By Julissa Treviño – SmithsonianMag.com – Photo: Nan Palmero/Flickr.

Photo: The first phase of San Pedro Culture Park, dubbed “Latino High Line,” opened earlier this month.

Humans have inhabited the area around San Pedro Creek in present-day San Antonio, Texas, for over 12,000 years. Its long and storied history is why historian Frank W. Jennings characterized the body of water as among the nation’s most historic creeks in an interview with Scott Huddleston of The San Antonio Express-News last year.

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