. San Antonio de Bexar; a guide and history. of admirable fortitude andcourage. The present roof, some of the upper windows and floorings and otherimprovements, the visitor will be reminded are modern. The captain will befound ever ready to answer the questions that naturally arise to those not toofamiliar with the Alamos eventful history. Some Further Notes on the Alamo. And their t\ag floated out on the breezeLike tremulous liands strelched forth to l)Iess. The building now commonlj- known as the Alamo, and which is realh- theChurch of the Mission of the Alamo, or of San Antonio de Valero, i
. San Antonio de Bexar; a guide and history. of admirable fortitude andcourage. The present roof, some of the upper windows and floorings and otherimprovements, the visitor will be reminded are modern. The captain will befound ever ready to answer the questions that naturally arise to those not toofamiliar with the Alamos eventful history. Some Further Notes on the Alamo. And their t\ag floated out on the breezeLike tremulous liands strelched forth to l)Iess. The building now commonlj- known as the Alamo, and which is realh- theChurch of the Mission of the Alamo, or of San Antonio de Valero, is on the eastside of the Alamo Plaza, its carved i>ont faces west ; it stands at a point a little * Alamo is the Spanish name for the Cottonwood tree, a species of poplar quite common npon the banksof Texas rivers and creeks ; its timber is in demand for the beauty of its texture : on account of the height of itsclose foliage it makes a favorite roosting place for wild ttirkeys. The Alamo seems to have been built in a groveofthes THE ALAMO. 9 nortli i)t midway on the east side of this Plaza, as at present constituted. As willbe seen on reference to the plan of the Mission as it originallj was, both theAlamo Church and the Convent yard were outside the eastern boundarj of theancient enclosure known as the Square of the Mission. This enclosure ex-tended its northwest corner down Avenue D one hundred feet or more, embracingwith the north-west walls a good portion of the actual building site of the newfederal building. Its western boundary was almost exactly along the sidewalkpast the Maverick homestead across Houston .street past the Maverick Rank andthe row of buildings following on the west side of Alamo Plaza. The boundaryall along here, as is most frequently the case with these Missions, consisted ofdwellings and barracks for the use of those connected with or dependants of theold Missions. Two irrigation ditches or acequias, both of them abandoned manyyears ago, ra
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