The Story of the San Antonio River Documentary

[@mr.smithschannel1462]

I would like to thank all the people who have put so much effort into our beloved San Antonio River...

[@rodneyringler3745]

Amazing! Good JOB!!! As a Coast Guardsman, a Naturalist, and importantly, a Texan! I can not stress the importance and value of a healthy ecosystem for all of the marine shed, from inland to far out to sea, water is our LIFE. Thank God San Antonio did not make a ship channel! I have worked in the Houston ship channel. If not respected, nurtured and protected, it can become every things death. Please continue to work hard to ensure life to come!

[@crayrat1]

Yes in 2015 & 2016 I spent about 3 weeks in San Antonio, TX. I fell in love with it... I am from Cleveland, Oh. we have nothing like the River Walk...

[@arias6720]

Oh I love San Antonio for its history, the missions, and of course the river. Thank you for this video can’t wait to go back up onto the river bike trail, i live 1.5 miles from San Juan/ Espada Missions I love it. Thanks

[@thomasragan9047]

I love San Antonio. The River walk was a great idea.

[@sonnypippin8061]

I really do appreciate getting to go to San Antonio and I really do think the River Walk and The Alamo is really amazing and beautiful to look at... I can't wait to see them again...

[@thesanantonioriverwalk9203]

I learned so much and have an even greater appreciation for our beautiful river. This should be in the school systems as mandatory viewing.

[@leeprochazka3705]

School is meant to make conformists. Not enviromentalists.

[@leeprochazka3705]

@Cesar Briggs dont be a pos

[@Lora-Lynn]

Great video. Love the various stories from the folks.

[@yolandap3319]

I can remember a time when I was very young of playing and swimming on the San Antonio River. This video brings back a lot of memories, especially the story of my mother and her siblings swimming while their grandmother watch, while seated on a huge round stone.

[@elijah7924]

When I lived on Pleasanton Rd on the south side of S.A.....I met a man who as a boy found two Mexican army knives/daggers with all the Mexican Army insignia....they were well preserved...along the banks of the river...I believe he still has them.

[@Gohot229]

I bet he does too....

[@Lora-Lynn]

Awesome find.

[@elijah7924]

@@Lora-Lynn I tried to convince him to donate the knives to the Alamo collection...but he considered them heirlooms that he wanted to pass on to his grandson...I think the river banks have many more things to give up..get out your metal detectors..lol

[@cynthialopez4485]

​@@elijah7924 He found them, so they belong to him.

[@elijah7924]

@@cynthialopez4485 duh

[@tomblodgett7389]

Awesome video. I gained a wealth of knowledge in an hour watching this very well presented video. As a proud lifelong Texan, I really appreciate everyone's involvement in this project. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Austin, TX

[@lostboi210]

I miss San Antonio and a the beautiful things she is home too! This was well made.

[@Airbender19]

A proud Texan and San Antonian from day 1. Great educational resource.

[@tonytsosa]

I just move back to San Antonio. I love what you doing with the river thank you river authority in those who help.

[@bobbyberetta4206]

Thank you, I appreciate all that contributed.

[@blitzsmivens2934]

Good work. This should have a million views.

[@HasanibnSabah]

Y'all have made a professional and entertaining documentary that I appreciate very much. Great job SARA!

[@LandonBain]

great video. nice to see a community working proactively to protect waterways

[@dstorm7752]

Used to spend a week in SA every year to meet up with old pal on Veterans Day.

[@turbo_fren]

I’m going next week to visit. My first time ever traveling to Texas. Can’t wait to see it!

[@carywest9256]

If you get the chance, go see the missions on the south side of San Antone. They are just as important to Texas Historically as The Alamo. And yes, most of older Texicans pronounce the city as l spelt it.

[@amr526]

It's beautiful if you have any questions

[@mesquitetejas8328]

Born and raised on the southside right down the street from Mission Espada( Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan). In the neighborhood called Villa Coronado. And yes , I can vouch for that.

[@RLH47]

Excellent video.... very interesting and educational.

[@margaretarross1712]

The SARA should submit it's blueprint for "getting things done" to Washington in the hope it might help shake them up. I enjoyed this inspiring film about taking a beloved river and not only restoring it to it's original glory, but in some cases has been made better to accommodate the changes in times. It's quite amazing that so much has been accomplished with the river under sometimes dire circumstances; and yet it was done and done well, which meant that it was a collaborative effort and that it didn't stall at every obstacle and sane development wasn't stalled either, but managed. It should be an inspiration to other cities and their surrounding river areas.

[@sonnypippin8061]

I really enjoyed getting to go to San Antonio and do the River Walk and the Alamo is really amazing to look at as well.. I say that if you want to learn Texas history go see the Alamo and the river walk..

