spore dating or lichenometry. Based on what I know, these photos of the Alamo and other Missions from the early 1800’s indicate that over 300 years of Lichen growth have deposited on many surfaces. Lichens grow extremely slowly, making a visible patch potentially over 80 years old. A 2 inch spot of grey stuff for example could tale 200 years to form. But in a low moisture desert, maybe longer… The Alamo plus Texas and California Missions are easily 600 years old. Based on the exact nature of the architecture I am not entirely convinced that this is no younger than 1000 years. The really striking thing here is that these Missions seem to openly display Ancient Persian Architectural Styling. While strikingly similar to Greco Roman styles, the Persian Style predates and inspired both. This is quite disturbing, and may indicate an earlier Persian Epoch predating or paralleling the Mycenaean Cultures. Now having grown up at the Santa Barbara Mission, Receiving my first communion there at 7, I have inside info on this site. My school, Marymount was around the corner. It is well known that the aqua-ducts and bath were already in place before the mission was allegedly built. The bath displays a lion fountain mouth that is strikingly similar to the Lions at Hattusa. It is also c commonly overlooked that the Hittites had concrete technology.

The riverwalk has always fascinated me. I've only been once and it was before all the research but I have to wonder if it wasn't so much created as it was dug out. If I recall correctly, many of the buildings that line the river had 'floors' that went all the way down to the level of the riverwalk. Someone with more first hand knowledge of the riverwalk might be able to clarify my memory.

Ilove san antonio, born and raised

Another structure worth noting is formerly known as the Hot Wells Hotel which use to be a spa late 19 early 20th centuries. Not near as old as the missions but cool back story nonetheless

The Alamo was built by the Moors the dome shape of it was knocked down.

Great video man! I love seeing the old history of Texas dug up like this. A couple of things. *cracks knuckles* It's Bear, or even Bay-har, but not Becks-ar. It's Suh-Geen, not Seh-gwen (Seguin), and bro, how do you not know how to pronounce cholera? Sorry, I know these are minor things in the grand scheme of an otherwise great video. Keep up the great work, I can tell you're truly passionate about this.

Hey Jarid, around 18 minutes in you mentioned Issa which I have heard mentioned before about Jesus's name given by Buddhist monks. Thought you may like that information. Take care

Thanks Jared

I’m sure San Antonio has many mysteries that would stun the citizens. His name is pronounced see-geen, (Segiun) btw. Very cool video of my hometown, thanks!

Amazing how many electric lines are in the pictures!

It may be of interest to you that Hopi Indians and Kachinas celebrate the same festival as we do the Maypole Spring New Year of Fertility. Dancing around the tree of life under the sun wheel. What I'm suggesting is that it's very striking how widely this custom is spread around the world as if it were one world. If the colors of a maypole ornament are blue and white, then surely the royal blue and white for peace. You may be interested in getting involved in this topic. Greeting Robert ToFall

I highly suggest you to visit the Alamo and the San Jose Mission to solve your doubts and confusion. I learnt a lot just visiting these places and the information presented there. I also suggest you to read about the history of the Spanish empire and it’s colonies in South America. Nunca es tarde! 😊

Does anyone else notice that in many of these photos the overwhelming majority of the people are dark skinned/black & none look like spaces or underclass ??

...at 8:20, what is the object, flying above that mission?

In the photo around 20:42 is people in landscape however notice in background of photo very light right hand side. A pyramid plus mounds to right of it. It stands out

There was a guy that came up to me to see if it was ok to change the façade of the city of San Antonio But I told him there’s so much that should be preserved

Cool

I love the old west ❤

18:12 The Hidden Hand Looks like it was destroyed in ruins🥇

“Oldest and most important city” I love you 😂😂

Mexico winning that battle lost them More that they could imagine

Are the photos with the ruins labeled after the civil war? What reason do they give for such ancient ruins?

My direct grandfather, Jose Antonio De la Garza was mayor of San Antonio in 1813. he had a coin minted after him. It was called the Jag coin.

I was once there buying time waiting for s concert, and my friends and i were lolly gagging in a huge car garage snd we down to a lower lever snd there wss a hige tarp covered area underneath the garage and also we kept going down stairs and through doors. And still there was stairs goint down but we turned back. But i alwsys wondered how deep the stairs went .

San Antonio is an amazing find. I'm living here now and just realized the St. Mary's University downtown is an old world building!! I was so excited to see one right here. Many of the buildings downtown have an very old style of architecture, especially the cathedrals. I do wonder what the Old world Civilizations used those for cuz I don't think it was for worshiping our 'God'. I need to go an visit some more of the old missions here. There are like a hundred!

At 1:58, the man second to left has a face in his shirt and his hand looks like a claw with three fingers. The claw is right under the face in the shirt.

Seguin is pronounced Seh-geen (like seen) Hard G

I lived across the street from the missions for a few years lol

Juan Seguin I have never heard it said like that lived around San Antonio 60 years and it was always pronounced Se Geen

The San Antonio Missions come from the Spanish and are reflective of the old world, Spanish architecture. You can see similar churches in the Yucatan. They were all built with limestone and are geologically connected. The mortar of the 1700s was lime based and deteriorates with time. The outer surface was originally painted with goats milk and sugar and caused the limestone to glisten. The paint has long worn away. Limestone deteriorates with time due to the carbon dioxide dissolving in rain water and creating an acid. In other words the limestone deterioration is caused by modern life making carbon dioxide. This is the same process that forms caves in the area.

At 4:59 looks like ufos but it could be a glitch

Is it known whether some of the damage to the missions was caused by Santa Anna's forces on their way to the Alamo?

Bexar county is known as bear county and Seguin known as sug-een, at least that's how it is now.

Thank you for covering Texas!! May you please do an in depth history of Austin, TX?? Lots of rich history and capital ot Texas. I have explored many underground tunnels there. There are tunnels under the capital and governors mansion