Originally Posted by kingston
Maybe we should rename the Alamo too.


Technically it was Mission San Antonio de Valero, the term “Alamo” (cottonwood) came into common usage after a rapid-response frontier defense outfit from deeper in Mexico was stationed there in that old mission for 32 years before the siege.

The members of the Segunda Compania de San Carlos de Parras were mostly from the Mexican town of San Jose y Santiago de Alamo de Parras so the outfit was simply referred to as Alamo de Parras for short.

Long association with the derelict mission cause it to to be referred to in common usage as “El Alamo”.

http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/history/hispanic_period/pframe.html


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