John Wayne normally played fictional characters, but broke away from that trend to play a real-life hero in a passion project ...

The nearly 1,800 Mexican troops far outnumbered the band of 188 men who had retreated into the Alamo compound. A twelve-day siege ended in a bloody battle on March 6 in which Santa Anna and his ...

No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spirit of our time. The book, titled “Forget the ...

On March 6, 1836, Santa Anna decided the siege was over ... all fought and died in the Battle of the Alamo. What – and when – is Alamo Day? Why do we remember the Alamo?

More Santa Ana winds are expected in California, which is still reeling from the wildfires in Los Angeles County. As the winds intensify, experts are also warning of hidden health risks in the air.

Sam Houston, a governor of Tennessee and later of Texas, who defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto two months after the Battle of the Alamo. Letters from Houston with his signature ...

it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler, President Antonio López de Santa Anna.

"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service ...

Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts reached hurricane strength at times before calming somewhat over the weekend, giving local firefighters backed by reinforcements from out of state and even Mexico ...

Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February ... General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto ...