...	■	The paving program eastward is now so well ad-
vanccd San Antonio will be connected by pavement with all points on the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida by the end of 1931.
The secret of course is that never has this Old Spanish Trail project been a promoter’s plaything. It was organized and has been directed by the people of the South.
Somehow it has seemed as though the spirit of the padres and the conquistadores flamed again in the soul of these Anglo-Saxon pioneers. We read the story of the Spaniards of those three centuries from St. Augustine to San Diego and marvel at their fortitude in the face of such hardships. We view the evidences of their works and marvel at their achievements. We who have watched these modern men from Florida to California rise to the demands of this southern
THE ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO
Mission San Antonio de Valero now^known ns the Alamo. Transferred from the Rio Grande in 171fif It is recognized ns the beginning of San Antonio. The corner '-tone of this building was laid May 8, 17-11. In 1762 a report stated the tower and sacristy had fallen and n quarried stone church of harmonious architecture was being built.
It was occupied by the Texas patriots In defense of San Antonio and for the Independence of Texas against Santa Ana and the Mexican army. The Alamo fell March 0, 1836. All the patriots were hilled. The defense of the Alamo Is one of the epic stories of the ages.