See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Andrea Castañón Story.
Life Lesson #24 – Stand For Something.
Robert Hugman was a very young boy in the very early 1900s, and he loved fishing on the river near his home in San Antonio, Texas. In fact, Robert’s special river was called River San Antonio. Not only was it a great place to go fishing, but Robert had heard the stories about how Spanish explorers first discovered the beautiful river in 1691. He could have told you how those Spanish explorers had used the river San Antonio to supply water to the missions they built nearby. The very first one of those missions to get water from Robert’s river was the Alamo!
Throughout the years, there had been problems with flooding when the river overflowed its banks. Robert was only 19 years old in the year 1921, when there was such a terrible flood that 50 people were killed in downtown San Antonio, and a lot of property was destroyed. The city officials were trying to find the best way to solve the problems of flooding. Soon afterward, Robert had gone to college to become an architect. That’s when he created a wonderful plan for making the San Antonio River safe and beautiful.
Today, millions of people from around the world visit the San Antonio Riverwalk designed by young Robert. Although it took a lot of people to carry out Robert’s plans he is known as the “Father of the San Antonio Riverwalk.”
Yes, because he cared about something that was very special to him, and because he studied hard to learn how to design something so great that little Robert Hugman grew up to become a HERO.
– Jim Lord