Texas Heroes
http://www.jman5.com/alamocam.htm
Sam Houston• Born in Virginia
• Chief John Jolly
• Joins Army and fights Creeks with British VS Cherokee with US
• Battle of Horseshoe Bend
• War of 1812
• Meets Colonel Andrew Jackson
• Receives 3 wounds
• Rising Star: Calhoun says Houston will do good things at some point
• Red Rover – Paddle wheeler, Steam Boat.
• Meets Jim Bowie: “History will want to know who I have killed”
• Omen: Eagle, 1st time
http://blog.americanheritage1.com/
Sam Houston
• Cherokee Name: The Big Drunk
• Red River Omen: Eagle, 2nd time
• April 21, 1836: Battle of San Jacinto
– Eagle, 3rd time
– Attacks Mexican Army, Santa Anna
• President of Republic of Texas
– 2 terms
– Senator in Washington, D.C for 12 years
• Governor of both Texas and Tennessee: No other person has done this
http://blog.americanheritage1.com/
Jim Bowie
• Dies at the Alamo and is burned
• Louisiana Bayous: made money
at carnivals wrestling alligators
• Bowie knife
• Designed by brother, Rezin Bowie
• 1833: Cholera epidemic kills his
entire family.
• Jan. 1836, San Antonio: Joined
the Texans in defending the
Alamo. Felt had nothing to lose
since family had died.
• So, Jim is dead? Never ran from a
fight. Never a coward.
http://bookunitsteacher.com/nation_grows/lesson_15.htm
James Butler Bonham
• Messenger of the Alamo
• Dies at the Alamo
• Ordered to Burn the Alamo:
Refused to do so
• Characteristic:
– Makes it back the night before
the Battle of the Alamo
– Sees that the Alamo is
surrounded and still goes in to
fight
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txjbbdrt/bonham.html
Gregorio Esparza
• Not allowed into the Alamo at
first.
• Only man buried at Alamo
• Francisco Esparza:
– Asks Santa Anna for
permission to bury his brother.
http://www.texastejano.com/history/gregorio-esparza/
Green Jameson
• Architect of the Alamo
• Rebuilding:
– Walls: taller
– Parapets: ramps that could
shoot from
– Palisade: steel or wooden fence
used in defense
http://www.lurj.org/article.php/vol1n2/alamo.xml
Ben Milam
• Dies at the Battle of San Antonio,
before the Alamo
• 1822: Joins James Long on a
filibuster attempt
• Love Life: Jane Long, Mother of
Texas.
• Imprisoned: Trying to overthrow
the Mexican Government
• Who will go with Old Ben Milam
into San Antonio?
• Battle of Bexar:
– Dec 5-9, 1835 Shot between
eyes on day 3 of battle
– Died : Dec 8 1835
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/bios/milam/milam.html
David Crockett
• Gun named: Old Betsy
• War of 1812: Served as a
scout for military
• Near Starvation: Made money
skinning animals and then
selling the skins.
• Quote: “You can all go to hell,
but I’m going to Texas”
• Characteristics Ring-tailed
Roarer: Part human, part
animal
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/bios/crockett/crockett.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog/wp/2013/02/08/david-crockett-
celebrity-pioneer-went-from-wrestling-bears-to-wrestling-with-his-image/
William Barrett Travis
• Arrested by Bradburn in
Anahuac with Patrick Jack
• Cat’s Eye Ring: Gave his ring
to Suzanna Dickson and asked
for her to give to his son in
Galveston.
• Co-commander with Bowie:
Gave orders to destroy the
Alamo, but never happened
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/travis.htm
James Walker Fannin
• Slave Smuggling: Illegal, but
was a big business
• Revolution:
– Gonzales: Small battle, but
we won
– Goliad: Small battle, but we
won. Mexico had 400, we
had 90.
• Captured at Battle of Coletto
Creek
• Massacred at Goliad on March
27, 1836
http://www.evi.com/q/facts_about__james_fannin
Susanna Dickenson
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/bios/dickenson/dickinson_susannah.html
• Survivor of the Alamo
• She tells the story of the Alamo
• Knocks on every door in
Galveston until she finds
Travis’ son to give him the
Cat’s Eye Ring
Santa Anna
• Leader of Mexico
• Lived to be 82
• Nickname: Napoleon of the West
• Travel: Always traveled with
– Red silk tent
– Silver
– Sword was gold with rubies
http://www.art.com/products/p14386934-sa-i3031484/mexican-general-antonio-lopez-de-santa-anna.htm