Alamo officials today confirmed that limestone from a historic quarry that once existed at the zoo’s location was excavated ...

"The Alamo." It was about 5 a.m. on March 6, 1836, when the battle began, ending a 13-day siege in San Antonio. By 6:30 a.m., "there was not an enemy left" among the roughly 200 Texian and ...

Nevertheless, accounts from Alamo eyewitnesses shed some light on Crockett's character and his role in the famous San Antonio battle. Adventurous Spirit Born in Tennessee in 1786, Crockett ...

Renovations at San Antonio Zoo reveal the quarry that supplied limestone for the Alamo, deepening historical ties.

During excavation for San Antonio Zoo's new gorilla habitat Congo Falls and The Ralston, large amounts of limestone were ...

Thursday marks the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, where the Mexican army's rout of Texas revolutionaries would later inspire the fateful defeat of Mexican forces under the battle ...