This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Siege of the Alamo Begins A Century Ago Today
A century-old account recalls the arrival of the bulk of Santa Anna’s Mexican army at Bexar and the marching toward the Alamo. Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and volunteers prepared defences while townsfolk fled or fortified, leading to the infamous stand and the cry Victory or Death.
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Alamo
Begus
Santa Anne
Alazan
Texas
Span
Kittery
Senta Anne
Antonio Toper de Sante Anna
Medina
Bexar
Hexer
Santa Anna
Destiny
Mraniine
G. B. Jameson
San Felipe
Blar Herrera’y Reort
Wiliam Barrett Travis
Travis
M. Rodrigues
Rodrigues
Bergen Travis
Hio Granda
Thla Amis
San Fernando
John W. Smith
John W. Sutherland
Laredo
Prospect Hill
Smirth
Sutherland
Trevis
Dr. Sutherland
Smith
Seguin
Crockett
Commerce Street
James Bowie
Bowie
Carmen
Volunteers
Hejar
Santa Anita
Terma
Jose Baires
Jamey Bola
David Crockett
Betsy
Sonny; T
Tennessee
Hell