In 1858, a Texas family began holding ranchland that developers later wanted for 3,500 houses; in 2016, the family backed a plan to preserve 204 acres for a San Antonio park worth nearly $10 million

• The proposal, reported by Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Express-News, offered an alternative to a residential development that could have brought as many as 3,500 homes and apartments to the site.
• The planned acquisition covered part of the historic Classen-Steubing Ranch in the Stone Oak area, one of the remai