Table of Contents
Foreword Robert Rivard vii
Introduction xi
Seven Little-Known Facts about the Alamo 1
Twelve Things You May Not Know about the River Walk 5
Eight Things to Look For on the River Walk's Museum Reach Extension 9
Six Things to Look For on the River Walk's Mission Reach Extension 14
Seven Ways HemisFair '68 Changed San Antonio Forever 16
Seven Lasting Influences of the Spanish Crown 19
Solar Illuminations: A Message from God? 23
Seven Things You May Not Know about the Missions 24
Six Flags over San Antonio 26
Birthplace of the Air Force 33
Seven Facts about the Air Force in San Antonio 35
The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle and Geronimo 37
Thirteen Places of Historic Note on Fort Sam Houston Not Freely Accessible to the Public 40
Six Military Leaders Who Spent Time in San Antonio 43
The Truth about Davy Crockett's Tomb and Twelve Other Facts about the San Fernando Cathedral 47
Six Stories That Could Only Happen in the Alamo City 51
Five Events That Really Did Happen in San Antonio 57
Katherine Stinson and the Stinson School of Flying 62
Eight Incredible San Antonio Characters 64
Six Famous People Who Spent Time in San Antonio 75
Ten Places Every San Antonian Should Know 81
Eleven Pacts about the Menger Hotel 90
San Antonio's Three Most Historic Hotels Not Named the Menger 92
Hotels That Started as Something Else 94
Old Places, New Uses 97
Eight Things You Should Know about Brackenridge Park 110
Six Incredible Movie Palaces 114
Seven Suburban Theaters Readapted 121
Five Places in San Antonio That Are Replicas 123
Nine Structures That Have Been Moved from Their Original Sites 124
Seven San Antonio Landmarks Built in Old Rock Quarries 128
Twelve Pieces of San Antonio That Are Gone but Not Forgotten 132
Four Favorite San Antonio Places Brought Back 144
Six San Antonio Projects That Never Became Reality 148
San Antonio's Most Influential Architects 151
Seven Stories about San Antonio Art and Artists 157
Seven Unique San Antonio Sports Stories 164
Ten San Antonio Sport Franchises and Their Defunct Leagues 171
Eight Unusual San Antonio Historic Institutions 177
Eleven Favorite San Antonio Ghost Stories 181
Eleven Facts the Author Felt Belonged in the Book 185
Twelve San Antonio Outings 187
Names 193
Firsts 207
Acknowledgments 215
Index 217