During its Dec. 16 meeting, the Bexar County Commissioners Court approved for the fourth and final phase of an interactive, electronic history of Bexar County known as the "Story Maps, Seeds of Texas Project.”

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Designed to be a free-to-access educational and research tool, the final phase will focus on the county’s history from 1945 to the present day. Created through a collaboration between The University of Texas at San Antonio and Bexar County, the project will explore a variety of historical subjects, such as urban expansion and suburban development, civil rights, the creation of tourist attractions, local arts and culture and the reduction of the military’s presence within Bexar County.
According to county documents, the project will produce a minimum of 10 modules and three Community Archive Modules. A core part of the project will be its “Bexarcentric” focus, which will highlight Bexar County history in a larger context.

The project will:
  • Use technology to tell a diverse range of stories, using overlooked primary resources
  • Create targeted lesson plans based on history covered in Phase 3 and to present the material to local teachers in yearly workshops
  • Collaborate with San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, or SAAACAM , American Indians of Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions, or AIT-SCM, and the Museo del Westside on the three Community Archive Modules
  • Highlight current histories of their communities through individual stories and archival materials.
  • Interactive GIS dashboards will be created using publicly available census data for Bexar County from 1950 to the present to show community changes over time
The project is estimated to be completed in January 2029.

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“Story Maps, Seeds of Texas” will reside in the Bexar Heritage Center and on the Bexar County website.