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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 249
occupied by attractive residences
and dairies, etc.
Among others of thousands of
attractive nature-sceneries around
the Alamo City none-except per-
haps the old Missions, the Gov-
ernment I'ost and our beautiful
City Parks of late years-have
been admired more and have been
subjected to photo-reproduction
than the San Pedro Springs Park
and Zoological Garden, and the
)l(1 Bkrakl lilridg'e Park, with itscompany with an old friend and
formerly County Physician--Dr.
Robert Lee Winters of San An-
tonio; and another view of the
park shows some of the deer
scattered among the forest of
hackberry trees and shrubbery-
ia midwinter scenery, remninding
one of the large herds of deer
seen in olden times out on the
plains and hilly regions northwest
of San Antonio.
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.o .'sN ().!, TI (mn l , Sil i. ' s I IP Sc INEIr , \N() i'ND) A ATER-PO)Ol., SURRO)I.NI)EI) VITH H ISACHE, OAKS, HACKBERRY
ANI) MESQUITEi: TREES; NE.AR SAN ANTI)century-old forest trees, elegant
driveways, river-sceneries, flow-
er beds, and collection of wild an-
imals, including the buffalo, elk,
deer and a large number of ex-
ceedingly attractive fowls of va-
rious types and colors.
The photo herein gives a faint
idea of the beauty and attractive-
ness of this park, with
its moss-covered trees and shrub-
bery, taken many years ago inmost popular park-the San Pe-
dro Springs Park, with its impos-
ing shade trees-its oak, hack-
berry, poplar, willow, walnut, pe-
can, cottonwood, huisache and
other forest trees appeared more
attractive than now in its wild
and natural beauty; but most of
the old-time forest trees-some
over a century old, are there to-
day yet. There are attractive
walks, also the ancient and beau-
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/253/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.