[@stephenlucas8862]

this is cool and good for Central Texans to know about

[@ToddSaw]

There are huge catfish in the San Antonio River. My father and grandfather pulled hundreds of 40+ lb. blues and yellow cat out of it. The largest I have a picture of was an 89 lb. yellow, caught near Choate, Texas.

[@jovanichaparro7259]

Did yall eat them or release?

[@Manuel_Z_Kayaks]

I went along the mission reach from Roosevelt all the way down to Espada Park and it is very difficult in most of these locations to launch a kayak or a canoe some of the launch locations are about the length of a football field from the parking lot and downhill to get to the kayak/canoe launch spot. imagine when we get back from paddling now we have to lug our kayak or canoe the length of a football field uphill. it does not appear that it was designed by water going persons it appears no one who canoes or kayaks helpd in the design, there should be locations were you can drive down to the water to unload your kayak or canoe and drive out such as a boat launch.

[@Manuel_Z_Kayaks]

@Muddobber McCrablice the kayaking is my exercise... don't need to be lugging a kayak up a hill afterwards

[@rodman1163]

Where did you find the music in the beginning? Steel guitar sounds great!

[@rumaldodominguez3000]

Excellent Video

[@kimberlybates3099]

So awesome, should be shown in all schools.

[@pal7252]

Wow! I have lived in SA all my life and this was the best in understanding about SARA. Maybe we should have street water drain to a filtering system under ground before releasing to the river. Also maybe putting over the street drains "San Antonio River". This could serve as a reminder or notice where its being drained to. 😊

[@rodneyringler3745]

I was thinking the same thing... not only captured, treated and released at intervals of drought. But that would cost bukoos of bucks. I found out that in New Orleans after Katrina that the houses and such were being rebuilt on a porous type of concrete. that allows water to seep through it and into the ground. I do not know how well it stands up to commercial wear and tear though.

[@rodneyharper2275]

Great job thanks

[@carywest9256]

At the 3:26-3:28 minute mark, it shows an Indian maiden cooking with an iron kettle. Curious to know when the circa date of the painting portrays? I know when they would have gotten their hands on one of these innovations. Anyone can chime in, for l am a maven of Texas history!

[@rosaamarillo2110]

23:29... Now Landry’s, Presa St bridge, and the Hyatt is across the bridge now...

[@sunayakong8537]

It’s to bad the San Antonio council has allowed the historical society to come in and designate the neighborhoods around San Jose historical area, now the residents are being taxed out of their homes. Shame. The residents are mostly old and low income. Their property taxes have doubled in the last two years.

[@yukloop]

The river authority did kayakers a huge solid by having kayak shoots that allow you to bypass the shallow spots and steep rapids. Apparently you can kayak something like 18 miles… don’t quote me but I believe that’s what I heard. Very cool

[@watsontcbc]

Good documentary. It would be great to see an update next year on progress made since 2014, particularly on water quality. The amount of runoff pollution appears to me to be largely unchanged.

[@vinceh5163]

What is sad is that the outreach project albeit has done great work , however in that revitalization they have made the natural want and need to get to the river banks almost an impossible thing to do. The outreach projects keep you away from the rivers edge which to me is absolutely crazy our natural want and desire is to get to the water , they dont want you to camp, fish from edge of bank or even just traverse it via walk and hike . They have predetermined your route by the trails built yet keep you from river Very SAD!

[@j8aguava35]

Vince H agree

[@jenniferlhernandez3509]

If you watched the video they explained much of the water is recycled, especially the part of the river in Bexar County. The pollutants make it unsafe for humans.

[@mariepi]

To the buffalo or bison the Spaniards called "cibolo": "Cibolo river"

[@davidcross4384]

Glad they are cleaning the SAR. Keep it flowing! What year is this video?! 2012

[@edwardjnarrojr3135]

Bexar County incredible History

[@iChubbs_81]

Been fishing this river by goliad with my buddy Ricky for many many years

[@nightstalker824]

It's also called gentrification in downtown

[@olskool339]

Those kayak chutes south of Roosevelt Park though...no bueno when the river flow is low

[@ecavazos331]

My qualm with this video is the lack of depth into the numerous deaths that occurred on the west-side because of the unequal distribution of flood control infrastructure..

[@JoeBlow-ui7vb]

How did they move the Missions?

[@mariantreber8055]

Poster needs to turn on the captions. Thanks.

[@ismaelromero5033]

The history almost makes me sick. So much blood was shed!

[@rodneyringler3745]

Ideals are peaceful, sometimes change can be violent. Patience and understanding is always the best way to avoid conflict and learn to work together for a common good. It takes sacrifices from all to create a better good for those that come after us.

[@TruckerJames82]

But when does taco cabana come in?

[@amr526]

😆😆😆

[@dustywclark]

September 1978

[@Jean-ClaudeChandenier]

Interesting.

