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The Crockett Hotel is a hotel in San Antonio, Texas, which overlooks The Alamo, and is a San Antonio historic landmark itself. It was built by the local Oddfellows' Lodge who occupied a portion of the hotel until they sold it in 1978. [2] View over Alamo grounds from the hotel. Built in 1909, [3] one of three hotels built in downtown San ...
Many Texas schools are named after James Bonham, for example, in the cities of Abilene, Amarillo, Bryan, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen, Houston, McAllen, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, San Antonio, and Temple. "Flat Grove", Bonham's home in Saluda, is the only known birthplace of an Alamo defender still in existence. It is maintained as a museum.
Bonham is a city and is the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 10,408 at the 2020 census. [ 6 ] James Bonham (the city's namesake) sought the aid of James Fannin (the county's namesake) at the Battle of the Alamo .
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 American folk heroes James Bowie and Davy Crockett were killed. [4]
Bonham State Park is a 261-acre (1.06 km 2) state park located in Bonham, Texas (in Fannin County, northeast of Dallas). [2] It includes a 65-acre (260,000 m 2 ) lake, rolling prairies, and woodlands.
The Sam Rayburn House is located on about 2 acres (0.81 ha) on the south side of Texas Highway 56, on the western outskirts of Bonham. The property includes the main house, a storage building, shed, garage, wellhouse, and barn. The main house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main ...
The siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was the first thirteen days of the Battle of the Alamo.On February 23, Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, and surrounded the Alamo Mission.
The tallest office building in San Antonio. [7] 3 Grand Hyatt San Antonio: 424 (129) 34 Hotel / Residential 2008 A 1,000 room hotel that was the tallest building in San Antonio completed in the 2000s. [8] 4 Tower Life Building: 404 (123) 30 Vacant 1928 First known as the Smith-Young Tower. Also on the National Register of Historic Places. It is ...