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2 unusual facts about Alamo


Álamo, Veracruz

In 1683, the Dutch pirates Laurens de Graaf (know locally as "Lorencillo") and Nicholas van Hoorn ravaged the region during their capture and looting of the port city of Veracruz.

Alamo: The Price of Freedom

Alamo: The Price of Freedom is a 1988 American IMAX film starring Merrill Connally as Davy Crockett, Casey Biggs as William Barret Travis, Enrique Sandino as Antonio López de Santa Anna, Steve Sandor as James Bowie, Don Swayze as James Bonham, and Derek Caballero as Juan Seguín.


1995 Alamo Bowl

The 1995 Alamo Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Michigan on December 28, 1995, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

1997 Alamo Bowl

The 1997 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the Purdue Boilermakers, and the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

2000 Alamo Bowl

The 2000 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the Northwestern Wildcats, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

2002 Alamo Bowl

The 2002 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the Wisconsin Badgers, and the Colorado Buffaloes.

2003 Alamo Bowl

The 2003 Alamo Bowl was an American football bowl game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Nebraska Cornhuskers played December 29, 2003 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

2004 Alamo Bowl

The 2004 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the Ohio State Buckeyes, and the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

2011 Alamo Bowl

The 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl, the 19th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 29, 2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

Alamo Airport

McCarran International Airport in Clark County, Nevada, United States (FAA: LAS), was known as Alamo Airport from 1942 to 1948

San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas, United States (FAA: SAT), was known as Alamo Field

Alamo City Rugby Football Club

In recent years, members of Alamo City Rugby have begun donating their time and money to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Alamo Solo Spring

Alamo Solo Spring, (Lone Cottonwood Spring) a spring directly east of the Dagany Gap in the Pyramid Hills of Kern County, California.

Alsbury

Juana Navarro Alsbury (1812–1888), nurse for Jim Bowie at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836

Boomhauer

In the episode "A Firefighting We Will Go", after Hank blamed the deceased Chet Elderson for causing the fire station to burn down, Boomhauer pointed out that Dale Gribble was the one who plugged in the malfunctioning Alamo Beer sign.

Brad Neely

Neely worked on a comedy novel about the Civil War, but when asked about it at an event at the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas said, "I realized about 500 pages in that it wasn't that funny," and said that he is no longer planning on releasing the book.

Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo

Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo is a 1926 American silent Western starring Cullen Landis, Kathryn McGuire and Joe Rickson, and featuring Bob Fleming, Ralph McCullough, Fletcher Norton, Anne Berryman, Jay Morley, Thomas G. Lingham, Frank Rice, Betty Brown and Bob Steele.

Filemon Vela, Jr.

In Edinburg School District v. Landmark, Vela represented Edinburg to fight for more funding and in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District v. Landmark, he represented the district in fighting contractors accused of building another poorly constructed school facility.

Francisco de Castañeda

The Castañeda family had lived at the Alamo Mission in a remodeled Indian dwelling on the ntechea, to retrieve the cannon formerly given to the citizens of Gonzales in 1831 for Indian defense.

Jack Hoogendyk

Hoogendyk was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2002 representing the 61st district, which includes the cities of Portage and Parchment, and the townships of Alamo, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, Prairie Ronde and Texas.

James C. Neill

Nofi, Albert A., The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, Da Capo Press; ISBN 0-306-80563-4

KABR

1500 KOAZ Alamo Community, New Mexico — an Alamo Navajo station on the air since 1982 and known as KABR until 2010

KYGR, a radio station (88.1 FM) licensed to serve Alamo, New Mexico, which held the call sign KABR-FM from 2009 to 2012

Liberty: The Siege of The Alamo

Liberty: The Siege of The Alamo, is a musical by Bernard J. Taylor that had its world premiere stage production at the Josephine Theatre, San Antonio, Texas, in 2000.

Manderson, Wyoming

The town was originally called Alamo, but it was renamed in 1889 in honor of Charles F. Manderson, chief counsel for Burlington Railroad.

Mission San Antonio

Alamo Mission in San Antonio (Mission San Antonio de Valero), site of the Battle of the Alamo

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

The music for "Akele Hain To Kya Gum Hai" is copied from the instrumental number "Return to the Alamo" by the band The Shadows.

Rafael Ileto

On January 30, 1945, Lt. Ileto with the Alamo Scouts under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, successfully rescued 516 Prisoners of War held by the Imperial Japanese Army's POW Camp in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.

Riders in the Sky Present: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Riders In The Sky offers a tribute to Davy Crockett, the scout, militiaman, Congressman, and hero of the Alamo whose life became an American legend.

Rio Pueblo de Taos

It is joined by Rio Grande del Rancho, which flows from the south through Ranchos de Taos, Arroyo Seco, from the north, then Arroyo del Alamo, from the south, after which it reaches the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge a few miles south of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.

Saluda, South Carolina

James Bonham, who fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo (his boyhood home is the only home of an Alamo defender known to still exist today)

Siege of the Alamo

On February 11, the commander of the Alamo, Colonel James C. Neill, left the Alamo, likely to recruit additional reinforcements and gather supplies.

T. J. Tarsney

On June 22, 1894, he was staying in the Alamo Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Texan schooner Brutus

Upon returning to sea duty, Brutus found herself blockaded at Matagorda by the Mexican brig Vencedor del Álamo.

The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory

The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987) is a made-for-TV film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo written and directed by Burt Kennedy, starring James Arness as Jim Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as Col. William Travis, Raul Julia as Santa Anna, and featuring a single scene cameo by Lorne Greene as Sam Houston.

The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty

The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty is a 1938 American black-and-white war film directed by Stuart Paton and produced by H. W. Kier and Norman Sheldon.

The First Word Is the Hardest

It was rereleased with a different track listing through Alamo Music in 2006; the tracks in this version were recorded during the sessions for the album Experiments in Living.

The Man from the Alamo

During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is chosen to leave the fort and warn the families of the mission's defenders of the impending arrival of General Santa Anna.

The Monster Squad

The Alamo Drafthouse held two sold-out screenings of the Monster Squad on January 9, 2010 with stars Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, and Jon Gries along with writer Shane Black and director Fred Dekker all in attendance.

Time's Runnin' Out

It was released on August 21, 2007, on Traffic Entertainment and featured production from Grand Puba, Lord Jamar, DJ Alamo, and Lord Finesse.


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