SAPL : February 22 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

22 February 2022

1885
U.S. Marshal Hal Gosling of San Antonio is shot to death by a bandit on a train south of New Braunfels.

1937
The Ripley’s Believe It or Not appearing in the San Antonio Light features a dog owned by Mr. C. F. Schultz of St. Paul, Minnesota (right). A picture of the dog is drawn by his son, Sparky. Charles “Sparky” Schultz. The dog is named Spike, and will be the model for Snoopy in the future “Peanuts” comic strip.

1999
Amtrak opens a new passenger station between Sunset Station and the Alamodome.

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