Hardin is a history professor at The Victoria College in Victoria, Texas. Author of the ... people call San Antonio the "Alamo City." The only portions of the 1836 compound that remain are the ...

The Runaway Scrape, an arduous evacuation of a panicked sea of humanity fleeing eastward during Santa Anna’s 1836 Texas campaign, has been overshadowed by stories of the Alamo and San Jacinto.

Anticipating the Mexicans' return, the Texas army fortified the Alamo. On February 23, 1836, Santa Anna and his Army of Operations entered Béxar and the Alamo became a fortress for the rebel ...