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	San Antonio: History - Alamo Dominates Early History, Statehood's Aftermath
		Mission San Antonio was secularized (removed from Church control) in 1793, and the city was incorporated in 1809.
		San Antonio's Great Flood of 1921 left destruction in its wake, but by 1929 the city's adobe structures were complemented by skyscrapers, the most notable being the Tower Life Building, at one time the tallest office building in the state.
		San Antonio's Conservation Society became a vigorous presence in the preservation of the city's historical treasures, including the river around which it is built.
	www.city-data.com /us-cities/The-South/San-Antonio-History.html (1198 words)

	San Antonio Tours & Attractions
		Mission San José was the largest of the missions in the San Antonio area.
		Operated by the San Antonio Botanical Society in cooperation with the city's Parks and Rec Department on 33 acres in the center of the city of San Antonio.
		An educational San Antonio center dedicated to the contributions of different ethnic groups in Texas and borne out of the 1968 World's Fair, the Institute of Texan Cultures includes exhibits featuring the cultural contributions of the more than 27 cultures that settled the state of Texas.
	www.sanantonio.com /attractions (929 words)

	About San Fernando - Our History
		San Fernando began March 9, 1731 when fifteen families of fifty-five settlers arrived from the Canary Islands at the Presidio of San Antonio and were welcomed by Captain Juan Antonio de Almazan in the name of King Phillip V of Spain.
		In 1793, the Alamo, Mission San Antonio de Valero, was secularized and closed as a church.
		San Fernando was blessed as a metropolitan cathedral, or the official church of an archbishop.
	www.sfcathedral.org /about_OH.asp (844 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alamo,
		Alamo, the A mission fort in San Antonio, Texas, and scene of a siege during the Texas Revolution against Mexico of 1836.
		Alamo, the Mission in San Antonio, Texas, scene of a battle between Mexico and the Republic of Texas (1836).
		Built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Alamo, (902 words)

	The Missions of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas
		The mission was one of the three moved in 1731 from unprofitable lands in east Texas.
		Mission San José - the largest, most impressive and best preserved of the 5 missions, San José was founded in 1720 and retains the original enclosing wall and all associated outbuildings.
		The mission is set in a quiet area, 0.2 miles from the river and is rather sad and muted in appearance.
	www.americansouthwest.net /texas/san_antonio_missions/missions.html (403 words)

	The Alamo Revisited
		The events that transpired at the Alamo is but one tale in a string of many in the state's fight for freedom.
		The soldiers referred to the old mission as the Alamo (the Spanish word for "cottonwood") in honor of their hometown Alamo de Parras, Coahuila.
		As the defenders saw it, the Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas, and they were ready to give their lives rather than surrender their position to General Santa Anna.
	www.wintertexans.com /alamorevisited.htm (1149 words)

	World Famous Landmark - The Alamo
		The Alamo is cared for by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas as appointed by the state legislature.
		The Alamo is always the centerpiece of a tourists agenda and is often a reason in itself for visiting the Alamo city.
		The Alamo is the location where members of the Order of the Alamo vote for the queen of Fiesta and is still today a location for pilgrimages honoring the fallen soldiers of the battle here in 1836.
	www.informationsanantonio.com /alamo.htm (361 words)

	Mission Trails
		San Antonio is one of the few urban areas in the United States that has a national park included within its city limits.
		Mission Concepcion, whose interpretive theme is "The Mission as a Religious Center," is one of the oldest unrestored stone churches in the United States.
		Mission San Antonio de Valero, popularly known as the Alamo, was the earliest of the chain of San Antonio missions established in 1718.
	www.ogeinn.com /missions.htm (975 words)

	Famous Texas Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Alamo was the first mission in San Anatonio and themost widely known mission of Texas.
		Mission San Antonio de Valero was founded by Franciscan missionaries from the College of Queretaro, in 1718, led by Antonio de San Buenaventura Olivares.
		The mission was well over 100 years old when it became the focal point for the Battle of the Alamo, fought March 6, 1836.In 1865 the last land battle of the Civil War is fought near Brownsville in May, and the U.S. Army resumed use of the Alamo.
	ms.houstonisd.org /RevereMS/Students/project5/places.html (251 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Mission San Antonio de Valero was founded on May 1 and followed four days later by the nearby San Antonio de Béxar Presidio and the civil settlement, Villa de Béxar.
		In 1773 the Franciscans of Querétaro transferred administration of San Antonio de Valero and its neighboring missions to the Franciscans of the College of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Zacatecas.
		The state of Texas purchased the mission church from the Catholic Church in 1883 and conveyed the property to the city of San Antonio for a museum.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/uqs8.html (1393 words)

