PIONEER DAYS ON THE TRAIL
Snn Antonio’s Old Time Importance
Trails from early times have existed between San Antonio and San Diego. Snn Antonio was the meeting place and clearing house for the North and East and Mexico and California. The Snn Fernando Cathedral plaza at San Antonio was the terminal and changing point for all the trails. The Old Spanish Trail monument now stands by the Cathedral.
In 1772 the King of Spain ordered a chain of missions and presidios from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of California with San Antonio, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico as the northern outposts. After the Mexican War, 1846-47, the United States established a chain of forts as indicated In the old advertisement below. Then came the perilous overland Journeys—the little courageous groups, the mule pack-trains, later the freighters with (heir strings of mules and groaning wagons, thou the fast stagecoach, then the railroad and now the motor highway.
(Reproduced by Old Spanish Trail from Texas Almanac of 1850)
OVERLAND T9 THE PACIFIC
The San Antonio aitS San Diego Hail-Line
rnniS LINE which has been In successful operation since July, 1857, 13 JL ticketing PASSENGERS, through to San Diego, nn<l also to nil Intermediate stations. Passengers and E gress matter forwarded In NEW COACHES ' : six mules over the entire length of our Line, excepting the Colo-
rado Desert, of ICO miles, which i
mule back. Passengers guar-
Fort Bliss,
El Paso,
Fort Fillmore, La Mcsilla,
Tucson, Arizona, Fort Yuma, Sah Diego
Line leave semi-monthly from each end, on the 9th 1th.each mall
ed In their tickets to ride In Coaches, excepting the 100 miles, above united.
PASSENGERS TICKETED TO AND FROM SAN ANTONIO AND Fort Clark,
Fort Hudson,
Fort Lancaster,
Fort Davis,
The Coaches of our	.	____
and 21th of each month, at C o’clock, A. JL An armed escort travels through the Indian country train, for the protection of the mails and passengers..
Passengers are provided with provisions during the.trip except whore the Coach stops at Public Houses along the Line, at which each Passenger Will pay for his own meal.
Each Passenger Is allowed thirty pounds of personal baggage, exclusive of blankets and nrm3.
Passengers coming to Sun Antonio can take the line of mall steamers from New Orleans twice a week to Indlanota. from the latter place thcro Is. a dally line of four horse mail coaches direct to tils place.
On the Pacific side the California Steam Navigation Company are running a first class steamer, semi-monthly, to and from San Francisco aud San Diego
FARE ON THIS LINE AS FOLLOWS, INCLUDING RATION'S
San Antonio to San Diego, 5200	San Antonio to El Paso. $100
“	“ Tucson,	150	Intermediate stations 15c per mllo
Extra baggage, when carried, -10 cents per pound to El Paso, and ?1 per pound to San Diego.
Passengers can obtain nil necessary outfits In San Antonio.
For further information, and for the purchase of tl«*ko*s. apply at tho office of the Company In this city, or address I. C. WOODS. Superintendent of the Hue, care of American Coal Company, 50 Exchange Place,
G. H. G1DDINGS R. E. DOYLE,
Proprietors.