In 1836, Bowie and Travis, who would lead the 200 doomed Texas rebels at the Alamo, met for the first time at the walled adobe buildings that were largely comprised of the church of San Jose y Santiago del Alamo de Parras.
A few days later, David Crockett wandered in from Tennessee, where he had lost his bid for reelection to Congress and vowed never to return.
In the siege of the compound, all three would die violently in the predawn... >Voir plus