Main/Military Plaza in San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Draws a Revolver and Fires Away

A Journey Through Texas, Frederick Law Olmsted, 1857

— Main Plaza —

Draws a Revolver and Fires Away Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 9, 2021

1. Draws a Revolver and Fires Away Marker

Inscription. The street affrays are numerous and characteristic. More often than otherwise, the parties meet upon the plaza by chance, and each, on catching sight of his enemy, draws a revolver and fires away. As the actors are under more or less excitement, their aim is not apt to be of the most careful and sure, consequently it is not seldom the passers-by that suffer.

Erected 2008 by Bexar County and the city of San Antonio.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Law Enforcement.

Location. 29° 25.469′ N, 98° 29.602′ W. Marker is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. It is in Main/Military Plaza. It can be reached from the intersection of Dolorosa and Main Plaza. The marker lays flat on the ground in the Main Plaza grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Dolorosa, San Antonio TX 78205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the

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Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sinister Enticements (here, next to this marker); The Rioters (a few steps from this marker); American Dancers (a few steps from this marker); Plaza Principal (a few steps from this marker); The Casas Reales (within shouting distance of this marker); Council House (within shouting distance of this marker); Games of Chance (within shouting distance of this marker); The Old Cathedral (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Antonio.

Regarding Draws a Revolver and Fires Away. When visiting Main Plaza, be sure to look for and locate all 30 significant, historical pavers embedded into the floor of the plaza.

Also see . . . Frederick Law Olmsted.

Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He was the father of American landscape architecture.
Photographed by James Hulse, August 9, 2021

2. The view of the Draws a Revolver and Fires Away Marker in front of the cathedral
Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his partner Calvert Vaux. Olmsted and Vaux's first project was Central Park, which resulted in many other urban park designs, including Prospect Park in New York City and Cadwalader Park in Trenton. He headed the pre-eminent landscape architecture and planning consultancy of late nineteenth-century America, which was carried on and expanded by his sons, Frederick Jr and John C, under the name Olmsted Brothers. Source: Wikipedia

(Submitted on December 25, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Frederick Law Olmsted image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - James Notman, The World's Work, 1903, circa 1893

3. Frederick Law Olmsted

Engraving of image later published in Century Magazine

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 26, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.