He was kind of guy looking for a Second Chance in texas. He had a colorful past. Hes been governor of tennessee. Hes had a political life. Hes got military experience with the u. S. Army. He was an officer. After losses, houston want to preserve himself for a better day. To find a way that the enemy was at a disadvantage. Welcome to san antonio, texas. Behind me fret famous building. That is the Church Inside the alamo where the famous battle took place. Well talk about this battle. Before we do that, i want to flashback, flashback to what texas was like back in 1820 when moses austin started bringing americans right here. What brought americans to texas in 1820 . Its a time when people were on the move. Because theres opportunity and theres also hardships to escape. What texas offers is both of those. You come to texas because the opportunity is land and at that time, land is livelihood. If you dont have land, you cant make a living. Many people think of texas is west texas. Where its
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help. whole time travis thinks they are coming. what does sam houston tells jim fannon and company to do? ereceiveed a letter from houston saying gather up your supplies and head east. at that point, alamo fallen. before vacating goliad fannon receives record that his men was pinned down. he sent reinenforcement. but men would not make the return trip. part of the men that were there was killed. other headed back towards victoria. what slows down fannon, he doesn t know what s going on. doesn t find out what happened. communication is terrible. he doesn t know what to do. he finally decides i have an
idea. i think i will leave. this is a fortress. it still stands hundreds of years later. i m wondering, wouldn t it been better off staying? once you dig in and once fought, you can be surrounded easily. jim fannon travels 18 miles where he s surrounded by the mexican army. fannon is told that he can return to goliad where he and his men will be safe. this turned out to be a lie. they were executed. few escaped to tell their story. they didn t just kill the men. they are held up in a church here in the fort. they are broken up in three groups. one of the groups was told they re going to the coast. other two groups were told they will be collecting wood and water. they marched about a mile outside of the walls of the fort. mexican soldiers were escorting them. turn on a level and