Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836 secured Texas' independence and effectively ended the Texas Revolution. (Universal ...

Thomas Low NicholsThe Colonel of TexasThe frontier towns of America are home to individuals with rich personalities. One of ...

Booming cannons, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and piercing war cries will resound across the San Jacinto Battleground on Saturday, April 24, as hundreds of history re-enactors recreate the ...

Remember the Alamo? S.A.’s best-known landmark has partnered with the Texas Historical Commission, the San Jacinto Museum and the Presidio La Bahia to create San Jacinto Day: Texas Remembers, a ...

HOUSTON, Texas — A boardwalk that meanders through marshland offers a natural perspective of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. "I come out several times a year generally for birding ...

LA PORTE – Nearly eight weeks after the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, in San Antonio, prospects for victory in the struggle for Texas independence from Mexico were growing dim until Texian Gen.

For Texans, of course, there are two events that all residents of our state can identify and certainly describe—the two primary military events of the Texas Revolution: The Siege and subsequent Battle ...

On this day 190 years ago, the state of Texas' identity changed for ever. While Texas Independence Day commemorates the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico, the Texas Revolution lasted for ...