Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
William Barret Travis Historical Marker in Anahuac, Texas William B. Travis, painted by Henry Arthur McArdle, years after Travis's death, using a stand-in as a model. In May 1831, upon his arrival in Mexican Texas , a part of northern Mexico at the time, Travis purchased land from Stephen F. Austin , who appointed him counsel from the United ...
Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Joe Travis (c. 1815 – Unknown) was an enslaved man who was one of the only survivors of the Battle of the Alamo.Joe was sold four times in his life, with his most well known owner being William B. Travis, [1] a 19th century lawyer and soldier, who would later serve as one of the commanding officers at The Battle of the Alamo.
The Alamo is a 1960 American epic historical war film about the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett.The film also co-stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and features: Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Ruben Padilla as ...
Travis Calvin Jackson (November 2, 1903 – July 27, 1987) was an American baseball shortstop. ... and his wife Etta, who named their son after William B. Travis, ...
Juana Gertrudis Navarro Alsbury (1812 – July 23, 1888) was one of the few Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution in 1836. As Mexican forces entered her hometown, San Antonio de Bexar, on February 23, Alsbury's cousin by marriage, James Bowie, brought her with him to the Alamo Mission so that he could protect her.
Dickinson was the wife of defender Almaron Dickinson. After the battle, Santa Anna sent Dickinson and William Barret Travis's slave Joe to Gonzales to warn the Texian colonists of the dangers of opposing Santa Anna. [15] [27] [41] Philip Dimmitt: Captain of a company of soldiers: 1801–1841: Dimmitt left the Alamo on February 23 to gather ...
William Levy and Elizabeth Gutiérrez. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Telenovela stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez and William Levy have not had an easy road as a couple. Although their relationship ...
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World, commonly referred to as the Victory or Death letter, [1] is an open letter written on February 24, 1836, by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo, to settlers in Mexican Texas.