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- The Alamo -By Emily Guthrie
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Mission San Antonio de Valero, later became famous as the Alamo, was established in 1718
The Alamo was not even called the alamo. At first it was originally called Mission San Antonio de Valero. Then a few decades later it became famous as the Alamo. -
Construction began on the present site in 1724. In 1793, Spanish officials secularized San Antonio's five missions and distributed their lands to the remaining Indian residents.
The Alamo was not even built yet in the yeay of 1723. It first began construction in 1724. AT that time it was not called the Alamo. A Few decades later it became knonwn as the Alamo. The state of Texas now calls it the Alamo. -
February 24, 1836--Santa Anna arrived at Bejar with the first part of his army and the siege of the Alamo began.
On February 24, 1836 Santa Anna arrived at Bejar.with him he had the first part of an army. The back peice was was scared.They had to go and make the other half have courage. -
In 1793, the mission was secularized and soon abandoned. Ten years later, it became a fortress housing the Mexican Army group the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras, who likely gave the mission
The Americans had a mission of christianity. They wanted to make more people beleive in what they did.In 1793 the mission was abandoned. A decade later, the mission was soon begin again. -
They alamo had first started construction, it ended on the present site in 1724. In 1793,it ended
The building if the Alamo, was started in 1724. It ended in 1793 it took a total of 9 years to build the Alamo. The Alamo is very famous today. -
In 1793, the mission was secularized and soon abandoned. Ten years later, it became a fortress housing the Mexican Army group the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras, who likely gave the mission the name "Alamo
There was a mission at the Alamo, but it was secularizedand then abandoned. -
JIM BOWIE-BORN 1796; DIED DEFENDING THE ALAMO IN 1836
James Bowie was a good man. He died defending the alamo. He was born is 1796- 1836 -
The Alamo was surrendered by Mexican forces to General Martin Perfecto de Cos in 1835 in the middle of the Texas Revolution
The mexicans were in a fight with the Americans. The Mexicans surrendered the Alamo. It happned by Mexican forces to General Martin. -
Letter from Daniel William Cloud of Kentucky, a defender of the Alamo, en route to San Antonio, dated Dec. 26, 1835.
A letter soon came to the Alamo from Daniel William Cloud. Daniel lived in Kentucky. He was also a defender of the Alamo. -
William Barret Travis, Jim Bowie and other gallant men defended the Alamo against superior odds in 1836 buying General Sam Houstor precious time to build and train an army to fight Santa Anna's army.
William Barret Travis was another defender of the Alamo.He was agaisnt superior odds. -
February 3, 1836--Travis returned to Bejar in early February and joined the Texas garrison at the Alamo, under the combined leadership of Jim Bowie and Colonel James C. Neill.
Trvis soon returned to Bejar in February 1836. He joined the Texas Garrison at hte Alamo. Under leadership of jim Bowie. -
February 3, 1836--Travis returned to Bejar in early February and joined the Texas garrison at the Alamo, under the combined leadership of Jim Bowie and Colonel James C. Neill.
Travis soon returned to Bejar. ALso going to the Alamo. -
February 8, 1836--Davy Crockett arrived at the Alamo with 12 Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
Davy Crockett arrived at the alamo in 1836. With 12 volunteeres. -
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise.
General Antonio Lopez arrived at the Alamo. With his Army. -
A letter from one A. Bynum of Woodville, written from Goliad on March 9th, 1836, discusses the Alamo as well.
A letter from A. Bynum came. He lived in Woodville. It was writtien from Goliad. -
In 1836, Col. William B. Travis, James Bowie, Davy Crockett, and almost 200 other Texan volunteers occupied the Alamo
In 1836 William Travis and Davy Crockett and James Bowie and about 200 other soldiers came to the Alamo -
The Alamo is now "the most popular tourist site in Texas".[1] The Alamo has been the subject of numerous non-fiction works beginning in 1843.
When the Alamo was first built in 1724.In was not yet famous. It is now the Most famous site in Texas. -
In the early 1800s, the Spanish military stationed a cavalry unit at the former mission. The soldiers referred to the old mission as the Alamo (the Spanish word for "cottonwood") in honor of their hometown Alamo de Parras
In the early 1800s the Spanish militarystationed a calvary unit. -
According to Alamo legend and lore there were supposedly no deaths before the 6th day.
According to the Alamo legened and lore, there were supposedly no deaths before the 6th day of the war. -
In 1849, several years after Texas was annexed to the United States, the US Army began renting the facility for use as a quartermaster's depot
Several years after Texas was annexied. The army began renting the facilty for the use of use as a quartermasteres dopot. -
The Alamo was officially returned by the Republic of Texas to the Catholic Church in 1841
The was officially returned to the public of texas in 1841. -
The US Army abandoned the mission in 1876 after nearby Fort Sam Houston was established.
The u.s. army abandoned a very important mission in 1876, after fort sam houston was established. -
In 1905, Adina de Zavala and Clara Driscoll successfully convinced the legislature to purchase the buildings and to name the DRT permanent custodians of the site.
In 1905 Zavala and Driscoll succesfully convinced to the name of the Drt permanent custodiens off the site. -
As a result of the feud, Texas governor Oscar B. Colquitt briefly took the complex under state control and began restorations in 1912; the site was given back to the DRT later that year.
There was a huge fued at the alamo and as a result of it, The texas governer gave the site back to DRT, later that year. -
In 1793, the mission was actually abandoned and then ten years later became a fortress for the Mexican Army. Many people say that it was probably this group that gave the site the name Alamo.
In 1793 the mission WAS actullay abandined and the nten years later, he became a fortress for the Mexicans at the Alamo.
