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	ipedia.com: Alamo Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After its later abandonment as a mission, it was used as a fortress in the 19th century and was the scene of several military actions, including most notably the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, one of the pivotal battles between the forces of the Republic of Texas and Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
		The Alamo was the first in a chain of missions established nearby along the San Antonio River.
		Alamo is the name of a city in North Dakota.
	www.ipedia.com /alamo.html (798 words)

	Alamo Village -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since the filming of the 1960 version of The Alamo, the village has served primarily as a tourist attraction and has been very important to the economy of Brackettville.
		In addition to the replica of The Alamo, the village includes a cantina and restaurant, a trading post, an Indian store, a church, a jail, a flsmith shop, several museums, and a celebrity gallery.
		Alamo Village also maintains a large collection of antique tools and vehicles, as well as a herd of (Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States) longhorn cattle.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alamo_village.htm (555 words)

	Fall Of The Alamo - 1836
		The Alamo village, a small suburb of San Antonio, was south of the fort, or Mission, as it was originally called, which bore the same name.
		They both had their headquarters at the Alamo, where their men were quartered, and there must have been a tacit understanding on both sides that conflict of authority should as far as possible be avoided.
		When the hour came, the south guns of the Alamo were answering the batteries which fronted them; but the music was silent till the blast of a bugle was followed by the rushing tramp of soldiers.
	www.nationalcenter.org /Alamo.html (3961 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.
		March 6,The Alamo falls, the bodies of 182 Texans are burned in a huge funeral pyre by the Mexican soldiers.
		The Alamo Society- an international organization of professional and amateur historians which was founded in 1986, the year of the Texas Sesquicentennial.
	jman5.com /alamo (1350 words)

	EI > Columns > ‘Remember the Alamo!’ — an affectionate retrospect of Alamo movies
		As I mentioned, all that stands of the original Alamo is the mission (restored, with roof intact) and a fairly large section of the long barracks, which is joined by a wall to the mission.
		The Alamo and its grounds are owned by the State of Texas but entrusted to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for its upkeep.
		Dickinson (wife of Captain Dickinson, one of the Alamo defenders), her infant daughter and the few other survivors of the battle were discovered by the attacking Mexican army.
	www.einsiders.com /features/columns/alamo_part1.php (1700 words)

	'Million Dollar Baby' on aisle 9: A new Alamo Drafthouse emerges
		This is the fourth Alamo Drafthouse in Austin since the 1997 birth of the chain's flagship on Colorado Street, an enduring beacon in the ever-altering Warehouse District.
		Alamos are renowned for not only serving food and drink with movies, but for serving quality vittles that redefine, and refine, the dinner-and-a-movie concept.
		Habitues of the Alamo Downtown have mistakenly seen the opening of the Alamo South Lamar as the death knell for Downtown.
	www.austin360.com /news/content/movies/aasstories/2005_february/6alamo.html (1271 words)

	Excursia \| San Antonio, TX, USA \| Attractions: Scale an Alamo 2-for-1 Deal
		Filmed at Happy Shahan's Alamo Village near Bracketville, Texas, the set was originally built for John Wayne's 1960 epic movie, "The Alamo," and was extensively reconditioned and restored for the IMAX film, based upon the latest Alamo research.
		All 188 Alamo defenders were slain in that bloody battle, having bravely withstood the crushing Mexican forces of 1,400 for 13 days, from Feb. 23 to March 6, 1836.
		The real Alamo is just steps away and you will recall the words and personalities of the real men who fought and died here for Texas' freedom as you tread its hallowed halls.
	excursia.com /destinations/USA/TX/sanantonio/stories/20010215/att_scalealamo.shtml (803 words)

	The Fall Of The Alamo (1836) BY CAPTAIN R M. POTTER The fall of the Alamo and the massacre of its garrison, which in ...
		The San Antonio River which, properly speaking, is a large rivulet, divided the town from the Alamo, the former on the west side and the latter on the east.
		In the evening, soon after the enemy entered the town, a shot from the l8-pounder of the fort was answered by a shell from the invaders; and this was followed by a parley, of which different accounts have been given....
		It is a fact not often remembered that Travis and his band fell under the Mexican Federal flag of 1824, instead of the Lone Star of Texas, altho Independence, unknown to them, had been declared by the new convention four days before at Washington, on the Brazos.
	www.multied.com /Documents/FallofAlamo.html (4699 words)

