Established in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero, the former mission now known as the Alamo was relocated to its current site in 1724. To verify the connection, Highbridge Materials ...

History of the Alamo The Alamo, originally known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, has roots that stretch back to the ...

If there's one thing San Antonio is known for, it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler ...

The work will not affect visitors' access to the church, nor will it affect visits to any of the other parts of the Alamo ...

The Final Four bracket in 1998 included North Carolina vs. Utah and Kentucky vs. Stanford, with the Wildcats claiming the win ...

The San Antonio Missions play a key role in telling the story of Spanish colonialists and Native Americans of the Southwest. The park preserves the largest intact concentration of Spanish Colonial ...

It turns out that the very stones used to build the Alamo came from the San Antonio Zoo. Alamo officials on Thursday confirmed that limestone from a historic quarry that once existed at the zoo ...

Aside from the Alamo, this is where all of San Antonio's historic missions – Mission San José, Mission Concepción, Mission Espada and Mission San Juan – are located, making this a must-see ...

The San Antonio River serves as a defining city landmark. All five missions are near its banks, with the Alamo being the northernmost of the chain. The River Walk (Paseo del Rio) offers most of ...