Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of November 14, 2014 soaking in Texas History in San Antonio, Texas. Tex
answered the following questions:
1. Where
is Tex? On
Friday, November 14 Tex left Houston,
Texas USA by truck and traveled to San Antonio, Texas. He visited
the Alamo on Saturday, November 15, 2014.
- 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 at 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 jobs in San Antonio are nurses, teachers, rancher, farmers, 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 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.
Interactive Map of
the Alamo
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
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