Tag: San Antonio
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Residual Braniff
I’m not sure if I ever flew on Braniff Airlines although I certainly recognized the name. That’s why I mentioned it when I spotted Braniff Street outside of Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas in the previous article. A Very Brief History of Braniff Braniff International Airways began flying in 1928, the creation of brothers Thomas…
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World’s Fair Towers
I suppose this is something of a Part 3 addendum to the recent Southern Swing articles although maybe it’s not truly the case. Perhaps it would be better to call it “inspired” by those earlier articles. We broke the return trip into a two-day event with an overnight stay in Knoxville, Tennessee. The hotel happened…
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Damfino
I received an interesting tip by email about an old street in San Antonio, Texas identified as “Damfino” (as in “Damn if I know”). Our reader even provided a copy of an 1885 map for the online Library of Congress collection, which I’ve excerpted below. He theorized that the street name may have been a…
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Brief Stop in San Antonio
Business brought me to San Antonio, Texas this week. Even so, I still had a few moments to poke around the usual tourist spots. My luggage wanted to visit a little longer so it took a free vacation courtesy of American Airlines. Hopefully we’ll be reunited this weekend. Remember the Alamo I first stopped at…