Col. William Barrett Travis was the leader of the Alamo defenders. The best
known of the people who defended the Alamo[which, by the way, wasn't a
failure or defeat---it  bought time for Gen. Sam Houston to choose the place
to face Santa Anna and to rally his men] were probably Jim Bowie [of Bowie
knife fame] and Davey Crockett.  The rest of the defenders' names are
familiar only to most Texans of my generation.
There was one man who left the Alamo, he was the messenger sent by Travis
before the Battle started.  The only other survivors were Mrs Dickerson
(called the mother of Texas) and her infant child, along with her servant or
slave girl.  They were allowed to leave unharmed....with instructions that
they should tell Houston what was in store for the people who defied Mexican
rule.
There were 189 (known) who defended the Alamo-to their death.  Did they have
a choice of leaving?  Not after early February, 1836.
Some researchers believe the final count of defenders may reach 257; Wyatt
Earp was NOT there!  For a better history of the Battle of the Alamo, go to
the Handbook of Texas Online.
There you will find many Texas subjects covered.
Doris

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Hannah [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 7:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Alamo

Yes it did. Listed as David Crockett from Tenn. On 2nd page.  Linda in
Albuq.


At 06:35 PM 4/18/00 EDT, you wrote:
>
>kam, thanks for that.  That is the second one I have seen this week and the
>other one did NOT have Davey Crockett on it.  There has always been talk
>about whether he was really there.  Said he was too smart to stay for the
>slaughter.  I did not see Wyatt Earp's name.  Wasn't he supposed to be
there,
>too, and was too ill for the last battle, but was killed anyway?  Who was
>their leader.........Travis...something or other.?
>Glad you brought this up.  I needed this.  It's great.
>Thanks for sharing.
>Joy
>
>The following is a list of known defenders that died in defense of the
>Alamo.  The battle took 13 days, and ended on Sunday, March 6, 1836.
>
>Bayliss, Joseph                        Blair,
>John                             Blair, Samuel.
>
>Bowman, Jesse, B.                  Campbell, Robert
>Crockett, David
>
>Daymon, Squire                       Dearduff, William
>Dickinson, Almeron
>
>Dillard, John Henry                  Ewing, James L
>Garrett, James Girard
>
>Harrison, Andrew Jackson       Hays, John M.
>Heiskell, Charles M.
>
>Marshall, William                      McCoy,
>Jesse                       McKinney,Robert
>
>Miller, Thomas R.                     Mills,
>William                         Nelson, Andrew M.
>
>Robertson, James Waters          Summerlin, A. Spain
>Summers, William E.
>
>Taylor, Edward                         Taylor,
>George                       Taylor, James
>
>Taylor, William                          Walker,
>Asa                          Walker, Jacob
>
>
>
Searching for: Acton, Bailey, Bartle, Carpenter, Hannah, Hertzog, Hillary,
Holland, Mackay, Matheson, Page, Reynolds, Ridenour/Reitenaurer, Shadwick,
Stoner, Wollet.