Tehuacana, 1869įollowing the demise of three small Presbyterian colleges left decimated by the Civil War, a group of Cumberland Presbyterian ministers, who valued both experiential religion and higher education, sought to establish a “University of the Highest Order.” Trinity University, nestled serenely in the bucolic hills of Limestone County, opened its doors to five faculty members and seven students on Sept. Soon, Alamo Cement Company will be given sole rights to quarry the land on which Trinity University’s campus currently sits the quarrying leaves permanent scarring and indentation on the land’s façade. In addition to mortars, plasters, and other building materials, limestone is now a key ingredient in Portland cement, which will become the most common type of cement in general use around the world. Limestone quarrying rises as a major industry, and quarry rights are being granted to the highest bidders. A group of Trinity students is working to ensure a voice for Indigenous peoples native to the San Antonio area, and you can read more about their work. This 8-league tract (about 28 square miles) encompassed much of what today is downtown San Antonio, and its northward expansion included parts of present-day Brackenridge Park and the southern portions of Trinity’s current campus.Įditor's Note: Long before the king granted this colonized land, and long before the Spanish settlements existed, the native Payaya peoples were its stewards. Mexico, 1740Īcting for the King of Spain, Don Juan Antonio Perez de Almazan, alcade, grants the estate of Villa de San Fernando to the City of Bexar. Fast forward 70 to 80 million years, and this becomes rather relevant to Trinity’s campus setting. Toward the end of the Cretaceous period, limestone deposits form while the San Antonio and Central Texas areas sit at the bottom of a shallow sea. He can’t wait to tell his girlfriend what he found. More excited than confused, Nicol races back to the residence halls. Before he knows it, an entire pile of pottery has emerged. He searches, dusts off another piece, and then another. Crouching down on the path in front of him, Nicol wonders what the ceramic was and where it came from. When his foot meets a piece of ceramic, he sends it sailing forward a few yards. He finds a quiet, shaded spot to walk and think, occasionally kicking at the dirt along the way. He’s pretty sure he just bombed a test, and he needs a place to relax and reset. Carter Nicol ’25 leaves class with a heavy sigh.
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