	San Antonio's Missions
		The cooperative effort between the Park Service, the San Antonio Conservation Society, the State of Texas, the City of San Antonio, and Bexar County was expanded by a cooperative agreement with the Archdiocese of San Antonio to keep the mission churches open for regular services.
		At Concepción, the theme is "The Mission as a Religious Center," appropriate for a place known as one of the oldest unrestored stone churches as well as the oldest unrestored Catholic church in the nation.
		The mission's full name is Mission San Francisco de la Espada (de la Espada means "of the sword," referring to a decision by St. Francis as to whether he should be a soldier of God or of Spain).
	www.lovetripper.com /article/united-states/san-antonio/missions.html (1540 words)

	Cultural and Culinary Diversity Are Part of San Antonio’s Special Style
		The Alamo, or Mission San Antonio de Valero—; its proper name — is one of five missions established by the Franciscan friars in the late 1600s.
		While the defenders of the Alamo are revered as Texas patriots, this feisty band of fighters actually were a diverse group of volunteers from several states and countries.
		The history of San Antonio is one of cultural and culinary diversity.
	www.travellady.com /articles/article-culturalculinary.htm (876 words)

	Important San Antonio Historical Sites of the 1700s - San Antonio Insider
		Mission San Jose The granary building is the oldest building to remain intact in Texas.
		San Fernando Cathedral The precursor to this cathedral was a small civil church begun in 1738 but not finished till 1758, the walls of which comprise the sanctuary portion of the current Cathedral.
		San Fernando church was built for the civil population of 55 Canary Islanders brought over by the Spanish King Philip V to create a permanent civil establishment.
	www.sanantonioinsider.com /Attractions/hx1700s.htm (767 words)

	SAAN Mission San Jose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Founded in 1720, the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time.
		It was built on the banks of the San Antonio river several miles to the south of the earlier mission of San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo).
		San José, as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area.
	www.nps.gov /saan/saanjo01.htm (391 words)

	Mission San José - San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
		The San Antonio Conservation Society purchased the granary when it was on the verge of collapse, then repaired and restored it.
		This image of the southwest elevation of the church and convento at Mission San José, taken in 1995, gives the viewer a glimpse of the remnants of the largest structure in the park remaining from the mission period.
		San Joaquin was the husband of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, whose figure can be found on the opposite side of the entrance.
	www.nps.gov /saan/visit/MissionSanJose.htm (1211 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Founded for the purpose of Christianizing and educating the Indians, the mission later became a fortress and was the scene of many conflicts prior to the siege of 1836.
		Its activity as a mission began to wane after 1765, and it was abandoned in 1793, the archives being removed to nearby San Fernando Church.
		In the 1990s the Alamo was in custody of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and remained the center of disputes over the custody, presentation, and boundaries of the site.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/AA/uqa1.html (780 words)

	San Antonio Wedding Guide - Articles - San Antonio Missions - Wedding Sites
		The mission, which includes the original enclosing wall and all the associated outbuildings, is 15 miles from downtown.
		Mission San Juan is one of the smaller mission complexes in the area.
		Mission Espada is the southernmost church, surrounded by woodlands in a rural setting, although it is just yards away from a highway.
	www.saweddings.com /articles/sa_missions.shtml (538 words)

	Alamo Coloring Printout - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Alamo is an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, Texas.
		The Alamo was the scene of a pivotal battle in the fight for the independence of Texas from Mexico.
		The Alamo was later given to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who maintain the Alamo as a public monument and a shrine to the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /history/us/monuments/alamo/printout.shtml (427 words)

	San Jacinto Museum of History—The Alamo
		Alamo is the Spanish word for "cottonwood", but today it translates as: "willing to fight for your beliefs" in many languages.
		The Siege of the Alamo is the most famous fight in Texas history, though not its most decisive.
		The Alamo defenders remained at their post, fighting for Texas Independence until the last and buying time for the young government to organize.
	www.sanjacinto-museum.org /The_Battle/Before_the_Battle/The_Alamo (379 words)

	Alamo, San Antonio - Picture - MSN Encarta
		One of the war’s most famous battles occurred at The Alamo, a simple chapel that formed part of a Spanish mission.
		A group of 187 Texan rebels, under pursuit by Mexican forces, retreated to The Alamo on February 23, 1836.
		San Antonio (city, Texas); Alamo, The; Texas; Texas Revolution
	encarta.msn.com /media_461568421/Alamo_San_Antonio.html (95 words)

