The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-23
TODAY IN HISTORY
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY %.
70 Remember the Alamo" :"


The siege Of the Alamo WAS cone OF the
most picturesque struggles for liberty
that has taken place on the American
continent. Unwilling 10 he dominated by
sisted and finally succeeded In throwing
of the yoke. and gained their independ-
eGnce and held it for nine years under
five different presidents. until annexed
TO the United States.
The two most important actions in the
Texas revolution were the siege OF the
hundred and forty Texans taking refuge
In the Alamo in San Antonio an old
Spanish building combining church and
fort were besicged by force Of 1000
Mexlcans. The siege of the Alamo be-
ban on February 2S, 1896. IT lasted eleven
days. when IL was taken by storm and
every Texan killed. In the state house
OF Austin, the capital of Texas. ON
monument made OF stones of the ruins
of the mission fort, arc inscribed the
names of tho men whose death gave
to Remember the Alamo"
II was the battle of San Jacinto which
finally settled the conflict in favor OF
the Texans. and never was seen a more
brave dash for liberty than the little
Texan band put up in this fight. rallyng
the columns with the cry. Remember the
Alamo"
on February %. Santa Ana with his
Mexican army. had arrived at San An
tonic. ON the morning OF the 23rd he
called upon Colonel Travis TO surrender,
The Mexican general at once holSted the
red flag as a signal that no quarter would
be given. The Alamo had been prepared
to resist any attack except from artillery.
Tho second III command was no other
than James Bowie. the inventor OF the
long -bladed "bowie-knife" used by the
hunters and dcsperadoeS Of tho plains.
Davy Crockett was another OF the heroes
OF tho Alamo.
The final assault was made on March
6-Sunday. Travis who was struck i'm
hg1 OIL NJ
the northwest corner. Bowie was pre-
cipitated from a scaffolding by the walls.
and was unable TO move from the bed
where he had been laid I'm an upper room
of the convent barracks. He was stlll
able, however 10 die as he had lived.
firing the pistols which had been, placed
by his side before he was finally run
through with bayonet.
The church was the last to be taken,
It's defenders, too, fell back inch by inch,
lighting tin each man was slain. Davy
Crockett was among the last to fall. In
less than hour all was over Thus per-
lshed, To the last man, tho defenders Of
the Alamo There were left TO tell the
tale only two widowed American women,
with their two children, a Mexican wom
an. who was torn from Bowic's side by
his murderers, and a Colored slave boy
TO give them decent burial but Santa
Ana refused, and the dead heroes were
hcaped together In layers. with wood and
dry brush between. One hundred and
the torch was applied A year later the
bones were buried in one coffin near the
Alamo which was left standing as a
memorial OF Texan independence. ard as
an exhibition of the most picturesque
and appealing fight for liberty on this
continent,
February 90 Is the birthday OF Samuel
Pepys whose famous diary is an i'm
portant contribution to literature G632);
Mrs Emma Willard. the we'll l-known
American educator G7ST); Jean Baptiste
La Moine de Bienville who founded New
Orleans u6S0); Henry j, Newton. father
of tho dry-plate process of photography
GS23); Bishop John II. Vincent CS32), 1t
Is The date on which occurred the death