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Alamo Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Alamo, TX.

Results 1 - 20 of 104 in Alamo, TX

  1. Three jockey for GOP nomination in bid to replace HoogendykRead the original story

    Yesterday | Kalamazoo Gazette

    ... losing to Hoogendyk two years ago. Hoogendyk -- whose district includes Portage and all or portions of Oshtemo, Alamo, Texas, Prairie Rhonde and Kalamazoo townships -- is one of four area lawmakers who are being forced out of the state House this ...

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    Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers, US News

  2. Archaeologist digs into Austin's pastRead the original story

    Saturday | Austin American Statesman

    ... American Cultural Center; the Convention Center expansion; the move of the historical home of Susanna Dickinson, an Alamo survivor. Using aerial photographs, old plat and insurance maps, and historical research, the archaeologists pinpoint spots ...

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    Related Topix: San Juan, TX, Austin, TX, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

  3. Governor's MansionRead the original story

    Monday Jun 30 | Planoland

    ... American antiques, including Stephen F. Austin's writing desk and sofa; paintings of Sam Houston, the "Fall of the Alamo," and Stephen F. Austin; and the bed Sam Houston ordered when he moved into the Mansion. Most recently, the Legislature ...

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    Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Austin Metro, Austin, TX, Texas

  4. Wayne C. Johnson of Alamo, TexasRead the original story

    Saturday Jun 21 | Flyer Group

    Wayne C. Johnson of Alamo, Texas, died Saturday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, N.C. He was 83.

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  5. Donna fugitive arraigned

    Tuesday Jun 24 | Themonitor.com

    ... was running afoul of the law again in no time, racking up a stack of warrants during a months-long crime spree in Alamo, Donna and Progresso. Alvarez managed to avoid capture as recently as June 5, when he led Donna police on a chase and got away. ...

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    Related Topix: Donna, TX, Hidalgo County, TX

  6. Donna fugitive finally behind bars after crashing in Alamo

    Monday Jun 23 | Themonitor.com

    ... police had offered a $1,000 reward earlier this month - led Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies from the Weslaco area to Alamo. Deputies said Alvarez, 33, crashed into a Ford Explorer and tried to carjack two vehicles in his latest attempt to flee ...

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    Related Topix: Weslaco, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Donna, TX

  7. Getting to know our distant ancestorsRead the original story

    Friday Jun 20 | Kerrville Daily Times

    ... by the way, was one of the 32 volunteers from Gonzales who answered William Barret Travis's call for help from the Alamo, and he died there. Adam Zumwalt also fought in the Texas Revolution. A little more then on Gonzales and its cannon. The ...

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    Related Topix: Ingram, TX, Texas, de Leon, TX, Kerrville, TX

  8. Getting to know our distant ancestors

    Friday Jun 20 | Kerrville Daily Times

    ... by the way, was one of the 32 volunteers from Gonzales who answered William Barret Travis's call for help from the Alamo, and he died there. Adam Zumwalt also fought in the Texas Revolution. A little more then on Gonzales and its cannon. The ...

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    Related Topix: Ingram, TX, Texas, de Leon, TX, Kerrville, TX

  9. The dark dawn of the Alamo

    Thursday Jun 12 | Themonitor.com

    ... reasons: freedom, liberty, family, and their land." Throughout the years, Texas history has elevated the Battle of the Alamo - where only 200 or so patriots died, including 11 Tejanos - to an almost beyond human event, but we have forgotten the ...

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    Related Topix: Nacogdoches, TX, Goliad, TX, San Antonio Metro, Hidalgo, TX, San Antonio, TX, Opinion

  10. Remember the days before the Alamo

    Thursday Jun 12 | Themonitor.com

    By Lino Garcia Jr. Talk to anyone about the Battle of the Alamo and the names of certain patriots come into the conversation.

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    Related Topix: La Villa, TX, San Antonio, TX, Texas, Opinion

  11. Capitol Watch: Governor's MansionRead the original story

    Saturday Jun 14 | North Texas e-News

    ... American antiques, including Stephen F. Austin's writing desk and sofa; paintings of Sam Houston, the "Fall of the Alamo," and Stephen F. Austin; and the bed Sam Houston ordered when he moved into the Mansion. Most recently, the Legislature ...

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    Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Austin, TX, Texas

  12. Governor's Mansion by Texas State Rep. Larry PhillipsRead the original story

    Friday Jun 13 | Texomaland

    ... American antiques, including Stephen F. Austin's writing desk and sofa; paintings of Sam Houston, the "Fall of the Alamo," and Stephen F. Austin; and the bed Sam Houston ordered when he moved into the Mansion. Most recently, the Legislature ...

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    Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Austin Metro, Austin, TX, Texas

  13. Paula Allen: Plans under way to move Rosillo Creek historical marker to a safer spot

    Friday Jun 6 | MySanAntonio.com

    ... born, and where a young Lt. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna learned the military strategy he used 23 years later at the Alamo. I would appreciate any and all help I can get. Ed Crawford The battle in question was one of several waged by the Republican ...

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    Related Topix: Santa Anna, TX, Salado, TX, Bexar County, TX, San Antonio, TX, Opinion

  14. U.S. border fence impacting immigration, wildlifeRead the original story

    May 29, 2008 | ESPN.com - OUTDOORS

    An ocelot display is seen at the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge visitor center near Alamo, Texas.

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  15. Paula Allen: Where were Mexicans killed at the Alamo buried?

    May 30, 2008 | MySanAntonio.com

    Where were the casualties of the Mexican army interred after the Battle of the Alamo? It seems impossible that Santa Anna took the dead soldiers back to Mexico.

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    Related Topix: Fannin, TX, Goliad, TX, Texas, Santa Anna, TX, Opinion

  16. Texas soldiers create Alamo replica in Iraq

    May 24, 2008 | The Wilson County News

    U.S. troops landing on this airstrip in Iraq are inspired by this replica facade of the Alamo, constructed by C Company, 1-108th Aviation Regiment of the 36th CAB.

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    Related Topix: La Vernia, TX, Wilson County, TX, Texas, Hidalgo, TX

  17. Murder suspect's truck found near Mexican borderRead the original story

    May 23, 2008 | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

    ... says detectives got word Tuesday that Gusto Arturo Moreno-Gonzales' 2002 Toyota Tundra X-cab had been recovered in Alamo, Texas. That's near Brownsville. They're working with authorities there to have the truck processed for evidence. But deputies ... 3 comments

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  18. Alamo to get new fire station

    May 21, 2008 | Themonitor.com

    ... other cities. Ozuna said the city has had a problem with turnover among firefighters. The starting annual salary for Alamo firefighters is $21,500, Ozuna said. Some area cities offer starting yearly salaries more than $6,000 higher than that. Ozuna ...

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  19. RecommendRead the original story

    May 20, 2008 | Themonitor.com

    ... still trying to contain remnants of the blaze. No homes had been burned. In February, a similar situation arose near Alamo. A grass fire broke out in a field strewn with wooden pallets, destroying at least three structures and forcing hundreds of ...

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    Related Topix: Olivarez, TX, Hidalgo County, TX

  20. Fire threatens Palmview homes

    May 20, 2008 | Themonitor.com

    ... still trying to contain remnants of the blaze. No homes had been burned. In February, a similar situation arose near Alamo. A grass fire broke out in a field strewn with wooden pallets, destroying at least three structures and forcing hundreds of ...

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    Related Topix: Olivarez, TX, Hidalgo County, TX