A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO Mexico had its hands full with Texas—the northern portion of its state Coahuila y Tejas—in 1835. Many...
The Kindled Flame 1835
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Sam Houston and the Alamo
Did Sam Houston ever call the Alamo a death trap? Did he order Jim Bowie to burn it down and to get out of the area? Historian, Bob Palmquist wrote:...
Bowie Knives
Several movies were made in the 1950s, about the Alamo and Jim Bowie. The lyrics of a popular song were, “What a Man was six feet six Jim Bowie, Big...
Ask the Marshall
What illness did Jim Bowie have that confined him to a cot just before the final Mexican attack on the Alamo?