San Antonio Mission February 12th, 2010

You have found a great room at one of the luxury San Antonio Texas hotels on this site and you are looking for the sights you want to visit while you are there. The Riverwalk is a fantastic experience and it does take you to some of the main attractions in the area. One of these must sees is of course The Alamo. It has been a while since your high school history class so maybe you are a little fuzzy on the details of the Alamo. So here is a small refresher before you visit the most famous place in Texas.

The Alamo, also called San Antonio de Valero, is a mission that was established in 1718 by the Spanish in an attempt to convert the native Indians to Christianity. The Franciscan monks were there for about 75 years and left the mission to who ever needed it at any given time. Different military troops camped there at different times. The native Indians would live in side and others who were just passing by would stop in for a rest. In 1836, as the states and country was developing there came the Texas Revolution. A conflict over land between the settlers in Texas and the government of Mexico. The Alamo would be a major turning point for the conflict.

Texans were forcing there hand for more land and pushed the Mexican Army south back into Mexico. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna didn’t like that much so he decided to push back. He marched his troops back into the area and waged an assault on the Alamo which housed James Bowie and William B Travis and their men. The battle began with small skirmishes which gave the Texans the chance to realize they may be out numbers. Travis wrote letters to get more supplies and men but not much came to him. All but two Texan men were killed in the battle and the Mexican army won. This started a state riot that brought many angry Texans and other fighters from the rest of the country to fight for revenge and lead to a win for Texans in the Battle of San Jacinto only a month later.

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