	EI > Columns > ‘Remember the Alamo! - Made for TV’
		His appearance at the wasted Alamo, dead, covered with slain Mexican soldiers, then roughly dragged out of his room to be displayed to a gloating Santa Anna, is deeply moving and allows the viewer the unique privilege of imagining the horrible carnage that occurred in this desperate battle.
		Alamo Village is effectively used for the Alamo and San Antonio scenes.
		Shot at Alamo Village just outside of Brackettville, Texas, the set that the Duke built for his dream project, producer Stockton Briggle brought on board Batjac veteran Burt Kennedy whose association with John Wayne (and his company, Batjac) went back to the 1950s.
	www.einsiders.com /features/columns/alamo_part6.php (3936 words)

	celluloid eyes: good news from Alamo
		Back in December, I was extremely cranky with Alamo Drafthouse Downtown for discontinuing Dollar Night ticket prices and not updating their Web site to reflect this change, and for being somewhat misleading about the change.
		An email from the Alamo mailing list today states that Alamo Downtown is returning to $1 admission on Monday nights (for most movies, with exceptions to be labeled as such).
		Alamo recently bought the old Fiesta in south Austin and plans to convert it to a multiscreen state-of-the-art theater.
	www.celluloideyes.com /blog/archive/000493.html (795 words)

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		Alamo Village was built in the late 1950s for John Wayne’s “The Alamo,” and it has served as the set for subsequent films about the Alamo as well as numerous other productions.
		Alamo Village is located on the 18,000-acre Shahan Ranch, and though Happy died in 1996, his family carries on his legacy.
		While Alamo Village is open year round, it has more to offer, such as staged gunfights on its main street and entertainment in the cantina, in summers between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/12650/85240 (1029 words)

	CANOE Travel - USA - Remember an Alamo
		There's the actual Alamo in San Antonio, site of the legendary 1836 battle; a fake Alamo, west of there, where John Wayne made his last stand in a 1960 movie; and another replica, near Austin, where this year's Hollywood take on the famous tale was filmed.
		Since the city grew up around the Alamo, surrounding it with office towers and hotels -- and because it is considered a shrine, maintained by a group called the Daughters of the Republic of Texas -- Hollywood has had to go elsewhere to retell the drama.
		One Alamo always open is in the place where the battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" spurred Texans to victory in late April 1836.
	www.canoe.ca /Travel/USA/SouthwesternUSA/2004/04/29/441277.html (788 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ALAMO VILLAGE
		Alamo Village is six miles north of Brackettville on the Shahan Angus Ranch in Kinney County.
		The Alamo replica was based on careful research that included obtaining plans sent to Spain by the Catholic priests who built the mission.
		After production of The Alamo Shahan acquired the set, which houses a cantina and restaurant, a trading post, an Indian store, a church, a jail, a flsmith shop, museums of western artifacts, and a gallery of celebrities who have performed on the dusty streets of this little village.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/dua1.html (422 words)

	Original Fake Alamo \| Planeta
		No matter how durable the new Disney version of "The Alamo" starring Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton turns out to be, you will still be able to walk into the John Wayne and Western Museum on the set built for the 1960 epic directed by and starring the Big Man himself.
		The Alamo replica was built to be historically accurate, but the town set is an invention.
		When Disney's new $90-million historical epic finally opened on April 9, the Alamo Village marked the occasion with its first-ever outdoor showing of the John Wayne version on a 20 by 40 foot screen.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/border/crossings/alamo.html (1210 words)

	Trips You Wish You Read About
		San Antonio's famed Alamo was nothing more that SMALL mission/ church which was central to a village we now know as San Antonio.
		Incidentally, the "John Wayne Alamo" that Scott was looking for can be found at Alamo Village, approx.
		Alamo Village is. It's the movie set for the film and countless re-enactments.
	savvytraveler.publicradio.org /show/letters/2000/20000527/11.shtml (132 words)

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		Surrounded by mixed farmland and wild lands, the City of Alamo has a number of notable sites for bird and butterfly watchers.
		Alamo is the home of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, amongst the most famous refuges in North America.
		Slated for improvement and expansion of native plants and addition of ponds to increase bird, butterfly, and dragonfly species.
	www.alamoinnsuites.com /bird.htm (465 words)

	Ranch & Rural Living - Movies, Texas Style
		Tulisha Wardlaw from Alamo Village was hired by the production company to be the casting director for the movie extras.
		Alamo Village near Brackettville, Texas, may be rented by production companies filming in the state.
		Replica of the Alamo's chapel at Alamo Village..
	www.ranchmagazine.com /movies.html (1273 words)

	Alamo Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Anybody who has seen John Wayne's "The Alamo" has already paid their first visit to Alamo Village, north of Brackettville, Texas.
		Wayne filmed "The Alamo" in Todd-AO, which spread the sets constructed for the movie (now Alamo Village) over a giant, curved screen (40 feet by 100 feet) — wide, bright and airy.
		After my rebound from the Davy Crockett craze of the fifties, I saw an item in TV Guide saying, "John Wayne finishes Alamo movie on location in Brackettville, Texas." I was 13 and wrote a letter "to whom it may concern" at Brackettville, asking for photos of the set.
	www.thealamofilm.com /articles/alamo_village.html (857 words)

