San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
Tourists in Park Camp Don't
WdntIfMoued to New Location

few people stop there. Citizens of
Waxahachie say il is because the
camp is too far out of the way.
have never seen anything that comes
up with Breckenridge Park as a
camp SITE"
Not Too Public.
"You hear of this camp all over
llTexas," was the statement of j.. III.
Brown, Dallas plumber. when asked
his opinion of the Breckenridge site.
at is the most wonderful park have
ever seen. We have a camp site IN
Dallas off the main pike, but few peo-
pie ever 70 there. This place is not
too public for me. The only objec-
tions / have to it are the winding
roads. / never know where ] am go
ing to land when l start out"
Everybody who camps here goes
away and talks about San Antonio's
beautiful park" said +. L. Maddox,
have some fine parks in Fort Worth,
but they are not equal to this. 1
don't think il Is too public here. We
have our tourist camp in Trinity
Park, which is one of our most beau
tiful parks"
Mr.. Maddox said he came here in
preference to taking vacation in
California. and the fact that he could
stop in Breckenridge Park is the cniy
reason that he is spending n few
days here. In his opinion the park
site is responsible for the iarg. num-
Der of high class tourists who visit
San Antonio each year. He gays he
first visited San Antonio, in 1877.
"This is the best tourist camp in
the South" is the way. Caleb G.
Rutledge of Paducah. Tex, expressed
his opinion of the Breckenridge site.
II have been on the road for four
years and have told 500 people about
this place. l see people here from
Indiana. Ohio, Michigan and many
other states"
Its the best place we have found, -
said w. e. johnson. who is on his
way to Los Angeles from Canada. Il
heard of Breckenridge Park before l
reached Texas. 1t is an ideal loca-
ton and no more public than any
other camp SIT. Where there are
great number Of people camping, it
is impossible to have much privacy"
81 have met people from twelve
states in the five days that / have
been here" said o. I. Alien of Yoa-
kun. "This is the third year / have
camped here. i like it fine"
Tell Others About 1t. !
"This tourist camp is the finest
advertisement in the world for San
Antonio" is the manner in which
c. NJ. Swallow of Alamo. Tex. ex,
pressed his appreciation of the pres.
ent camp site. "When people come
to a place like this, they are going
to stop. When they leave. they are
going to tell other tourists of what
they found here"
There are two things that will i'm
press the visitor to the tourist camp
at breckenridge Park. He will find
there many groups of campers. prac-
tically all of which are families of
the highest type of American citizen
They are there to spend their vaca-
ton in a quiet place where they can
enjoy all the advantages of outdoor
life. In no other place in the coun-
try have they been able TO find q
camping ground equal TO this.
They are there from all parts of
the country. Automobiles from many
states and from most Of the larger
cities of Texas may be seen in large
numbers. South Texas probably
furnished the larger part of the tour
lists camped in Breckenridge Park
during the past week. Houston,
Beaumont, Port Arthur and the Rio