Texas Trivia (San Antonio, Alamo, Liberty: price, move, snake)

[CptnRn]

I sent ShaneSA a direct message yesterday reminding him it was his turn. He has not responded so I'm inviting SweetiePie to ask a new question.

[ShaneSA]

I'm not good at coming up with trivia questions, just answers. But here goes an effort. Who was dubbed the "Savior of the Alamo"?

[Sweetie Pie]

Originally Posted by ShaneSA

I'm not good at coming up with trivia questions, just answers. But here goes an effort. Who was dubbed the "Savior of the Alamo"?

Was it Emily Morgan?

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Sweetie Pie

Was it Emily Morgan?

That is a good answer...but I am thinking she was the "inspriration" for the famed "Yellow Rose of Texas"...?

So my answer to the question would be Susannah Dickinson...?

[Sweetie Pie]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

That is a good answer...but I am thinking she was the "inspriration" for the famed "Yellow Rose of Texas"...?

So my answer to the question would be Susannah Dickinson...?

LoL!!! Excuse me kind sir, but I must disagree with your answer. If you look further in to this article, it says Ms. Dickinson was the only anglo survivor of the Alamo.


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"Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson will always be remembered as the sole adult Anglo survivor and the most extensively quoted eyewitness source (though not necessarily the most reliable to the final and subsequent events surrounding the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo."


Emily D. West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"West was a free woman of color born in New Haven, Connecticut[1]. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan as an indentured servant to work for one year in Morgan's Point, Texas at the New Washington Association's hotel as a housekeeper[1]. Several months into her year of indentureship, on April 16, 1836, West and other residents were kidnapped by Mexican cavalry. West was forced to travel with the forces of General Antonio López de Santa Anna as they prepared to face the army led by Sam Houston, and was in the Mexican camp on April 21 when Houston's force attacked. The Texans won the Battle of San Jacinto in 45 minutes.
According to legend, Santa Anna had been caught unprepared because he was having sex with West. No contemporary accounts indicate that Santa Anna was with a woman at the time, but the story was recorded in the journal of Englishman William Bollaert in 1842, who heard it from a veteran during a steamer trip.[1]. After Bollaert's diary was published in 1956, amateur historians began to expand the tale, with Henderson Shuffler suggesting that West fit the description of the girl in then popular folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas"[1]. The story continued to grow as the legend took hold by the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial."

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Sweetie Pie

LoL!!! Excuse me kind sir, but I must disagree with your answer. If you look further in to this article, it says Ms. Dickinson was the only anglo survivor of the Alamo.

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"Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson will always be remembered as the sole adult Anglo survivor and the most extensively quoted eyewitness source (though not necessarily the most reliable to the final and subsequent events surrounding the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo."

BUT...kind madam (tips hat to you, ma'am)...that information is not exactly true. Remember, her daughter (Angelina, as I recall), also survived...and was known as the Babe of the Alamo..

Just as a bit of related info...it is truly sad how both of them ended up in later life.

Anyway, I DO know that Emily Morgan was the inspiration for the song "Yellow Rose of Texas"....but will concede -- after consideration of the matter -- you may be right as to the "Savior of the Alamo" ...assuming this has (as it possibly does) a connection with the Battle of San Jacinto!

[ShaneSA]

Not even a close guess, at this point.. I guess I'm a bit better at trivia questions than I thought.

[Sweetie Pie]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

BUT...kind madam (tips hat to you, ma'am)...that information is not exactly true. Remember, her daughter (Angelina, as I recall), also survived...and was known as the Babe of the Alamo..

Just as a bit of related info...it is truly sad how both of them ended up in later life.

Anyway, I DO know that Emily Morgan was the inspiration for the song "Yellow Rose of Texas"....but will concede -- after consideration of the matter -- you may be right as to the "Savior of the Alamo" ...assuming this has (as it possibly does) a connection with the Battle of San Jacinto!

Originally Posted by ShaneSA

Not even a close guess, at this point.. I guess I'm a bit better at trivia questions than I thought.

Good job Shane!!!

LoL!!!!!........I'm googling as fast as I can!!!

[Sweetie Pie]

I don't know why I keep thinking it was a woman.

Was it Clara Driscoll, who purchased the Alamo for $1000.00 in the early 1900's to save it from being built into a hotel???

[joqua]

Originally Posted by Sweetie Pie

I don't know why I keep thinking it was a woman.

Was it Clara Driscoll, who purchased the Alamo for $1000.00 in the early 1900's to save it from being built into a hotel???

The San Antonio based sculptor Pompeo Coppini, in his autobiography, claims it was HE who first heard of plans to build a large hotel on the Alamo site and it was HE who first sounded the alarm to his friend "Miss DeZavala" prompting her and other ladies of influence to "rally round the flag."

ZAVALA, ADINA EMILIA DE - One of Miss Zavala's greatest contributions to Texas was the preservation of a portion of the old San Antonio de Valero Mission, better known as the Alamo, which her group prevented from being razed in the early twentieth century.