Dolores–Applewhite Crossing
A National Park Service place page provides broader historical and environmental context for the Medina River area near Jett and Applewhite Roads.
Open entry →Documented, remembered, retold
The Archive
Published sources, legend variants, community memories, and notes on the physical place—kept distinct so readers can see what kind of record they are viewing.
Atlas Obscura: Old Applewhite Bridge
A place entry mapping the legend to the Old Applewhite Bridge area and summarizing common origin and encounter stories.
Open entry →San Antonio Report: The Legend on the Phone Lines
A 2018 article summarizes several origin variants and places the legend near Old Applewhite Bridge.
Open entry →KSAT: Ghost Story — Donkey Lady Bridge
A 2018 KSAT video retells the Donkey Lady story and demonstrates its continuing place in local popular culture.
Open entry →San Antonio Current: Tracking the Donkey Lady
A 2011 local feature follows the legend to the Old Applewhite Bridge area and describes the site’s place in San Antonio lore.
Open entry →The Bridge Challenge
The legend is often performed as a dare: cross the bridge, call out, make noise, and wait for a response.
Open entry →The Water and Transformation Tellings
Some versions connect the woman, her donkey, a drowning, and a supernatural merging or transformation.
Open entry →The Fire-Origin Family of Tellings
A common version centers on a woman disfigured by fire, but the cause, decade, family relationships, and connection to the bridge change from telling to telling.
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