Scholz Garten

While in Austin, you should visit Scholz Garten.  They have a good selection of beers on tap, including some great german imports.  The food is decent with german favorites such as schnitzel and bratwurst.  Don’t forget the side of their excellent German Potato Salad.  The seating for this place is huge, including a couple banquet halls and a stage for live music.  An Austin institution.  To the right of the door, you will see the Austin Landmark medallion.  And to the right of the next window, is the Texas Historical Marker.  Marker number 12245, erected 1967.

Text:  German immigrant August Scholz (1825-1891) opened Scholz’s Hall at this site in 1866. About the turn of the century, this building replaced the original hall. A German social club, the Austin Saengerrunde, purchased the property in 1908 and added the adjacent hall. The Texas legislature honored Scholz Garten in 1966 as “A gathering place for Texans of discernment, taste, culture and erudition, epitomizing the finest traditions of magnificent German heritage in our state.”

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Emma Tenayuca

The third of three marker/monument photos I took on that cold and wet day in San Antonio, Tx.  I was crossing Milam Square after leaving Market Square (the old Produce Market) and saw there were a more than a few markers and monuments to be seen in the park.  I took a couple quick photos, mid-30 temps with drizzle rushed things.  Solid base instead of the normal metal post.  Marker number 16245 Erected in 2009.

Text:  During the 1930s, San Antonio native Emma Tenayuca was a prominent leader of a movement that fought deplorable working conditions, discrimination and unfair wages on behalf of the city's working poor. As a child, Tenayuca had often visited the Plaza Del Zacate (now Milam Park), where residents gathered to discuss politics and civil issues in the days before Spanish radio programming. These visits awakened in her awareness of injustice, and she converted her concern into action. Tenayuca joined the Workers Alliance of America and other activist political organizations because of their philosophy in favor of workers' rights. As a gifted and compassionate orator, she organized and participated in many demonstrations in support of San Antonio workers. In 1938, Tenayuca led thousands of pecan shellers, most of whom were Hispanic women, to walk off the job in protest of proposed pay cuts. San Antonio served as the center of the U.S. shelling industry, and typical salaries ranged from only two to three dollars per week. The strike was one of the first successful actions in the Mexican-American struggle for political and social justice. Unable to find work in Texas in part because of her political activities, Tenayuca relocated to California in 1945, where she earned an undergraduate degree. She returned quietly to San Antonio in the late 1960s, and earned a master's degree and worked as a reading teacher at Harlandale I.S.D. in South Bexar County until her retirement in 1982. Tenayuca died in 1999, leaving behind a legacy of courage and compassion.

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