[@9thGenerationCajun]

Very cool video,I'am related to pretty much all the original 55 Canary Islanders,Juan & Lt.GovJose Curbelo are my great grandfathers I'm sure some of his other grandchildren will see this.. My family line went to Louisiana in 1810 most married Cajuns and the name was translated to Courville.

[@iamlegend_0248]

nice to meet you fellow ancestor. Juan Leal was also my great grandfather

[@aaronaleal]

I am from the leals of the canarys as well

[@OutboundShane]

Barrios from Louisiana on my mother's side. I'm going to do research, but I think they came over from the Canary Islands in the 1700s as soldiers.

[@raichuraichu7632]

This was interesting

[@Guchwale]

The commentary about their discovery of an arrowhead dated 10,500 years ago is accompanied by a picture of a Native American with such an instrument sitting on a horse. Riding horses were brought by Spaniards mostly after the year 1500 to the America which Natives later used.

[@adrianr4095]

I noticed that too. But earlier in this video they mentioned giant horses???

[@cecilnoriega7276]

Actually horses originated in North America about 4 million years ago and died off here about 11,000 years ago. The Spanish brought it back in the 1500’s.

[@albertdeleon6272]

So the Europeans know more about Texas than the natives,Spanish.

[@CONFUCIUS-f2x]

Swimming???? In that poop infested river??? In a hundred years maybe.

[@sandycantu6830]

I think there’s a cave underneath my house. Who can I call to find this out? The river that I know of use to run in the back of where I live.

[@mesquitetejas8328]

Intresting ?? can you tell us more??

[@RubenGMadrigalJr--]

Is that Gonzalez or Gonzales or Gonzales or Gonsalez

[@Victorio-f9y]

How old is Nelson Woolf I can remember I was 8-9-10 years old and heard Nelson Wolff for something political Has he ever worked in his life Is this Nelson Woolf junior and I’m thinking of his father

[@edwardgarza2980]

Espiritu Santo was my direct ancestors land grant Jose Salvador de la Garza.

[@mawi1172]

Yes, we know. What happens upstream DOESN'T STAY upstream.

[@SN-xk2rl]

So big bad "tax and spend" government has been essential to the economic developmental and environmental sustainability of the San Antonio river basin for the past 100 years. Got it.

[@mawi1172]

He's talking about the raiders. Yes, and I seriously doubt any White man really knew what tribe a native was in unless they knew the person. But raiders would come down and kill a bunch of people and then run back up to the reservations and the tribe would hide them from police who came looking for these murderers. That went on for over twenty years before the government finally sent Yellow Hair out to hunt them all down. But no one ever talks about that. Later, the chiefs admitted they weren't even raiders from their tribes. But they hid them because they were raiding for the revenge of all natives. If there's any doubt raiders were horrible assassins. They even killed babies.

[@sunayakong8537]

I question their depiction of the man on the horse I don’t think they road horses 12 thousand years ago.

[@kentkearney6623]

19:07 Artisian wells. Still charging you today for what God gave you free.

[@garybruce5619]

It's the story of the story or the documentary of the story or the documentary of the documentary...

[@Ricky-nz5tw]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Shin90x]

Percect

[@Victorio-f9y]

Who is this guy that still has a heavy Spanish accent

[@CruellaUrsula]

Any gaTors ever enter this river?

[@Castulos4]

No never

[@mariantreber8055]

They're all up and down the Trinity, now. Be careful of the lakes. Not kidding.

[@LASKANDUDE]

Too many people.

[@RubenGMadrigalJr--]

G.

[@clheadlighthouston4170]

Karen you should be inside your home watching novelas. Let the kids be a kids.

[@victornegron7922]

Where did the Board, who financed this film, get the money?

[@jorgeeamagle]

Keep saying spanish instead of Mexican. You mean México. Say México or GTO.

[@CharlesSpragins]

Love the video but not a single black or African American person in this. So tired of seeing people excluded in society of super white videos. How many black people or African Americans perspectives in Texas or San Antonio area are being excluded. That's what I look for. Not one sided opinions.

[@SteveVi0lence]

It stinks like @$$

[@justinoralia4594]

i live 5 min drive 30 min walk away from mission conception n espada 15 min drive from saun juan thers some real monstracities of welded metal erected by the river on the walk from mission espada now tell me why is the city payin some would be artist to commision a piece of no significance other than be a eye sore dosnt even give any shade jus ugly...... but i love our river i remember swiming in it as a young lil pimp wt some hood rat southside hoes cause bitch im on da souithside! A-plex

[@deadlymassacre1]

Can I find a 1080p version of this anywhere?

[@ttonyamonster]

Image at 4:48... Horses were not here until Europeans brought them

[@sonnypippin8061]

I really enjoyed getting to go to San Antonio and do the River Walk and the Alamo is really amazing to look at as well.. I say that if you want to learn Texas history go see the Alamo and the river walk..