title: River Walk: The Epic Story of San Antonio's River
author:  Lewis F. Fisher 
description: 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award: Best Regional Book --<b>The Independent Book Publishers Association</b>&#60;br /&#62;&#60;br /&#62;In this new, beautifully organized and illustrated book, Fisher has produced a comprehensive account of every aspect of the San Antonio River's natural origins and social history. Fascinating for its unique historical photos, architectural drawings and paintings, with extensive footnotes for the truly dedicated reader, &#34;River Walk&#34; is an eloquently told take of how the river has become both a commercial success and a source of inspiration for all who stroll along its banks. . . . Perhaps this book's most valuable contribution to our understanding of the River Walk's dynamics is Fisher's treatment of its development from the 1960s to the present day, which is less well known than the stories of its early days. --<i><b>San Antonio Express-News</i></b>&#60;br /&#62;&#60;br /&#62;Lewis Fisher gets it right. . . . A solidly researched text eloquently presented with detailed footnotes and illustrated with historic photographs and architectural drawings. --<i><b>Texas Architect</i></b><br /><br />Lewis Fisher gets it right, . . . a solidly researched text eloquently presented with detailed footnotes and illustrated with historic photographs and architectural drawings. --Texas Architect<br /><br />2007 Benjamin Franklin Award: Best Regional Book --PMA, The Independent Book Publishers Association
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  # El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Willa Sibert Cather
  
  
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  * [II.](eldorado_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [III.](eldorado_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
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  ### I.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  PEOPLE who have been so unfortunate as to have travelled in western
  
  
  Kansas will remember the Solomon valley for its unique and peculiar
  
  
  desolation. The river is a turbid, muddy little stream, that crawls
  
  
  along between naked bluffs, choked and split by sand bars, and with
  
  
  nothing whatever of that fabled haste to reach the sea. Though there
  
  
  can be little doubt that the Solomon is heartily disgusted with the
  
  
  country through which it flows, it makes no haste to quit it. Indeed,
  
  
  it is one of the most futile little streams under the sun, and never
  
  
  gets anywhere. Its