	Mission History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The chain of missions established along the San Antonio River in the 18th century are reminders of one of Spain's most successful attempts to extend its New World dominion northward from Mexico.
		As an arm to the church, the mission was the vanguard for the spiritual conversion of New Spain's native inhabitants.
		In 1824, all Texas missions were secularized, their lands redistributed among the mission Indians and the churches transferred to the secular clergy.
	hotx.com /missions/history.html (430 words)

	Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
		The myth and legend of the Alamo is the creation story of Texas, central to the Texas legend itself, and it is a legend which continues growing, capturing the imagination of people around the world.
		The second was the Old San Antonio Road, a camino real that crossed the Rio Grande at Paso de Francia (the San Antonio Crossing) and wound northeastward through San Antonio de Béxar, Bastrop, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, and across the Sabine River into Louisiana.
		As Texans gathered in the Alamo, Travis dispatched a hastily scribbled missive to Gonzales: "The enemy in large force is in sight.
	www.lnstar.com /mall/texasinfo/alamo-battle.htm (2763 words)

	The Mission San Antonio de Valero
		Since the mission's ecclesiastical center was never finished, mission life must have revolved around the administrative center, the priests' residence or convent.
		By the close of the mission period, the convent included two two-story wings forming an L along the west and south edges of an inner courtyard, immediately north of the church.
		The presidio San Antonio de Bexar, however, was neither completed nor adequately garrisoned, compelling the Franciscans at San Antonio de Valero and other nearby missions to devise their own defenses against hostile Apaches and Comanches.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/mission_period/valero/valero.html (1205 words)

	Battle of the Alamo, Alamo History, Alamo Heroes and the Alamo Today
		Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo Defenders has come to symbolize courage and sacrifice for the cause of Liberty.
		Then, in 1793, nearly all the missions in Texas were secularized and most of the mission buildings in the San Antonio area were abandoned.
		However, the community of San Antonio remained the principal settlement in Texas during the years that Texas was under Spanish, and then Mexican, rule.
	www.jman5.com /alamocam.htm (1190 words)

	San Antonio
		Discover San Antonio's vibrant, colorful traditions as you study the origins of Texas music, chronicle the multifarious groups that settled the Texas frontier, and view Germanic influences in the King William Historic District.
		From Catholic mission town to modern-day tourist Mecca, San Antonio embodies the strike-it-rich spirit of Texas.
		The oldest continually operated hotel west of the Mississippi and rallying point for Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, the Menger is a landmark in the heart of downtown San Antonio.
	www.utexas.edu /cee/elderhostel/san_antoniodesc.html (1044 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on San Antonio Missions National Historic Park at Epinions.com
		Franciscan priests built six missions along a short stretch of the San Antonio River at the beginning of the 18th century.
		Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo is the largest and most intact of the missions in the San Antonio area.
		The Mission was originally founded in 1690, but was moved to this location on the San Antonio River in 1731.
	www.epinions.com /content_60295253636 (1211 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Alamo, San Antonio at Epinions.com
		Alamo defenders who are more traitors than heroes and who are executed by firing squad, well, that doesn't have quite the ring of mythic proportions that Texans like in their heroes (and we'd thank you all very much for never again bringing up little nagging details like truth and accuracy.)
		The Mision San Antonio de Valero was one of a string of missions around San Antonio (most are well preserved and part of the San Antonio Missions National Park).
		San Antonio is chock full of fun things to do, plus its a place with plenty of history behind it and some darn good tales to boot.
	www.epinions.com /content_170810838660 (1094 words)

	IMAX Theater in San Antonio, Texas
		JUAN SEGUIN (Derek Cabellero) Leader of the "pro-independence" Tejanos, Captain Seguin was an Alamo courier and later a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto.
		Bonham entered The Alamo twice during the siege and returned knowing the fortress was doomed.
		A native of San Antonio de Bexar, he grew up and died a hero within the walls of The Alamo.
	www.imax-sa.com /alamo.html (275 words)

	Stock Photo of Alamo - San Antonio, Texas
		The historic Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, famous battleground of...
		The Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, historic landmark of the Texas...
		A monument to the heroes of the Battle of The Alamo in San Antonio, Texa...
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	Ghosts of Highways Past: El Camino Real
		Return to Top San Antonio de Valero was founded on May 1, 1718 by Fr.
		He deserves to be called the founder of the City of San Antonio because it was he who talked the viceroy into ordering the founding not only of the mission, but also the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar and the Villa de Bexar.
		The Alamo was sold in 1883, and in 1905 the state of Texas gave the former mission to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who still maintain the building and grounds today.
	library.thinkquest.org /2831/pedro/alamo.htm (691 words)

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