By CLAUDE B. ANIOL HASTINGS HOUSE PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY CLAUDE B. ANIOL PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Entrance to the Alamo...

From a village of Tejas Indians has grown the modern city of San Antonio ... not completely modern, for there still remain many evidences of the past, even though towering skyscrapers mark the city as progressive and prosperous. San Antonio is filled with picturesque charm and interesting contrasts. Off busy downtown streets one will find in bold relief buildings, as well as customs, that date back to times when the city was settled by Spanish conquistadors. The Spanish, fearing encroachment in

By CLAUDE B. ANIOL Travelers who have visited San Antonio remember it as a city with a warm and personal charm. It is one of the rare places which embody and symbolize all that is America. Founded by the Spanish in the late seventeenth century, San Antonio has flown the flags of France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the United States. In the midst of an important city which is a center of industry and commerce stand the lovely 200-year-old missions, and the Alamo, wh

America is being rediscovered today. In every state of the Union, in large cities, tiny villages, on the open highway, members of Federal Writers’ Projects are revealing the riches of the land. The American Guide Series is a heartlifting experiment in co-operative literature. Field investigators, cartographers, writers, editors, photographers, business supervisors have contributed to the task of producing guide books which shall be accurate, timely, convenient, and entertaining. The primary emph