Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alamo Nearly 190 years after Colonel William Barret Travis made his desperate plea for reinforcements, his powerful words are ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KWTX) - On February 24, 1836, William Barret Travis, commanding the Texans under attack in the Alamo, wrote his famous letter addressed “To the People of Texas and All Americans in ...

Receipts signed by Alamo commander William Barret Travis for gunpowder and other supplies used in the legendary siege and battle will soon be sold online. A hand-drawn, water-colored battle map of the ...

William Barret Travis's famed "Victory or Death" letter, written inside the walls of the besieged Alamo on Feb. 24, 1836, is one of the most important historical documents in Texas. It's also one of ...

The National Logo of the Alamo Letter Society. Dedicated to putting a plaque with the Col Travis letter in each Texas Courthouse. "The spirit of the Alamo letter has been carried by all generations of ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KWTX) - On February 23, 1836, Santa Anna’s army reached San Antonio de Bexar, beginning the siege of the Alamo. The army was not expected to reach the town until the following ...