SAPL : April 21 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

21 April 2022

1886
A letter in the Galveston Daily News today claims that the man responsible for naming San Jacinto Day was Charles P. Bickley, who died in 1880 in New Orleans. He was an actor, author and journalist, being the former editor of the San Antonio Herald.

1936
The Plaza Hotel and Mexican Business Men’s Association sponsor a “Venetian Night” featuring a water carnival and a parade of 18 gondolas on the San Antonio River. The success of this event leads to the development of the Riverwalk two years later.

1987
The refurbished copper Indian is returned to his place atop the old Missouri Pacific depot downtown. Castroville blacksmith Alan Lewis restored the Indian after it was found battered and bent in a nearby field when vandals removed it five years ago.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.