On March 12, 1836, six days after the fall of the Alamo, Gen. Sam Houston sent an urgent message to Goliad ordering Philip Dimmit to meet him at Gonzales. Few Anglo-Americans came to Texas earlier ...

Nearly 200 years after the historic battle, Texans are still fighting over how exactly to remember the Alamo. Officials in San Antonio are preparing to break ground on a $550 million project that ...

Usually we remember the sites of victories -- not defeats. What makes the fall of the Alamo so memorable? Almost as soon as the smoke cleared, the Alamo and its defenders transcended mere history ...

Juana's husband, Dr. Horace Alsbury, had left the Alamo on February 23, the day the Mexicans arrived, probably seeking a safe place for his family. The couple reunited after the fall of the Alamo ...

Tucker opens by noting that while much controversy about the fall of the Alamo revolves around the arguments about how David Crockett died, did Travis really draw a "line in the sand," and other ...

The Runaway Scrape, an arduous evacuation of a panicked sea of humanity fleeing eastward during Santa Anna’s 1836 Texas campaign, has been overshadowed by stories of the Alamo and San Jacinto.

SAN ANTONIO — Construction continues on what the Alamo Trust says will be a "world-class" museum spotlighting the legacy of the San Antonio landmark, and we now have a better idea of what the ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Alamo is undoubtedly the most recognizable and photographed structure in San Antonio. But its shape is not unique. Around the Alamo City, there are nearly a dozen structures ...