From the battle cry “Remember the Alamo!” to modern times, the legend of the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, has inspired generations of artists to interpret the drama of the Texas revolutionaries defending the Alamo Mission and its inhabitants—many of them women and children—against the onslaught of Mexican General Santa Ana’s forces. — “Battle of the Alamo” by Percy Moran, ca. 1912, Courtesy Library of Congr

True West February 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Women of the Alamo
- Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
- What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
- What Can You Tell Me About Wild Bunch Associate Laura Bullion?
- Grand Canyon’s Grand Meals
- Western Events for February 2019
- Oregon at 160
- Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch
- Battle of the Plaza
- Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
- Were any Arizona Rangers Involved in Gunfights in Mexico?
- A Noose and a Scoop
- The Oatman Party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph Site when they were Massacred in 1851. Could that have been a Factor in the Attack?
- What Were Frontier Dentists Able to Do Medically Besides Pull Teeth and Make Primitive Dentures?