Alamo

2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Alamo. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

THE, a mission church at San Antonio, in what is now Bexar co., Tex.; converted into a fort. In 1836 it was occupied by about 150 of the revolutionists in the Texan War of Independence. Though attacked by 4,000 Mexicans under Santa Ana, the Texans held it from Feb. 23 to March 6, when Santa Ana took it by storm. All but seven of the garrison perished, six of these being murdered after their surrender, and one man escaping to report the affair. In this garrison were the celebrated David Crockett and Col. James Bowie, inventor of the bowie-knife. The memory of this massacre became an incitement to the Texans in subsequent encounters, and "Remember the Alamo!" became a warcry in their struggle for autonomy. ALARCÓN, HERNANDO, a Spanish navigator; flourished in the 16th century; leader of an expedition to Mexico, which set sail in 1540. He proved that California was a peninsula and not an island, as had been previously supposed. He penetrated in boats a considerable distance up the Colorado river. On his return to New Spain he made a valuable map of the California peninsula. ALARCÓN Y MENDOZA, DON JUAN RUIZ DE (ä-lär-kōn ē mān-dō'thä), a noted Spanish dramatist, born_at Tasco, Mexico, about 1580 or 1590. He went to Spain in 1600 and became royal attorney in Seville. He was appointed reporter of the royal council of the Indies at Madrid about 1628. The last great dramatist of the old Spanish school, he may be considered also as the creator of the so-called character comedy, His principal works are: "The Weaver of Segovia"; "Suspicious Truth," the model for Corneille's "Liar"; "Walls Have Ears"; "The Proof of Promises"; "The Anti- Christ." He died in Madrid, Aug. 4, 1639. J 164° F 160° G 156° H 152° B 176° E D 168° C 172° 176° 180° A C 1 Pt. Barrow Dease Inlet C C.Simpson B. R Halkett C. Barrow Pitt Dl. Harrison Bay Franklin Pt Smith Pearl Bay A C. 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Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)

a'la-mo, a fort at San Antonio, Texas. It was originally a mission house of the Franciscan fathers, built about 1722. An open, oblong space of two and one-half acres, containing the buildings of the mission, was inclosed by a wall eight feet high and thirty-three inches in thickness. The outer wall, being of adobe, has fallen; but the inner buildings still stand and they bear appropriate inscriptions. The Alamo is noted in the war of Texan independence. Santa Anna , with an army variously estimated at from 1,500 to 4,000 Mexicans, besieged a band of 140 Texans, among whom were Colonels David Crockett and James Bowie. The Texans held the fort for two weeks. When finally taken by assault, March 6, 1836, only six men remained alive. They were immediately butchered by order of Santa Anna. During the remainder of the war, "Remember the Alamo!" became the Texan warcry. See Texas ; Santa Anna ; Crockett ; Bowie 2026 Editor's Note: ' Remember the Alamo ' became the battle cry of Texan independence after all its defenders — Crockett and Bowie among them — died in the 1836 siege. Now a shrine in downtown San Antonio drawing millions, it is also the site of a modern reckoning: historians note the rebels were fighting in part to keep slavery, which Mexico had abolished. (Ed: BR 2026-07-13)