San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive by Hemphill, Hugh

San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive

A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of...
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Author: Hugh Hemphill
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San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive by Hemphill, Hugh

San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive

CHF 25.22

San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive

CHF 25.22
Author: Hugh Hemphill
Format: Paperback
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A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of a region's transition from horses, oxen and mules to bicycles and then horseless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.

Author: Hugh Hemphill
Publisher: Maverick Books
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 84
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781595346803

About the Author
Hugh Hemphill is the manager of the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio.

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