Qualla: Alamo Mission https://qualla.com/alamo-mission en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/alamo-mission-wp/alamo-mission-san-antonio.jpg Qualla: Alamo Mission https://qualla.com/alamo-mission Alamo Mission: Introduction https://qualla.com/alamo-mission/ Photo credit Sozanetta, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1828, French naturalist Jean Louis Berlandier stood among the ruins and called the Alamo chapel one of 'the loveliest monuments of the area, even if its architecture is overloaded with ornamentation like all the ecclesiastical buildings of the Spanish colonies.' By 1845, bats had colonized the abandoned complex and weeds covered the walls. By the 1880s, the long barracks had been converted into a wholesale grocery store. The building that Texas now treats as a sacred shrine spent more years as a warehouse than as either a church or a fort.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/alamo-mission-wp/9v1z-alamo-mission-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Alamo Mission: Cottonwood Trees and Cattle Herds https://qualla.com/alamo-mission/ Photo credit ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→, Public domain. Founded in April 1718 as Mision San Antonio de Valero, the mission was established by Spanish Governor Martin de Alarcon as a waystation between Rio Grande settlements and East Texas missions. It was initially populated by three to five Indian converts from Mission San Francisco ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/alamo-mission-wp/9v1z-alamo-mission-cottonwood-trees-and-cattle-herds.mp3 0:06 2 full Alamo Mission: Thirteen Days in March https://qualla.com/alamo-mission/ Photo credit Spiel, CC BY-SA 4.0. After Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos surrendered the fort in December 1835 following the Siege of Bexar, a small garrison of Texian soldiers occupied the compound. William Travis and James Bowie agreed to share command. On February 23, 1836, President-General Antonio Lope...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/alamo-mission-wp/9v1z-alamo-mission-thirteen-days-in-march.mp3 0:06 3 full Alamo Mission: The Savior and the Granddaughter https://qualla.com/alamo-mission/ Photo credit TheConduqtor, CC BY-SA 3.0. Preservation of the Alamo became a decades-long battle of its own. Adina Emilia De Zavala, granddaughter of Republic of Texas Vice-President Lorenzo de Zavala, convinced the owner of the convent building to give the Daughters of the Republic of Texas first option to buy. When the...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/alamo-mission-wp/9v1z-alamo-mission-the-savior-and-the-granddaughter.mp3 0:06 4 full Alamo Mission: Shrine, Landmark, World Heritage https://qualla.com/alamo-mission/ Photo credit Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0. During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration and the National Youth Administration funded a wall around the Alamo and a museum. The Alamo Cenotaph, designed by Pompeo Coppini, was completed in 1940. The Alamo was designated a National Historic Landmark on Decemb...

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