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1 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) See a rough outline of the Alamo mission in 1836

2 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo E.G. Littlejohn. Texas Stories: The Alamo, Remember Goliad, Story of San Jacinto, No.4. (Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901). See photos of the Alamo in 1901.

3 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Homer S. Thrall. A Pictorial History of Texas: From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to AD 1879. (St. Louis, Missouri, 1879) Examine the plan of Alamo; note the size of the area which Travis and his men were responsible for defending.

4 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo “The Well at the Alamo.” The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-3608 Note the interior well Alamo defenders used throughout the siege, preventing Santa Anna from denying the Texans water

5 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) Read about one of the small skirmishes that occurred during the siege.

6 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) Read about the Mexican bombardment of the Alamo and the Texan defensive measures.

7 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Travis letter page one, courtesy of the Texas State Library And Archives Commission See Colonel William B. Travis’s original letter from the Alamo on 24 February 1836, the second day of the siege.

8 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Text Version courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/alamo/travis-02.html Read the text version of the Travis letter.

9 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Travis letter page two, courtesy of the Texas State Library And Archives Commission See Colonel William B. Travis’s original letter from the Alamo On 24 February 1836, the second day of the siege.

10 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Text Version courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/alamo/travis-03.html Read the text version of the Travis letter.

11 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Travis letter page three, courtesy of the Texas State Library And Archives Commission See the postscript (in pencil) added by courier Captain Albert Martin on 25 February to Colonel William B. Travis’s original letter from the Alamo. Lancelot Smither added his own note (in ink) when the letter arrived at Gonzales.

12 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Text Version courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/alamo/travis-04.html Read the text version of the Travis letter.

13 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Homer S. Thrall. A Pictorial History of Texas: From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to AD 1879. (St. Louis, MO: N.D. Thompson, 1879)

14 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Andrew Jackson Houston. Military Maps of the Texas Revolution (Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1938) Examine the Texan defenses of the Alamo.

15 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) Read about Santa Anna’s decision to direct assault the Alamo.

16 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Homer S. Thrall. A Pictorial History of Texas: From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers to A.D. 1879 (St. Louis, MO: N.D. Thompson, 1879) See a drawing of General Lopez de Santa Anna

17 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Homer S. Thrall. A Pictorial History of Texas: From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to AD 1879. (St. Louis, MO: N.D. Thompson, 1879) See a romanticized representation of the final battle for the Alamo.

18 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo See a 1901 photo of the San Fernando Cathedral, where a Texan scout rung the bells to warn of Santa Anna’s approach E.G. Littlejohn. Texas Stories: The Alamo, Remember Goliad, Story of San Jacinto, No.4. (Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901).

19 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) Read about Santa Anna’s assault against the Alamo’s walls on 6 March 1836.

20 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo E. G. Littlejohn. Texas Stories: The Alamo, Remember Goliad, Story of San Jacinto, No.4. (Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901) Examine a dramatized drawing of the hand to hand fighting as the surviving Texans fought to the last.

21 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo E. G. Littlejohn. Texas Stories: Sam Houston and David Crockett, No.3. (Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901), 34. See a representation of David Crockett.

22 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo E. G. Littlejohn. Texas Stories: Sam Houston and David Crockett, No.3. (Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901) Read a dramatized account of Crockett's death.

23 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo H. K. Yoakum. History of Texas: From its first settlement in 1685 to its annexation to the United States in 1846, Vol. 2 (NY: Redfield, 1855) Read a dramatized account of the aftermath of the battle of the Alamo.

24 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Santa Anna letter page one, courtesy of the Texas State Library And Archives Commission Text Version courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/alamo/santa-anna-letter-01.html See Santa Anna’s letter to McArdle explaining why the Alamo defenders had to die on 16 March 1874

25 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Read the text of the Santa Anna letter.

26 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Read the translation of the Santa Anna letter.

27 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Travis letter page three, courtesy of the Texas State Library And Archives Commission Text Version courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/alamo/santa-anna-letter-02.html See Santa Anna’s letter to McArdle explaining why the Alamo defenders had to die on 16 March 1874

28 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Read the text and translation of the Santa Anna letter.

29 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Portrait of Anson Jones, last president of the Republic of Texas. Anson Jones. Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, its History and Annexation. Including A Brief Autobiography of the Author. (NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1859)

30 University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Remember The Alamo Read Anson Jones’s comments on Travis and the Alamo. Anson Jones. Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, its History and Annexation. Including A Brief Autobiography of the Author. (NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1859)


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