Question about the Alamo (San Antonio, Mission: trees, basement, company)

[Texas Cop]

How did it actually get the name Alamo? Any info will be appreciated.

[Merovee]

It was nicknamed after Alamo de Parras, a group of mounted lancers stationed there in the early 1800's.

The original name was Mission San Antonio de Valero.

[huckster]

The name alamo is the definition of poplar tree here in the southwest ?

Originally Posted by Merovee

It was nicknamed after Alamo de Parras, a group of mounted lancers stationed there in the early 1800's.

The original name was Mission San Antonio de Valero.

[TXStrat]

It's difficult to pinpoint when the Valero mission was first called "Alamo." Many early references address La Compañía de Alamo de Parras as "El Alamo," which was often seen as an abbreviated name form in correspondence and other official documents.
The predominant name forms used by the company from its arrival in 1803 until and after 1807 were "San Antonio de Valero" or "Bejar", referring to the Presidio de Bejar to which the company had been sent as reinforcements.

See complete article: How the Alamo got its name

[TXStrat]

Originally Posted by huckster

The name alamo is the definition of poplar tree here in the southwest ?

I read somewhere it is the Spanish name for the cottonwood tree.

[Merovee]

Yes, poplar, cottonwood specifically when it comes to the name behind the Alamo.

The Alamo de Parras Company was from a Coahuilan (state in Mexico) pueblo of the same name which took it's name from cottonwood trees nearby there.

[Merovee]

Also fyi, San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) and Presido de Bexar are two different places entirely.

Alamo de Parras was originally sent to Bexar but ended up at San Antonio de Valero which was eventually nicknamed after them.

Had they by twist of fate remained at Bexar then the building we know as the Alamo would not have been known as that today.

[sa dave]

I thought the 'question about the Alamo' was going to be about it having a basement.

... guess not...let down....sigh

[TXStrat]

Originally Posted by sa dave

I thought the 'question about the Alamo' was going to be about it having a basement.

... guess not...let down....sigh

Another on the quest for Pee Wee's long lost bike? The stairs are just past where Hank Hill spent a few hours in his underwear before finding out there were New York natives among the ranks of the Alamo defenders, about 20 feet, on the right.

[JuanValdez]

King of the Hill showed all the mannequins still in there, but they've been gone for years...