San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
BARBECUE ON
SATURDAYFOR
FRE|GHTERS
In Case Of Bad Weather,
Reunion Will Take Place
Sunday.
AT SAN PEDRO PARK
Many Interesting Visitors
Attending Pioneer Con-
vention Here.
AT SAN PEDRO PARK

Freighters' Association, announced
Friday that barbecue will be given
all members Of the association and
their invited guests Saturday noon
at San Pedro Park. Mr.. Krempkau
said that, in the event of unfavorable
weather Saturday, the meat will be
equally divided among the Catholic
and Protestant orphan homes Of the
city and that Sunday noon, weather
permitting, there will be reunion OF
the members at San Pedro Park where
coffee. cake and ice cream will be
served. The speeches will be short
Mr.. Krempkau said, and there will be
an election of officers for the coming
year. The reunion Sunday will take
place only in case of bad weather Sat
urday.
Mr.. Krempkau, who brought to-
gether most of the old bullwhackers y
and mule-skinners" of Texas in or
der to reproduce the Nolan Pack
Train. the first to enter San Antonio
in 1713, in parade Thursday in cele-
bration of the fifth annual reunion OF
the Pioneer FreighteH' Association
and as a part of the dedication cere-
monies of the Old Spanish Trail Zero
Milestone, has thanked Captain
Bachus of the Intelligence Depart
ment and other United States Army
officers who made the parade possible
by donating horses. mules and guns.
Old "Buddies" at Reunion.
Among the pioneer freighters at
tending the convention in San Anto-
MO are Henry. Keller and Gus Koenig,
two old companions from Castroville:
These two "buddies" have Travelled
thousands of miles with OK teams, car
rying produce and freight from one
point to another throughout South
west Texas in the times before the
railroads. were introduced into the
state. Other pioneers whose ages
range from 60 to 95 who were in the
parade include James Satterwhite,
old stage driver who was associated
with General McKinzey's Scouts and
teamsters Francois Monier, last male
survivor of the Castro Colony which
was established in 1874; Light Town
send. born in Texas in 1884 under
the Mexican flag, and Capt. 2. X.
{ Turner, who has lived in Texas for u
years.
Thursday afternoon when the Zero
monument was dedicated on Military
Plaza, Mr.. Krempkau presented the
following letter to Governor Netf,
which the governor read to the as
sembled crowd:
ITO the Hon. Gov. Pat NJ. Neff.
"As your representative as chief
scout of this expedition, /, William b.
Krempkau. a native of the Alamo
City, born November ., 1868, three
blocks northwest of the San Fernando
Cathedral.
In this expedition entrusted to me
herewith, l am reproducing Nolans
Pack Train which was the first TO
enter San Antonio in 1113. The first
wagon in the train represents Cas-
tro Colony of 1874. The wagons
following represent the organization
of the mule train in this section IN
1856. Prior TO that time, all freight
ing between San Antonio and the
coast was done with OK teams. On
account of the great distances be-
tween watering places and streams IN
tine West, the mule teams were more
able to stand the hardships on ac-
count of these long drives. The stage
coach following these wagons repre-
sents the overland stage driven from
San Antonio to San Diego, Cal, IN
1857. On account of the great dan
ger of the real old men handling these
mules in the pack trains. l have pre-
ferred to select men approximately
around seventy to seventy-tive years
of age. The first wagon driven in this
train will be driven by Francois Mon
Ter, by the last male survivor of the
Castro Colony, which was established
in 1874. The second, third and
fourth wagons will be driven by men
who have been associated with Gen
eral McKinzey's Scouts and teamsters
and also by men that were associated
with Buffalo Bill. The stage coach
will be driven by James Satterwhite,
who was one of the last stage drivers
TO retire from that picturesque bust
ness. In the stage coach, Mr.. Stanley
Hale from San Diego will be accom-
panied by Mr.. Light Townsend, who
was born in Texas under the Mexican
flag in 1884. He will also be
accompanied by Capt. z. X. Tur--
ner. ninety years old, who has lived
in Texas for seventy-two years. In
this parade there Will De men VINO
were born under four different flags
in Texas.
1T was a common thing in the
early days, when first the narrow
gauge railroads were built down in the
coast country, to see 22-mule wagon
driven up alongside one of these mar
row gauge cars and load the entire
cargo on one wagon.
"a great many times these men
were massacred and their entire trains
were burned by the Indians.
The object Of the organization OF
this association and its members was
for the purpose of perpetuating his
tory in assisting the United States
government in handing down their
method of transportation to the
younger generation.
sThe fact that we carry the faith
and have taken Mr.. Stanley Hale,
vice president of the San Diego Cham
Der of Commerce, from the terminus
of the Old Spanish Trail in California
to the headquarters in San Antonio,
is evidence of our ability to still carry
on