San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive
By (Author) Hugh Hemphill
Foreword by Red McCombs
Trinity University Press,U.S.
Trinity University Press,U.S.
4th January 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Road and motor vehicles: general interest
Photography and photographs
Places and peoples: general and pictorial works
History of the Americas
338.40976435
Physical Properties
Paperback
84
Width 215mm, Height 279mm
326g
Description
A host of previously unpublished photographs and a wealth of new information bring together the story of a regions transition from horses, oxen and mules to bicycles and then horseless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.
Reviews
"San Antonio on Wheels cannot fail to move the heart of anyone who loves his or her car." -- San Antonio Express-News
Author Bio
Hugh Hemphill is the manager of the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio.
