The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-01

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| leading to the old missions. mn@. fos
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interesting ruins This underground
| passage waa much Used ay the anaks
~ mid H.fo too Is an old spanish
| hloes house venerable With bear,
age Indeed. so vastly different ar.
| ssiu surroundings srosn nur Ordinary
environ tucnta ,hat creative mind
n.ixhs .eli imagine isweif almost in
sunny Spain. oniy pith tho suu IN
/ hiding
/ Presently wo are off for Govern
thereuntp nsw post which, it IL
aaisi when completed viii make ut
Sam Houston the largest militsry
post within the United States Two
| millions of dollars have already been
spent on this war like rendezvous OF
Uncle SANS .
From the tower some one hundred
and twenty-five feet OF more In
height, we have a magnificent Fsew
| Of the city and its many points of
| interest and the surrounding coun-
! try-~a couatry much Of the cattle
! kings The gymnasium, the bar
racks, the quarters and homes of
| the officers, the magazine and store
houses, the long sheds for the caval-
| nv horses. in short, the component
/ parts which go to make up the whole
/ of this vast military place. are In
| view ar from on high. in ihe"tower.
| A little later we are IN the most in
| teresting spots of San Antonio-~-the
! Alamo" Tread lightly! Speak rev
| erently, for here Il Is, with It's walls
stained by weather aud with age and
| the blood of martyred Texas heroes
that stands THE cradle of Texas
! liberty"
Much has been done by the patri-
| otto women of the state, the San An
tonic women in particular, and Miss
| Clara Driscoll, more in particular,
| Miss Driscoll being now Mrs. Sewer
of New York city,) to preserve this
! historic structure, built in 1I1S, con-
| temporary with the third mission,
! San Juan Capistran. On entering the
alamo" the room on the left is
where lay the dauntless Bowie, who
asked to have his cot carried over
the Travis line, that he might die
sick unto death though he was
fighting for his country. The room
opposite on the right is where ne
was finally slain, killing several o
the enemy before giving up his life
Here it was the brave Crockett, TraV
!, is and other defenders of the Alan
met cruel deaths at the enemy
hand, their bodies later being burne'
outside One, Moses Rose, who ex
cused himself on the grounds ina
! he was not ready to die, escaped 0.
the rear walls. He could tell OF INT
beginning of the conflict OF these
fearless and peerless souls. lruiS
"Thermopolea had her messenger OF
defeat, the Alamo had none.
On the walls are many interest
ing historical placards; beauufui
poems, commemorative the fall or
I"Alamo." painting of David Crock
EFT. purchased from a New York gen
tleman: a deed, written by General
Sam Houston during his presidency
of the Republic of Texas, and many
other interesting mementoes.
! 1t NAV be of interest to know
that the Alamo first gained its name
from a grove of cotton wood trees,
nearby. Alamo being Spanish lor
/ cottonwood. other interesting
rooms lead off from the Alamo
proper The old wooden building.
connected to the Alamo proper, ana
running far out to its front, on one
/ side. was originally, | think, built
I for a convent (but much later Than
/ the Alamo. and long since, as IL now
/ is. "A den of iniquity.1 has no particu-
I lar historical interest with the Ala
mo. II is not only % den OF vice,
but il detracts much from the Ma
mo proper. serving TO hide It's his
, torical walls from AN approach ON
one side 10 the Alamo Plaza.
! It was Miss Drisooll's purpose, SO
10 Is said. 90 tear away this old worm
eaten. whiskey hiding wooden sirue-
turc. building Ina it's stead "a beautiful
park. containing % monument fo tne
Alamo heroes and martyrs. thus
identifying and euhauciug its value.
For this purpose Miss Driscot save
S25. 600 OF her own money, Hut
through some political scheme of one
ct the conteuding factions. She was
defrauded and her rare generosity
7 lost n h uuW enc PROTEST OF tte husi-
ness men Ut San Antonio 90 carry
nut Miss uHssolts ideas iH uu waF
moicstlns the Alamo itseif Nrvspa-
refs. uniuteutionaliy ur otherwise,
have eiteu falso Impressions spo9i
tbe lrut conditions ot affaiv rDa-