navigation search buckhorn saloon & museum buckhorn saloon & museum location within texas established 1881 location 318 e. houston street san antonio texas united states coordinates 29 25 34 n 98 29 23 w 29.426232 n 98.489692 w 29.426232 ; 98.489692 coordinates 29 25 34 n 98 29 23 w 29.426232 n 98.489692 w 29.426232 ; 98.489692 type wildlife exhibits shooting gallery texas rangers exhibit founder albert friedrich website burkhorn museum official site the buckhorn saloon & museum is a privately run museum located at 318 e. houston street in downtown san antonio texas u.s. originally privately owned by albert friedrich the buckhorn became a tourist attraction for its unique collections . teddy roosevelt and his rough riders were reputed to frequent the establishment . housed in 1956 in the lone star brewery the collection passed to friedrich s heirs who had it moved to its current location . contents 1 albert friedrich 2 first business establishment 3 lone star brewery 4 sa live ksat tv 5 museums and displays 5.1 buckhorn museum 5.2 texas ranger museum 5.3 other displays 5.4 hall of texas history wax museum 6 see also 7 references 8 external links albert friedrich edit the buckhorn saloon & museum began as a private collection of albert friedrich 1864 1928 in 1881 . he was the youngest son of wenzel 1 and agnes urbaneck friedrich . 2 the elder friedrich was an award winning cabinetmaker who expanded into horn furniture and included queen victoria otto von bismarck and kaiser wilhelm i among those who owned his creations . 3 horn palace bar and cafe san antonio texas postcard circa 1904 1918 first business establishment edit friedrich eventually acquired a saloon on dolorosa street and opened his collection for display in the saloon . the name and date of the first saloon is undocumented . in 1890 95 friedrich purchased a seventy eight point buck that remains on display in the museum . 4 5 by 1896 friedrich opened the first buckhorn saloon on the corner of soledad and west houston streets . friedrich amassed his collection from his own hunting trips and from other hunters and trappers eventually acquiring the collection of a hunter named capt. ernest dosch . 6 in its early years friedrich would swap a drink for anyone who would bring in a set of horns to be displayed . 7 the collection became known as the buckhorn hall of horns . a collection of firearms and a mirrored bar were added to the collection of horns . 8 the saloon was reputed to be frequented by theodore roosevelt and his rough riders during the time period that the rough riders were deployed to san antonio . 9 lone star brewery edit when prohibition went into effect friedrich could no longer sell alcohol . in 1922 he relocated his business to 400 w. houston street renaming it albert s curio store and eventually the buckhorn curio store and cafe . in 1956 the buckhorn saloon and the buckhorn hall of horns collection were restored at the lone star brewery . the collection added a 1964 hall of fins as well as a 1973 hall of feathers . 5 sa live ksat tv edit the buckhorn museum hosts the sa live television show . museums and displays edit when lone star brewing company changed owners in 1977 the buckhorn collection was sold off . mary friedrich rogers granddaughter of albert friedrich and her husband wallace rogers acquired the collection in 1997 . the collection was moved to 318 e. houston street and became managed by twisthorn holdings and the buckhorn museum and saloon limited . buckhorn museum edit the buckhorn museum features mounted wildlife from all over the world including mammals birds and fish . the animals represent over 520 species of wildlife including fish from the seven seas and animals from every continent . texas ranger museum edit the texas ranger museum features authentic texas ranger division artifacts including automatic handguns shotguns badges photographs and more . the museum also features ranger town a recreation of san antonio at the turn of the century which includes a replica buckhorn saloon jail cell blacksmith shop and a replica of the 1934 ford v8 deluxe the famous bonnie & clyde getaway car . 10 the texas ranger museum is not affiliated with the official texas ranger hall of fame and museum 11 in waco . 12 other displays edit in addition to the horn collection a visitor will also find rattlesnake art and memorabilia of both native americans and the cowboy culture . some of the exhibits include the carnival of curiosities and the american sideshow . 