San Antonio River

parents grew up in and a part of me did as well. San Antonio is a very small village located in Jalisco, Mexico. This is a place where no more than 200 people live, and where everybody knows each other. I have a lot of family in this village and have many memories with each and every one of them. The earliest memory that I can recall from this place takes place in the early 2000s, and is also the first memory I have of my grandparents. San Antonio is located in the Southern part of Mexico and is

The Graptemys caglei, also known as the Cagle’s Map Turtle, is an endangered turtle species found in San Antonio, Texas and along the Guadalupe River. It identifies easily by the pattern on its shell which resembles an aerial view topography, as well as its spiked shell edges, which are not as sharp as other map turtles of the same genus. Although the Cagle’s Map Turtle has natural predators pose a threat to the individual turtles’ lives, the predators are not a greater threat than habitat disturbances

Ysleta Mission Ysleta, Texas Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, the first mission in Texas, was established by Antonio de Otermín and Fray Francisco de Ayeta in 1682 and was maintained by Franciscans for christianizing the Tigua Indians. The Tigua came as refugees and captives with the former Governor of New Mexico, Antonio de Otermín on his retreat to the El Paso area after his unsuccessful attempt to recover New Mexico in the winter of 1681–82 during the Pueblo Revolt. La Misión de la Ysleta

year and then decided to enlist in the military where he met his idol, his mentor and his political protector, Andrew Jackson. Houston’s last and greatest battle of the Creek Indian War came in March of 1814 at Horseshoe Bend along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama. There he helped Jackson defeat the

The Texas Revolution There are many reasons why the hearts and eyes of Texans glow when asked about their home state. Texas pride seems an infectious emotion among the population of the southern state. This could stem from any number of things but there is one facet of Texas’ history that warrants a great deal of pride, and that is the Texas Revolution. The event breeds pride partly because no state in the US can boast of individual sovereignty preceding statehood. Although the rebellion occurred

settled near San Antonio, where he found Guadalupe Ruiz Durán in 1822. In 1825, Smith helped build the town of Gonzales, which later on he would have to burn. Smith and five other men settled on the claim of James Kerr, the surveyor for the new colony of Dewitt, about

of San Jacinto was fought on April 21, 1836 in present day Harris County Texas. It was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. After gaining independence from Spain in the 1820s Mexico welcomed foreign settlers to not that many people in Texas and a large group of Americans led by Stephen F. Austin and settled across the Brazos river the

Texas is the second largest State in the United States consisting of 261,914 sq. miles. When you travel out of state, for business or pleasure, there is usually one person that asks the question, ‘Do you own cows?’ Most people from other States believe that Texas is flat pasture land where everyone owns cattle or has an oil derrick in their backyard. Texas’ large land mass is not all flat. Far West Texas or The Trans-Pecos Region is the most unique portion with the presence of the Eastern portion

died in Missouri a short time later before he could realize his plans. Stephen F. Austin took his father's place and traveled to San Antonio, where he met with the Spanish governor Antonio María Martínez, who acknowledged him as his father's successor.The most selected land by the colonists were along the rich bottomlands such as the Brazos,Colorado,and San Bernard river. The resettlement to texas happen in two stages from 1821 to 1828 between the Tejanos and Angelo migrants .Marriages and commerical

by William Travis and James Bowie, They were later joined by famed backwoodsman and former member of Congress Davy Crockett. The Mexican government, determined to restore order, sent General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, and over 6,000 soldiers north to San Antonio and the Alamo. The army reached San Antonio on 23 February 1836. At this time, Bowie was quite ill and Travis led the defense. For the next 13 days, Santa Anna and his army remained outside the range of the Alamo's' cannons. Finally in