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Alamo Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA

1724: Construction of the Alamo

Alamo, Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA location
1724: Construction of the Alamo
1793: Spanish officials secularize the five missions of San Antonio, including the Alamo. Their lands are distributed to the remaining Indian residents of the missions.

Alamo, Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA location
March 6, 1836: During the Texan War for Independence, about 5,000 Mexican soldiers under Santa Ana storm the Alamo mission church, killing all 187 defenders inside. Among the dead are famed frontiersmen James Bowie and David Crockett.

Alamo, Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA location
December 19, 1960: Alamo designated a National Historic Landmark
October 15, 1966: Alamo added to National Register of Historic Places