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can army for eleven days, until all the 

 defenders were killed (see page 1335). 



The old missions near the city are San 

 Jose, four miles south, founded in 1720, 

 a year later than the Alamo; San Juan 

 and San Espada, still further south, both 

 founded in 1731, and Conception de la 

 Acuna, two miles south, also founded in 

 1731. The Cathedral of San Fernando, 

 in the center of the Mexican quarter of 

 the city, dates from 1734 and is still in 

 use. Other points of interest are the old 

 stone blockhouse at San Pedro Springs, 

 the Spanish Governors' palace on Mili- 

 tary Plaza, and the entirely modern Fort 

 Sam Houston, costing $3,800,000, which 



is the second largest military post in the 

 United States. 



Dallas is a close second to San Antonio 

 in population, and, having a somewhat 

 more rapid rate of increase, she is likely 

 to outstrip the older town. Her popula- 

 tion now is close to 100,000, and her large 

 manufacturing interests and prosperous 

 surrounding country are strong factors 

 of her prosperity. 



Dallas is located in the north-central 

 part of the State, only 30 miles east of 

 the large city of Fort Worth, so that the 

 metropolitan interests of that part of the 

 State are somewhat divided. Within a 

 lOO-mile radius of Dallas reside one-third 



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