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