There have been lots of Books and
story's written about San Antonio, Texas.Talkin' Texan Book
There have been lots of Books and
story's written about San Antonio, Texas.
This is probably one of the few Texas books written by a native American Indian. I hope you enjoy the story.
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Talkin’ Texan - San Antonio, Texas
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Texan – English
San un tone – San Antonio
San Ann tone – by very happy residents
Each of us has a special place in our heart for our hometown and I will always have a flame that burns within for mine. Whenever and wherever I have traveled, I have always compared other large and similar cities to San Antone. There is really no comparison. San Antone is the most beautiful big city I have ever seen or visited. Perhaps I’m just a teeny bit partial to the history and beauty of this city, this river, this culture, this architecture of a town built around The Alamo and the San Antonio River.
Take a leisurely stroll downtown to The Alamo where were it not for the tremendous bravery of 186 men there would be not only no Texas, there would be no San Antone. And perhaps no me. There would certainly not be the soft lilting southern voice of the Texas ladies that I so love.
Just across from The Alamo is The Crockett Hotel. Samual Clemens aka Mark Twain stayed here for a while and made some worthwhile statements, so I am told. Here, right across the small park from the hotel, the street is closed for 10 days each April for the "Night in Old San Antone" festival. It’s Fiesta!!! --- If you have ever literally wanted to dance in the streets, you can do it here. Well, at least you can during Fiesta; I really wouldn’t recommend dancing in the streets any other time, unless you are wanting to test the benefits of your health insurance.
San Antonio was named after Padre Antonio Del Rio, the much beloved pastor of many of the local missions. The padre was a saint and saint and san are pretty much interchangeable words in that both mean "saint". Whether we use san or saint depends on how the words roll off the tongue. For instance Saint Louis and Saint Joe sound much better than San Louis or San Joe. The Missions of San Antonio are named after Padre Antonio.
There are over seven different Spanish Missions in the San Antonio area designed by Padre Antonio. Each mission was state of the art and upon competition the Spaniards would say to Padre Antonio: "This is your mission, should you choose to accept it." The Padre would graciously accept each mission and put up a large "Grand Opening" banner for all to see.
Each "Grand Opening" would feature a tour of the grounds, padre quarters, pews, confessionals, cafeteria, cheese making, wine making, and tamale making facilities. There were no balloons at the Grand Openings, but there was lots of music, wine, cheese and tamales. The "ride-up-window" was usually closed during the Grand Opening, because the padres really wanted folks to get off their horses and come inside.
The city fathers and city mothers had considered naming the town Padre Antonio for a while and were very happy when the padre attained sainthood because they didn’t want any confusion between Padre Island and Padre Antonio.That’s why even today, you will seldom hear the expression "Surfs Up!" in San Antonio.
There are several festivals in San Antonio each year. One of the most beautiful and sweet smelling festivals is the "Battle of Roses" parade that is performed each year, thankfully after the roses have bloomed. This festival was originally called the "Battle of Roses and Cactus Blossoms" but was shortened after the first festival because there were way too many casualties between the Rose people and the Cactus people. The city doctors tried to keep the festival because it was good for their business, but were out-voted by the Chamber of Commerce.
My great grandparents actually attended the first festival and said that it was great fun because grandma could sling a cactus pad further than she could throw a cow chip. Grandpa got her a big bouquet of roses and cactus blossoms and grandma got him some cactus jelly. Grandpa said that he tried eating a "cactus dog" at the festival, but it wasn’t too good, however, the cactus needles they used to fashion the cactus to the flour tortilla came in pretty handy as toothpicks.
Each Saint Patrick’s Day there is a recreation of Saint Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. Since there are no snakes in the greater San Antonio area they’ll use many of the local politicians. Unlike the snakes in Ireland, the politicians always return. It’s kinda like the swallows always returning to Capistrano, although they are not as joyously received. Seems that the councilmen, congressmen, and senators outlawed "Tar and Feathering" as a form of self-preservation.
In the early 1900’s the city father’s and mothers passed a local ordinance that proclaims: " It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes/or hands." Gee, it’s difficult for me to believe that I was actually born here. How was I possibly conceived??? It does explain why most married couples like to leave town for the weekend. Quite possibly this law/ordinance was some "in vain" attempt to control the local population. Well, it didn’t work. I do my best to be a law-abiding citizen, but I’ll have to admit to continually breaking this law because I still enjoy flirting with my children’s mom. Yep, even after all these years she still lights my fire and rings my bell.
During the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration the local folks will dye the San Antonio River green. There are all sorts of parades and elaborately decorated floats along the river each evening. For weeks and weeks after the parade anytime you happen to catch a fish in the river, it will be green, green catfish, green perch, and green bass. They say that rainbow trout will not live in the River because it’s not cold enough. Then again, it could be because they’d be too embarrassed.
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