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2. James Bowie - Wikipedia

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   Grass Fight. Battle of the Alamo. Signature. James Bowie ( / ˈbuːi / BOO-ee [1] [2] [3]) [a] (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave smuggler and trader, and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

3. Alamo Village - Wikipedia

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   The replica of the Alamo built for John Wayne's film The Alamo (1960). Alamo Village is a movie set and tourist attraction north of Brackettville, Texas, United States.It was the first movie location built in Texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for The Alamo (1960), directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Frankie Avalon.

4. Alamo, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Alamo is located in southern Hidalgo County at 26°11′6″N 98°7′4″W (26.185113, –98.117892). [6] It is bordered to the west by the city of San Juan and to the east by the city of Donna . According to the United States Census Bureau, Alamo has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18.4 km 2 ), all land.

5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas

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   San Jacinto Monument, La Porte. Fort Davis National Historic Site. Battleship Texas, La Porte. Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District. Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, Goliad. Dealey Plaza Historic District, Dallas. The Strand Historic District, Galveston. Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home, Johnson City. The Astrodome, Houston.

6. Alamo Mission - Wikipedia

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   The Alamo. /  29.42583°N 98.48611°W  / 29.42583; -98.48611. The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which ...

7. List of Alamo defenders - Wikipedia

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   List of Alamo defenders. Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born ...