San Antonio, Texas, USA
1906

San Antonio, a city, the capital of Bexar co., Tex., is on the San Antonio River, which here receives the San Pedro, 80 miles SW. of Austin, on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio, the International and Great Norther and other railroads... The city is surrounded by a fertile country, of which cattle, cotton, wood, and hides are the staple products. It is one of the leading cattle, horse, and mule markets of the country and has large flouring-mills, breweries, foundries and machine-shops. The city is of a distinctly Spanish cast and contains a number of plazas (Alamo Plaza, Plaza de las Yalas) and the attractive San Pedro and Breckenridge parks. Among its notable buildings are the Federal building, court-house, the cathedral of San Fernando, opera-house, and the Alamo (Church of the Alamo), part of the structures of an old Franciscan mission, the defence of which, in 1836, is a noted event in the history of the state. The city has several collegiate and academic institutions and a military school. One mile N. of the city is Fort Sam Houston, one of the most important military posts of the United States. San Antonio has latterly become a prominent winter health-resort, and is much frequented by those suffering from pulmonary troubles. Mean winter temperature, 52 degrees; summer temperature, 82 degrees. Pop. in 1890, 27,673; in 1900, 53,321.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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