SAPL : February 3 In San Antonio History...

San Antonio TX

06 February, 2022

5:34 AM

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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library: Andrew Crews 3 February 2022 1910 The Wright aeroplane which was received in this city by the Wells-Fargo Express company yesterday was transferred to the government railroad spur that terminates on Grayson street at the Post, under the personal supervision of Mr. Heyck, the agent for the express company, this morning. 1922 The Ku Klux Klan, hooded, clad in white, visits Travis Park Methodist Church, and makes a $100 donation. 1989 A new 90-foot tall, $650,000 Ferris wheel debuts at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo carnival. "It's brand new," says ride technician Kenny Hebert of Thibodeaux, La. "The only other time this ride as been together is when they assembled it at the factory, piece by piece." This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.