The work of a college committee

 So many stories are told about San Antonio. They usually involve tales of almost incomprehensible courage, defiance and idealism.

I tell people the town is unusual because it took as the result of a decision by an academic committee.

In the 1690s, New Spain established missions and forts in East Texas as a hedge against the French in Louisiana. In the early 1700s, the College of Querétaro decided to move its three missions from East Texas to San Antonio. 

San Antonio is the home of UNESCO World Heritage Sites because of that decision.

And of course that history occurred long before the famous battle at the Alamo.