13 14 hall of texas history wax museum edit the hall of texas history wax museum portion of the buckhorn depicts historic events in texas . 15 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to museums in texas . list of museums in central texas references edit wenzel friedrich at find a grave agnes urbaneck.friedrich at find a grave st. john richard w. wenzel friedrich . handbook of texas online . texas state historical association . retrieved 11 september 2011 . dobie duncan 2015 . dawn of american deer hunting a photographic odyssey of whitetail hunting history . iola wi krause publications . p. 211 . isbn 978 1 4402 4551 0 . a b everett donald e. buckhorn saloon . handbook of texas online . texas state historical association . retrieved 11 september 2011 . fodor s 2008 . fodor s san antonio austin & hill country . fodor s. p. 26 . isbn 978 1 4000 0718 9 . cook samantha 2011 . the rough guide to the usa . penguin . p. 611 . isbn 978 1 4053 8257 1 . yenne bill 2004 . great american beers twelve brands that became icons . voyageur press . p. 63 . isbn 978 0 7603 1789 1 . brinkley douglas 2010 . the wilderness warrior theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america . harper perennial . p. 314 . isbn 978 0 06 056531 2 . texas rangers museum . former texas rangers association . retrieved 7 january 2014 . seeing san antone . american cowboy 74 . jan feb 2007 . franscell ron 2010 . the crime buff s guide to outlaw texas . globe pequot . p. 160 . isbn 978 0 7627 5965 1 . buckhorn saloon & museum . buckhorn museum . retrieved 11 september 2011 . baird david 2011 . frommer s san antonio and austin . google ebook . permenter paris ; bigley john 2007 . day trips from austin 5th getaway ideas for the local traveler . gpp travel . p. 119 . isbn 978 0 7627 4541 8 . external links edit burkhorn museum official site v t e city of san antonio nickname alamo city attractions the alamo alamo cenotaph la antorcha de la amistad basilica of the national shrine of the little flower cathedral of san fernando hemisfair 68 houston street retama park racetrack san antonio zoo tower of the americas tower life building museums artpace blue star contemporary art museum briscoe western art museum casa navarro state historic site fort sam houston museum gallista gas gallery guadalupe cultural arts center guinness world records utsa institute of texan cultures mcnay art museum museo alameda museum of aerospace medicine o. henry house museum ripley s believe it or not san antonio academy museum san antonio museum of art barney smith s toilet seat art museum southwest school of art spanish governor s palace edward steves homestead texas air museum texas transportation museum united states army medical department museum witte museum yturri edmunds historic site see also list of museums in central texas entertainment alamodome arneson river theater at & t center aztec on the river fiesta noche del rio fiesta san antonio freeman coliseum majestic theatre morgan s wonderland nelson w. wolff stadium san antonio missions baseball san antonio rampage san antonio scorpions san antonio spurs san antonio stars san antonio stock show & rodeo san antonio symphony san antonio talons santikos theatres seaworld six flags fiesta texas splashtown texas folklife festival toyota field tobin center for the performing arts san antonio municipal auditorium companies christus santa rosa iheartmedia visionworks of america firstmark credit union frost bank harte hanks h 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officers leonard wood theodore roosevelt alexander oswald brodie james h. mcclintock buckey o neill seth bullock john campbell greenway john avery mcilhenny allyn k. capron jr. allyn k. capron sr. george curry woodbury kane thomas h. rynning enlisted men george g. mcmurtry chris madsen hamilton fish thomas grindell henry barrett billy mcginty juan alamia frank frantz craig wadsworth henry nash ben daniels frank knox robert wrenn engagements spanish american war battle of las guasimas battle of san juan hill siege of santiago memorials rough riders memorial buckey o neill cabin bucky o neill monument bronco buster theodore roosevelt monument assemblage film the rough riders film teddy the rough rider rough riders film see also buckhorn saloon arizona rangers three guardsmen canyon diablo train robbery tibur n island tragedy roosevelt s world war i volunteers the lost battalion retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buckhorn saloon % 26 museum san antonio & oldid 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