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Come along with author Michael O. Varhola as he explores some of the haunted sites throughout Texas Hill Country.
List of contents
Acknowledgments Welcome to America’s Haunted Road Trip Introduction SAN ANTONIO 1: San Antonio Missions, South and Downtown San Antonio 2: Alamodome, Downtown San Antonio 3: Alamo Quarry Market, North Central San Antonio 4: Comanche Lookout Park, Northeast San Antonio 5: Crockett Hotel, Downtown San Antonio 6: Emily Morgan Hotel, Downtown San Antonio “THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS” 7: Menger Hotel, Downtown San Antonio 8: Old Bexar County Jail, Downtown San Antonio 9: San Fernando Cathedral, Downtown San Antonio 10: Sheraton Gunter Hotel San Antonio, Downtown San Antonio 11: Spanish Governor’s Palace, Downtown San Antonio 12: University of the Incarnate Word, Alamo Heights/Midtown San Antonio 13: Victoria’s Black Swan Inn, Northeast San Antonio GREATER SAN ANTONIO 14: Faust Hotel, New Braunfels/Comal County 15: Gruene Historic District, New Braunfels/Comal County 16: The Mansion, Boerne/Kendall County 17: Ye Kendall Inn, Boerne/Kendall County AUSTIN 18: Austin Pizza Garden, Oak Hill/Southwest Austin 19: Driskill Hotel, Downtown Austin “GHOST OF A TEXAS LADIES’ MAN” 20: Richard Moya Park/Moore’s Crossing Bridge, Southwest Austin 21: Texas State Capitol, Downtown Austin 22: University of Texas Tower, Downtown Austin TEXAS HILL COUNTRY 23: Devil’s Backbone,
Blanco County/Comal County/Hays County 24: Enchanted Rock, Gillespie County/Llano County 25: James Kiehl River Bend Park/SA&AP Railway Bridge, Comfort/Kendall County 26: Treüe der Union Monument, Comfort/Kendall County NAMES ON THE TREÜE DER UNION MONUMENT 27: Jacob’s Well, Hays County Ghosthunting Travel Guide Visiting Haunted Sites Additional Haunted Sites Bibliography Ghostly Resources About the Author
About the author
Michael O. Varhola is a writer who has authored or co-authored 34 books and games—including Ghosthunting Maryland and Ghosthunting Virginia, the swords-and-sorcery novel Swords of Kos: Necropolis, and two fantasy writer’s guides—and published more than 120 games and related publications. He is the founder of game company Skirmisher Publishing LLC, editor-in-chief of d-Infinity game magazine, and editor of the America’s Haunted Road Trip series of travel guides. He has edited, published, or written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, is a combat veteran who served eight years in the U.S. Army, and lives in the Hill Country north of San Antonio, Texas. He also has an active online presence, notably through Facebook, Twitter, and a variety of blogs, forums, and sites.
Summary
Go Ghosthunting in and around San Antonio! Settled by Spanish explorers more than three centuries ago, San Antonio has a rich haunted history. Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country, by local author Michael O. Varhola, covers 30 haunted locations in or around the cities of San Antonio and Austin and throughout the region known as Texas Hill Country. Each site combines history, haunted lore and phenomena, and practical visitation information. The book is organized into four geographical sections: "City of San Antonio," "Greater San Antonio," "Austin," and "Texas Hill Country." This hands-on guide also includes an introduction to the subject of ghosthunting in the Lone Star State and all the information readers need to visit the places described within it, including descriptions of nearly 100 other haunted places. Sites covered include bridges, churches, colleges and universities, cemeteries and graveyards, government buildings, historic sites, hotels, museums, parks, restaurants and bars, and much more. They include the Crockett Hotel, built on the spot where David Crockett and the final defenders of the Alamo are believed to have been slain; the Ghost Tracks, where spectral children are known to move people's stopped cars; and the Devil's Backbone, the haunted highway that wends through the hills north of San Antonio.
