San Antonio, Texas is famous for The Alamo and its River Walk. The Alamo we remember. It was a mission that was the site of a battle for the independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. Lots of Americans joined the fight, including Davy Crocket. (Having worn a Davy Crockett coonskin cap in my youth, I always sing – to myself – about him. You can listen to the official version here.) The vastly outnumbered Texans lost the battle but won the war.
Anyway, along the River Walk is The Briscoe Western Art Museum. It features Western art and artifacts and a little about the Alamo.
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- The Briscoe Museum
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- An Honest Days Work by Fred Fellows
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- Roy Roger’s saddle. I was fortunate to see the whole Roy Rogers Museum in Victorville, California before it moved to Branson and was closed.
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- Pauncho Villa’s saddle. “Señor, did I know Pauncho Villa, we had…” as the old joke concludes.
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- Victors at the Little Big Horn: Gall, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse.*
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- Victory Dance after the battle.
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- Diorama of the Alamo.
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- The part of the Alamo still standing in downtown San Antonio.
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- Susanna Dickenson and her daughter (spotlighted) were the only survivors . **
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- Chuck wagon.
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- Mission scene.
*Post from our visit to the site of the battle of the Little Bighorn.
**See Susanna Dickinson‘s Wikipedia page for interesting details.
For more Western art and sculpture check out some earlier posts.