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Riverside Park
is free, but should Cost be a consideration?
These are actually
two side trips, but are connected because of one incident. This is the absolute
must-see-must-do of your trip to Gonzales. South of town (183) you'll see the
park and a nine-hole golf course. The park itself offers picnic
tables along the Guadalupe
River and a duck pond and swimming pool, although the restrooms are currently
out of order due to last years flooding. Use the new facilities next to the fire
station.
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photo | | There's
a good view of the dam (if you are observant) which provided Gonzales
with the means to be self-sufficient. | |
| A
mill, an ice factory and an electrical generating plant all
owed their existence to the surge of water over this structure. |  | Ice
Plant
Photo
courtesy of Gonzales County Records Center | |
Champion Bloodweed | | The
golf course (with extremely reasonable greens fees) ends at the river.
The vegetation on the other side of the river is primarily bloodweed which grows
to a size that must be seen to be believed. Our
humble suggestion to Gonzales is to add a tenth hole to the golf course and install
blades beneath the golf carts. | |
The
opposite bank is the site where the "old eighteen"
stalled the Mexican request for the cannon they had been loaned.
.... Cost, and the Battle/Skirmish/Fracas
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