A new book on Brackenridge Park by author Lewis F. Fisher launches Tuesday with a companion exhibition opening Saturday at the Witte Museum.
The 400-acre park we know today is a patchwork “crazy quilt” of time, dedication, neglect and occasional infusions of interest and controversy, much of which is included in the 200 pages of Fisher’s copiously illustrated book.
Some of Brackenridge Park’s history is visible, some is not, Fisher said. Flint fragments dating back tens of thousands of years are still commonly found, he said, while a Confederate tannery that once stood in the area now occupied by the San Antonio Zoo was only rediscovered accidentally during excavation for a water treatment plant in 2012.
From the headwaters of the San Antonio River just north of the park, to colonial acequias that still define some of its boundaries and features, to the pump houses that would help provide artesian water to the city and create a reservoir in what is now the San Antonio Botanical Garden, “what I also gained from all this [research] was realizing how important water really was to the evolution of Brackenridge Park,” Fisher said.
No identifying signs exist at park entry points to the south, west, and north, and drivers along Mulberry Avenue through the park’s midsection are prompted to slow to 25 miles per hour without necessarily realizing they are on a park road.
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