Talk:Alamo Mission/Archive 1

Archive 1

Pictures

Oooooo...that means we need to do some tightening up on the article. I'll swing by there today and get a few new/additional pics. --Brownings 22:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

New Photo

I substituted my own photo (Alamo_TX.jpg) for the old one (Alamo.jpg), because it has a much higher resolution. Hope nobody minds. - 10:29, 13 Mar 2005 Eixo

Wait a second...

Isn't this a disambig page? What's a merge thingy doing here? - 22:12, 15 Apr 2005 Tobb m

Punk house?

What on earth is a "punk house", and shouldn't there be a link to the approriate Alamo which is a "punk house"? Rmisiak 07:26, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

stale link moved here

• The Alamo: A Scale Model and a Model for Teaching Research Skills by By Dan Arnsan

is at this time a stale link. I have communicated with Dan Ansan in the last year about getting that resource back online, so I'm moving the link here in hopes that will happen eventually. - Bevo 15:18, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[1] is the new website that hosts this article. - Bevo 17:22, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Alamut

"Alamut" is the name of one particular historically notorious fortress, but I don't think it's the Arabic word for "fortress". The Arabic script given on the Alamut article page, الموت, would actually mean "death" in Arabic. Removing claim from article page. AnonMoos 14:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Native Americans

Which tribe of Native Americans? Its just so vague, and I'm having trouble finding out from internet sources. Anyone know?

Gwinna 04:47, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

They may have been remnants of several tribes that lived in the area whose numbers were decimated by disease and by warfare between the Comanche, Apache, and Mexico. Part of the idea was to convert them to Catholicism and hispanicize them to form a barrier against the two powerful Indian nations.--Calypsoparakeet 19:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Alamu

The Alamo was actually called the Alamu. A lot of people think it was called the Alamo, but it was really the Alamu. It's true.

No it isn't. "Alamo" means "poplar" in Spanish, which trees grew in abundance at the riverside site chosen for the mission. --Calypsoparakeet 19:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Sounds great! All you need now is a reliable reference to back your claim up. --Brownings 03:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

el álamo is Spanish for the poplar tree family, more specifically the cottonwood. Baseball Bugs 22:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

hey

Hey i am doing s project for school and i need famous places that are in Texas do you know of any if so make a post with the names of them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.237.124.61 (talk) 17:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, by being here I'd say you've found one already. Is there a certain set you're looking for (such as those related to Texas Independence), or is a general assignment? --Brownings (talk) 18:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Um...I don't think George Washington, the USA first president, died at the Battle of the Alamo. Correction, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.183.12.250 (talk) 23:50, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Potential images to be included?

• Image:Alamo drawing by Francis Moore Jr in 1840 001.jpg
• Image:1915 movie Martyrs of the Alamo.jpg
• Image:Alamo 1838 Maverick.jpg
• Image:1854 Alamo.jpg

Karanacs (talk) 22:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

alternate image for Adina de Zavala Karanacs (talk) 19:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Texian?

Since when was the adjective for people from Texas "Texian"? Texas lists only "Texan" as a demonym.–OrangeDog (talk • edits) 02:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

It's not in use today; it's a historical demonym. See texian. Kuru ^talk 02:56, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Archaelogical dig info

see [2] for a list of publications. Many can be ordered from [3]. Karanacs (talk) 17:37, 10 September 2009 (UTC)