Texas State University – or “Southwest Texas” to most alumni who fondly remember the San Marcos campus – plans to tear down the last vestiges of Aquarena Springs, a wondrous resort hotel and theme ...

Jerome H. Supple, president of Southwest Texas State University here, has an important message for colleagues who are or hope to become college presidents: Never buy a swimming pig. It’s too late for ...

Once upon a time, San Marcos' biggest attraction was Aquarena Springs and its marquee act, Ralph the Swimming Pig. The theme park on the crystal headwaters of the San Marcos River also featured ...

This Ray Miller's Texas episode from 1987 gives a "behind-the-scenes" look at the making of "Ralph, the Famous Swimming Pig" at what was Aquarena Springs in San Marcos.