Cross Crockett St. from the Menger to the Alamo |
These stone walls & arcade were erected in 1920 |
Through the corridor towards the Alamo |
Into the courtyard east of the Alamo |
1950 Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library |
Over the fountain and back towards the Alamo |
View of fountain with Crockett St. entry background |
View of Alamo from Bonham St. entryway |
Alamo Hall was a former San Antonio fire station |
Alamo had cannon where the window now is in 1836 |
A nice collection of different cactus plants . . |
. . . make up the garden behind the Alamo |
Emily Morgan Hotel beyond the 1936 Sales Museum |
Back of the Alamo with 1920 curved concrete top |
View of Sales Museum beyond the acequia |
The acequia irrigation system brought water |
The rear exit of the Alamo points straight at . . . |
. . . the entrance to the 1936 Sales Museum |
A park guide tells the story of the battle for . . . |
. . . the Alamo in the Calvary Courtyard |
Convento Courtyard still has the missionary well |
Recognizing the 32 men from Gonzales at the Alamo |
The Alamo Shrine lies just beyond the Courtyard |
1914 Japanese monument comparing the 1575 Siege
of Nagashino Castle to the 1836 Alamo Battle |
The Long Barracks was 2 stories tall until the 2nd
floor was removed in 1913 & remained roofless
until refurbished in the late 1960s |
The US Army occupied the Alamo in 1849 and added
the 2nd floor windows, the roof, and distinctive
curved gable top facade |
Photos inside the Alamo found on the web
No photos allowed inside the shrine
Upper wall & arched ceiling were added much later |
View back to the front door & new (1920) arched roof |
Traditional and most remembered view of the Alamo |
The Long Barracks & Alamo are visited by many |
The Emily Morgan Hotel beyond the Long Barracks |
The Alamo Cenotaph was erected in 1939 |
Cenotaphs are tombs or monuments erected to
honor a person or persons whose remains are
elsewhere or their whereabouts unknown
Alamo defenders' bodies were burned in 3 funeral
pyres and left in ash heaps near the Alamo |
Perhaps the largest funeral pyre was located here |
The Centaph lists all the names of the Alamo
defenders, with Travis & Crockett standing out here,
Bonham and Bowie on the other side |
The Emily Morgan Hotel - the yellow rose of Texas |
The Medical Arts Bldg was built in 1924 and
converted to the Emily Morgan Hotel in 1984 |
Main post office was a Federal Public Works project
enacted during the Great Depression |
View from the Post Office of the Long Barracks |
Above & beyond the Barracks are modern structures |
Modern hotels and the Hemisphere Tower lie just
beyond the Alamo and Long Barracks |
William B. Travis' 24 February 1836 letter |
Nice shot of a night time Alamo |
Toss in the Emily Morgan Hotel for added effect |
Mission San Antonio de Valero, circa 1745 |
2nd church, the Alamo, began construction 1756 |
At the start of Mexican war of independence in 1811 |
Mexican General Cos fortified the Alamo in 1835 |
The Alamo, dawn of March 6th, 1836 |
Vacant Alamo in 1845 before US Army occupation |
The Alamo was surrendered to the Confederacy, 1861 |
The Alamo as a warehouse & mercantile in 1890 |
The first floor was a grocery business, the 2nd
floor was Gustav Toudouze's Alamo museum |
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas acquire the
Alamo in 1903 and remove the mercantile building |
The 2nd story of the long barracks removed in 1913
The Alamo was reroofed with concrete in 1922 |