If there's one thing San Antonio is known for, it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler ...

Samuel Houston, like many of the other celebrated figures of the Alamo battle, was a relative newcomer to Texas. Background in Politics Under the mentorship of Andrew Jackson, Houston had risen ...

He answers questions about what it's like to visit the Alamo. Does the Alamo attract many tourists? The Alamo is the state's premiere tourist attraction. In any normal year, more than two and a ...

James Bowie, better known as Jim, had made a mark throughout the American South before the battle for the Alamo.He was wildly successful in both land speculation and the slave trade. He made a ...