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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive

San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive

McCombs, Red
Hemphill, Hugh

Paperback

Business General20th Century United States HistoryRegional: Southwest

Publisher Price: $18.95

ISBN10: 1595346805
ISBN13: 9781595346803
Publisher: Maverick Books
Published: Jan 1 2010
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.40 Depth: 10.90
Language: English
A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of a region's transition from horses, oxen and mules to bicycles and then horseless carriages, transforming the way people move around. Also shown is the evolution of streetcars, fire engines, buses and trucks.

Horseless carriages came to the Alamo City in 1899, though they took a little practice. Following a series of mishaps, in 1910 the city council set speed limits at 8 miles an hour within a mile of San Fernando Cathedral and 15 miles an hour beyond. Also told of are the struggles to drive to places like Kerrville and Corpus Christi and soon to the rest of the nation, first on a rugged highway known as the Old Spanish Trail that became the general route of Interstate 10.

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