Chili Queens and small local businesses gave way to larger commercial developments, which began to take over Alamo Plaza and the Long Barrack. This commercial enterprise exploited the Alamo and its importance to the people of Texas and caused damage to the historic buildings of the old mission and fort. A few local women decided to take a stand and ensure the preservation of what remained of the Shrine of Texas Liberty.
It is due to these efforts that the we are able to honor the history of the Alamo today. Remember the Alamo. Credit: The Alamo Collection. The Alamo Story. Take a chronological journey through Texas history, explored through the eyes of the Alamo. Credit: Phil Collins Texana Collection. Credit: Texas General Land Office. Travis, and David Crockett as men who died defending the Alamo, but there were about others there during the Battle. Some immigrated legally, adopting Mexican culture and Catholicism, but others came illegally.
By the end of the s, Anglo American immigrants outnumbered the Mexican population. When the government in Mexico City tried to remove them from Texas and regain control of the region, violence broke out between immigrants and those loyal to Mexico.
After a period of mismanagement by the distant Mexican government, Texans of both American and Mexican heritage organized a rebellion in October of to push out the Mexican government and form the independent Republic of Texas. In January, the rebels received news that Mexican General Santa Anna was marching north with a large army, but the disorganized Texan government could not get enough reinforcements to the Texan rebels in The Alamo in time.
A force of 5, Mexican soldiers arrived in San Antonio on February The only survivors were a small number of noncombatants, mostly women and children. Of the who died, 13 were native Texans with 11 of the 13 Tejanos, Texans of Mexican descent. Forty-one were born in Europe and the rest were from the United States. Ultimately, the Texas army, which American native Samuel Houston led, won the war and forced Santa Anna to concede Texas to the rebels.
In , the Church leased the property to the U. It passed to the Confederacy and then back to the U. A private citizen purchased the convento from the Church in , and in , the State of Texas bought the chapel. In , the Texas governor acquired the convent and bestowed the entire complex upon the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who managed the historic site until the early s. Today the site is overseen by the Texas State Land Office.
Beginning in the early s, Spanish military troops were stationed in the abandoned chapel of the former mission. The migration of U. Travis had taken command of Texan forces in San Antonio. These defenders, who despite later reinforcements never numbered more than , included Davy Crockett , the famous frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee , who had arrived in early February.
On February 23, a Mexican force comprising somewhere between 1, and 6, men according to various estimates and commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort.
The Texans held out for 13 days, but on the morning of March 6 Mexican forces broke through a breach in the outer wall of the courtyard and overpowered them. Santa Anna ordered his men to take no prisoners, and only a small handful of the Texans were spared. One of these was Susannah Dickinson , the wife of Captain Almaron Dickinson who was killed and her infant daughter Angelina.
The Mexican forces also suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of the Alamo, losing between and 1, men. From March to May, Mexican forces once again occupied the Alamo. For the Texans, the Battle of the Alamo became a symbol of heroic resistance and a rallying cry in their struggle for independence.
The victory ensured the success of Texan independence : Santa Anna, who had been taken prisoner, came to terms with Houston to end the war. In , the United States annexed Texas. For many years afterward, the U. Army quartered troops and stored supplies at the Alamo.
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