Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part II (Alamo: resort, conditioner)

[Macgrad89]

Question for the masses: When the Central Park Sears opened in 1968, there was a fountain on the lower level of the store between the escalators. The fountain was called the Rose Window Fountain because the pool was in the shape of the Rose Window at Mission San Jose. Does anyone know when this fountain was removed? I think it was in the mid-90s when it disappeared and became floor space. It was a unique aspect of that Sears.

Thanks,

Macgrad89

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by Macgrad89

For those wondering about the Wonder Theater and where it was at Wonderland (couldn't resist the wonders), it was on the 410 side along the access road and just west of where Dave and Buster's is now. The Wonder came down 25 years ago in 1987. Amazing that it's been that long.

Macgrad89 (back after a long absence...)

I remember back before they tore it down the had a hunted house there every year.

[rctsat]

There was a post a few days ago about this place, the Western Village. It was built in '68, I remember because several of my friends and I helped to build it my senior year of high school. The lumber came from homes and businesses that had been torn down to build Hemisfair downtown. That wood was so hard a lot of times you had to drill a hole to get a nail into it. It was the type of lumber I don't think you could buy today for any amount of money, 20ft 2x12's with out a knot, and rough cut it was full dimensional stuff.
The people that owned and built it were the Pearl Gunslingers as mentioned earlier Bob Dale was one of the principal men involved the other I remember was Peter Kutzer ( hope i spelled it correctly) he played the sheriff or Marshall, wore knee-high boots, flat brimmed black hat and had a long handlebar mustache. When the Folklife Festival started up at the Institute of Texan Cultures the Pearl Gunslingers used to preform there. They were a great bunch of guys who loved hamming it up for the crowd and bringing a little taste of the "Old West" to modern San Antonio.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Macgrad89

For those wondering about the Wonder Theater and where it was at Wonderland (couldn't resist the wonders), it was on the 410 side along the access road and just west of where Dave and Buster's is now. The Wonder came down 25 years ago in 1987. Amazing that it's been that long.

Macgrad89 (back after a long absence...)

They also had Chinese plum trees growing along the sides of the theater. My friends and I, little vandals that we were, would crush and throw them at each other while waiting for a movie to start. I even ate one once, not a very good idea.....

[*mud*]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

They also had Chinese plum trees growing along the sides of the theater. My friends and I, little vandals that we were, would crush and throw them at each other while waiting for a movie to start. I even ate one once, not a very good idea.....

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.....loquats. taste great.

the one you ate musta notta been ripe.........
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[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by *mud*

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.....loquats. taste great.

the one you ate musta notta been ripe.........
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It definitely was not ripe. Growing up in SA, I was clearly unaware of Chinese agriculture.

[huckster]

So that is what those Chinese Plums were. I used to eat them also when a kid.
Seeds were too large.
Persimmons, not so good.

Originally Posted by *mud*

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.....loquats. taste great.

the one you ate musta notta been ripe.........
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[*mud*]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

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It definitely was not ripe.



Growing up in SA, I was clearly unaware of Chinese agriculture.

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I grew up here also.

earlyist I remember eating that fruit is about 1957.

that woulda been near San Pedro and Oblate.

then I was light enough to climb up into the tree to gorge.

some years are good for the fruit. others not.

in the good years, ya gotta get to em before the birds do.

I likem best with the skin peeled off.

last loquat snack was about a month ago over near Trinity University.
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Originally Posted by huckster

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So that is what those Chinese Plums were. I used to eat them also when a kid.



Seeds were too large.



Persimmons, not so good.

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the slimy seeds can be pinched out between thumb and forefinger like bullets.
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[huckster]

Now- I can remember doing that ! I had forgotten about that trick, pinching out of
the 2 seeds of Chinese Plums. Had to be reminded of it.
Grandparents had a fig tree in their yard that grew some very good figs. Backyard peaches are very good
here too.
I have raised some pretty good sized watermelons from seed on the Southside of town....when I was a kid.
Nothing enormous or prize winning, 2 to 2/12 feet. Nothing to do as far as diversions back then ,
we actually did constructive things back then to kill time.
But WTH the seeds and melons were free and when I was a kid that was remarkable enough!

[txghost]

hey Mud,

Do you have any information on the history of the Hall of Horns at the Buckhorn Saloon. I believe the Keilman family was connected to it somehow...at least thats the story I remember from growing up. They are old friends of the family although they are getting old now. This time period was somewhere around the 1920's that I believe it all started....any comments?