October 18 in San Antonio history…

1902
Carl Hilmar Guenther who built the Guenther mills in 1859, died at his residence at 205 Guenther Street.  He was born in Germany and came to the U.S. as a young man in 1848.

1942
Thirty-four years ago, Ed Knowlton began delivering milk to San Antonio homes with horse and buggy.  This week Dobbin was back at the modern creamery and will supplement a fleet of streamlined milk trucks.

1969
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band play a concert at Hemisfair Arena