A bill racing through the Texas Legislature would put the historic site under a commission made up of the governor, ...

Asignificant new book about the Alamo is almost a pop-up history of Texas's most historic site. The Illustrated Alamo 1836: A Photographic Journey by Mark Lemon is a full-color coffee-table book ...

Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. Texas was a contested territory, and by 1836 the Alamo had become a military outpost as Texans fought to win independence. That February, 189 Texan ...

William Barret Travis's famed "Victory or Death" letter, written inside the walls of the besieged Alamo on Feb. 24, 1836, is one of the most important historical documents in Texas. It's also one of ...

However, the brave defenders could have been elsewhere. In early 1836, General Sam Houston gave orders to Jim Bowie: report to the Alamo, destroy it, round up the Texans there, and fall back east.

and then actually feel what the families felt when they were in here during the battle of 1836,” said Pam Jary Rosser, Alamo conservator. The room’s color palette is similar to frescoes at ...

So much so, in fact, that many people call San Antonio the "Alamo City." The only portions of the 1836 compound that remain are the church and the lower floor of the long barracks -- and air ...

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 ...

In 1836, at the time of the famous 13-day siege, the Alamo church sat inside a walled fortress. How the Alamo should be restored and integrated into the growing city of San Antonio has been a ...

Commissioners Court Monday voted to approve Auditor Mellissa Smith to publish bids for pugmill services for all four ...

After a late start and some confusion, a bill that would overhaul management and oversight of the Alamo is speeding through the Legislature. A new, five-member Alamo Commission consisting of the ...