Tex, the Longhorn, spent the
weekend of November 13, 2015 soaking in Texas History in San Antonio, Texas. Tex answered the following questions:
1. Where is Tex? On
Friday, November 13 Tex left Houston, Texas USA by truck and traveled to San
Antonio, Texas. He visited the Alamo on Saturday, November 15, 2015.
- What is the geography
like there? San Antonio, the seventh most populous city in the United
States of America and the second most populous city in the state of Texas,
is located in the Hill Country. It
is situated in south central Texas
between the Edwards
Plateau to the
northwest anted the Gulf Coastal Plains to the southeast. The terrain has oak trees, mesquite
trees and cacti.
- What are typical foods that are eaten there? What type of foods do you and family
and friends like to eat? Residents and visitors of San Antonio enjoy
eating many different types of food.
When Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen visit San Antonio they like to eat The Alamo Café, Mi Tierra Restaurant and Bakery, Bohanans
Steakhouse, and Landry’s Seafood on the river walk.
- What types of jobs are there? The
most common job in San Antonio
is nurses, teachers, ranches, farms, and tourism.
- What are the popular sports or games played there? What popular sports or games interest you,
your family, and your friends? Many people enjoy watching the San
Antonio
Spurs, the basketball team, as well as University of Texas
at San Antonio’s
Football team, the Roadrunners!
- Where are you going next Tex?
Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.
- Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area
and/or landmarks? Please see the pictures below of Tex’s trip to San Antonio, Texas
to visit the Alamo.
Here are a Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen looking for
the Alamo.
Here is Tex, Mrs.
Normann-Petersen, and Mr. Normann-Petersen admiring the Alamo. Did you know that the Alamo
was built in 1718 and it began as a Spanish Mission, the San Antonio de Valero Mission?
The Battle of the Alamo
took place very early in the morning on March 6, 1836 between Texas and Mexico. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led the
Mexican Army in the Battle
of the Alamo.
This battle helped Texans defeat the Mexican Army at San
Jacinto. It laid the frame
work for Texas
to gain its Independence
from Mexico
and helped Texas
became the 28th state in the United States of America. Here is Tex helping Mrs. Normann-Petersen read the
information board about the Alamo.
Here is Tex in one of the
windows of the barracks of the Alamo. The barrack was used originally used as the
quarters and offices of the Spanish missionaries. During the Battle of the Alamo
in 1836, many defenders of the Alamo retreated
into this building where they made a last stand against the Mexican Army and
General Santa Anna.
Here are Tex and Mrs.
Normann-Petersen with two of the cannons that the Texas Soldiers used. William B. Travis was the commander of the Alamo and a few of his defenders were Jim
Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and
former congressman from Tennessee.
Five countries and their army’s occupied the Alamo: Spain (Alamo de Parras troops), Mexico (after Independence until 1836),
the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States
of America,
and the United States of
America.
Here is Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex
at the Cenotaph, the monument in the Alamo Plaza Historic District of San
Antonio. It pays tribute to the heroic
defenders that fell during the Battle
of the Alamo.
After exploring the Alamo and
the Centopah Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex explored the Alamo’s
gardens and found huge gold fish and a huge cactus plant.
Across the street from the Alamo
is the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum with a Lion outside of the
Museum. Mrs. Normann-Petersen could not
resist taking a picture with the Lion.
After eating a
delicious dinner at Landry’s Seafood on the River Walk, Mrs. Normann-Petersen
and Tex
stopped to admire how beautiful the Alamo is
at night.
For more information
on San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo,
University of Texas at San Antonio, Mi Tierra Café, Alamo Café,
Landry’s, and Bohanans please visit the websites below.
Tex's clue for his next stop: Tex goes to a historic
Catholic Mission in San Antonio, Texas that was named in part for the Marquis
de San Miguel de Aguayo, Jose de Azlor y Virto de Vera. If you think you know the answer to Tex’s clue please email
Mrs. Normann-Petersen at: cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com
