SAPL : June 1 In San Antonio History...

San Antonio TX

04 June, 2022

11:16 AM

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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library: Andrew Crews 1 June 2022 1860 Robert E. Lee is counted in the 1860 Federal census, living at Ladreska [sic] Phillips's boarding house here. 1929 The Smith-Young Tower [now Tower Life Building] is completed at a cost of $3 million. It will be the tallest building west of the Mississippi River until the late 1950s. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 1936 The San Antonio Library begins bookmobile service to rural locations in Bexar County. This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.