	Alamo Village Movie Location
		Known simply as Alamo Village, this sprawling complex was the stage for John Wayne's 1959 epic movie "The Alamo".
		The Alamo Village is a complete town with jails, saloons, general stores, hotels, stables, a church, bank and flsmiths shop.
		Near the rear of the village is a two room adobe building which houses the John Wayne Museum.
	www.rvtravelog.com /alamov.dir/alamov1.htm (605 words)

	San Antonio: The Alamo City
		Wayne’s movie set became Alamo Village, and it still operates as both a tourist attraction open year round and a popular location for the production of movies like the IMAX film and other westerns, including “Lonesome Dove” and “Bad Girls,” as well as TV commercials and other endeavors.
		You’ll learn that while the Alamo is owned by the state of Texas it is managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a women’s organization similar in concept to the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution).
		The easiest way to reach it from the Alamo is to stroll west for less than two blocks on a beautifully constructed and landscaped pedestrian route down to river level and through the Hyatt Regency Hotel to the River Walk.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/texas/61448/2 (569 words)

	Texas Twisted \| Roadside Headlines: March 2004
		Alamo Village, run by Virginia Shahan, was built for John Wayne's 1960 telling of the battle, also titled The Alamo.
		The original Alamo is the hub of downtown San Antonio and serves as a memorial to its defenders.
		Composed of a highly accurate recreation of the Alamo and the village of San Antonio de Bexar, the set could aid visitors in visualizing what the original site looked like in 1836.
	www.texastwisted.com /headlines/archives/2004_03.shtml (502 words)

	V1N2C
		The second stop along the way was a place called Alamo Village located just north of Brackettville.
		The "Alamo building" was an exact replica of the original in San Antonio, and was built specifically for the movie, "The Alamo", starring John Wayne.
		Since that time, the village has been added to and changed according to the need of the Director's and Producers who have been here filming movies and commercials.
	www.goinsouth.homestead.com /V1N2C.html (1020 words)

	Alamo village - Austin Film Society :: JEAN-LUC GODARD + ANNE-MARIE MIEVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alamo Village is six miles north of Brackettville on the Shahan Angus Ranch in Alamo Village is filled with antique tools and vehicles.
		ALAMO VILLAGE TRACES to 1951, six years before work started on the replica Now in operation for more than 50 years, Alamo Village really is more than a
		ALAMO VILLAGE: 7:30 PM A film about No, that's never the way to describe a work by Godard.
	alamo-village.okeysearch.com (253 words)

	Queerios! Austin Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast - Theater Info
		The Alamo Drafthouse Village is located on Anderson Lane between Burnet and Shoal Creek on the north side of Austin with easy access to Mopac (Hwy 1) and 183.
		The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are Austin's only independently owned and operated movie theaters.
		Alamo Drafthouse Village, 2700 W Anderson Lane, Austin, TX, 78757, (512) 476-1320
	www.austinrocky.org /theater.php (550 words)

	Mar 2000
		Alamo Village, a re-creation of the Alamo and the old city of San Antonio, is about 32 miles from Del Rio.
		In 1957 John Wayne had the Alamo and town constructed on the 35 square mile ranch of James T. "Happy" Shahan.
		An old adobe village was built on the bank of the Rio Grande for the movie Contrabando and was used in Dead Man's Walk.
	www.seeya-downtheroad.com /2000/Mar2000.htm (3125 words)

	Alamo Village, Texas bed and Breakfast, Texas Vacation, Villa Del Rio Bed and Breakfast Del Rio TX
		Welcome to Alamo Village....a step back in time to an era when the cowboys and Indians fought and Mexico and the United States were at war.
		Today the Alamo still stands where the movie The Alamo with John Wayne was filmed.
		Construction for the set was begun in 1959 and to this day it remains a working movie set for western movies and movies that require a rustic and isolated location.
	www.villadelrio.com /alamo.htm (207 words)

	Editorial Columnists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ALAMO VILLAGE TRACES to 1951, six years before work started on the replica necessary to make “The Alamo.” The John Wayne epic began filming in August 1959 with a $12 million budget; this was the most that had been spent on making a U.S. film up to that time … another Texas “first.”
		Now in operation for more than 50 years, Alamo Village really is more than a fun-time place.
		PW is just kidding, but the country around Alamo Village is not that unlike Odessa.
	www.oaoa.com /columns/bill081504.htm (978 words)

	County Progress Magazine Courthouse
		Just north of Brackettville is Alamo Village, a popular tourist attraction built in the 1950s as the set of “The Alamo.” Alamo Village is the state’s first permanent outdoor movie location.
		The set is one of the largest and most complete sets in the country, boasting a full-scale period town and a replica of the 1836 Alamo mission.
		The Alamo Village encompasses 18,000 acres of diversified scenery, including rugged hills, canyons and creeks.
	www.countyprogress.com /NewFiles/Month/MOJ.html (475 words)

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