San Antonio Traction Company $500 Gold Bond rare-original-maps-and-documents Galveston was closer to the

Galveston was closer to the mail population centers of early Texas

This snapshot of the young State of Texas includes towns

The town's early developers wanted to found a great deep water port city on the Gulf of Mexico

All of the land

Santa Anna sent the flag back to his government in Mexico City

San Antonio Traction Company $500 Gold Bond rare-original-maps-and-documents Galveston was closer to theSan Antonio Streetcar service began in 1878, a little over a year since the first railroad reached the city. The first cars were pulled by horses and mules through the dusty, muddy and ever expanding city. Streetcars were electrified in 1890 and peaked in 1926 with over 90 miles of track proving a faster and more efficient method of transportation for downtown San Antonio and surrounding areas. This $500 Gold Coupon Bond for the San Antonio Traction