Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1850, San Antonio ya zama birni mafi girma a Texas da mutane 8,235, yana jagorantar daga Galveston. An karfafa shi ta hanyar gina tashar jirgin kasa ta farko a 1877, da kuma
mummunan hadari da ya afkawa Galveston, San Antonio ya sake zama birni mafi girma a jihar a 1900. Ya kasance a saman wuri har zuwa 1930, lokacin da Dallas da Houston suka wuce Alamo City. Ya haɗu da birnin zuwa manyan kasuwanni da kuma "ƙarin" al'ummar Amurka.