Exodus From the Alamo: the Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
“All the while, San Antonio—with its people, food, music, and Tejano culture—continued to be seductive to the young men who recently arrived from the United States. They thoroughly enjoyed this “season of almost utter abandon.” But the most alluring intoxicant continued to be the land—its sheer size and majesty. Quite unlike anything they had seen before, this picturesque land seemed to have no end. The expansiveness and beauty of the rolling hills, fertile valleys, and sprawling prairies around... San Antonio was yet an obsession for the Alamo garrison, even while Santa Anna’s Army approached.
During the late winter, almost all of the “Old Texians” remained on their farmsteads of the east Texas piney lands and the fertile reddish soil of the “Redlands” around Nacogdoches. Here they enjoyed their Southern-style plantations, benefitting from the labor of their gangs of slaves, nestled in the river valleys of the Colorado and Brazos of east Texas. Winter in Texas, unlike in the north, was a busy time of year.MoreLess
During the late winter, almost all of the “Old Texians” remained on their farmsteads of the east Texas piney lands and the fertile reddish soil of the “Redlands” around Nacogdoches. Here they enjoyed their Southern-style plantations, benefitting from the labor of their gangs of slaves, nestled in the river valleys of the Colorado and Brazos of east Texas. Winter in Texas, unlike in the north, was a busy time of year.MoreLess
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