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William Barret Travis Historical Marker in Anahuac, Texas William B. Travis, painted by Henry Arthur McArdle, years after Travis's death, using a stand-in as a model. In May 1831, upon his arrival in Mexican Texas , a part of northern Mexico at the time, Travis purchased land from Stephen F. Austin , who appointed him counsel from the United ...
William B. Travis played a key role in the Anahuac Disturbances of 1832. Frank W. Johnson commanded Texan forces during the 1832 Battle of Anahuac. The Anahuac disturbances were uprisings of settlers in and around Anahuac, Texas , in 1832 and 1835 which helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution .
The Heroes of the Alamo Monument is an outdoor memorial commemorating those who fought and died during the Battle of the Alamo, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds, in Austin, Texas, United States.
Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Joe Travis (c. 1815 – Unknown) was an enslaved man who was one of the only survivors of the Battle of the Alamo.Joe was sold four times in his life, with his most well known owner being William B. Travis, [1] a 19th century lawyer and soldier, who would later serve as one of the commanding officers at The Battle of the Alamo.
In 1835, Santa Anna began consolidating power; in response federalists launched armed rebellion in several Mexican states. Travis, an ardent foe of centralism, led an attack on Anahuac in June 1835 and forced the Mexican garrison to surrender. Many Texas settlers thought Travis's action was imprudent, and he was forced to apologize.
William B. Travis, a hero of the Alamo, lived in Claiborne for many years before leaving for Texas in 1831. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Other prominent politicians included James Dellet and Charles Tait . The community was surveyed in 1819 by General John Coffee , with lots being numbered and sold.
A police lieutenant killed on duty in Pennsylvania was one month away from retirement when a man suspected of breaking into a family member's home opened fire on responding officers, authorities ...
Matthew Caldwell, (March 8, 1798 – December 28, 1842), also spelled Mathew Caldwell was a 19th-century Texas settler, military figure, Captain of the Gonzales – Seguin Rangers and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.