R.I.P. William B Travis

[BackInTex]

I REMEMBER the Alamo

Travis died, along with 200 or so others, defending the Alamo on this day in 1836.

Names of significance having Texas counties named after them include:

Bailey County: Named for Peter James Bailey III.
Bowie County: Named for James Bowie.
Cochran County: Named for Robert E. Cochran.
Cottle County: Named for George W. Cottle.
Crockett County: Named for David (Davy) Crockett.
Dickens County: Named for James R. Dickens.
Floyd County: Named for Dolphin Ward Floyd.
King County: Named for William Philip King.
Lynn County: Named for George W. Lynn.
Taylor County: Named for Edward Taylor and George Taylor.
Travis County: Named for William Barret Travis.

Other names of significance include:

James Bonham (lots of schools in Texas named for him)

Birthplaces of deceased include
30 from Tennessee
17 from Kentucky
16 from Virginia
11 from Ireland and 11 from England

33 fatalities were from the Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company, including the youngest defender fatality, William Philip King, PVT, aged 15 who rode to the Alamo with the Ranger Company in his father's place. William had pursuaded his father that he was needed more by the family than himself and to let him go defend the Alamo. William manned a cannon during the seige. King County, TX is named for William.

[Spock]

Is there a Sycamore County-LOL

From the Ballad of William Sycamore

>>>"Till I lost my boyhood and found my wife,
A girl like a Salem clipper!
A woman straight as a hunting-knife
With as eyes as bright as the Dipper!

We cleared our camp where the buffalo feed,
Unheard-of streams were our flagons;
And I sowed my sons like the apple-seed
On the trail of the Western wagons.

They were right, tight boys, never sulky or slow,
A fruitful, a goodly muster.
The eldest died at the Alamo.
The youngest fell with Custer.<<<<<

Sung by Tom Russell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEK-FKCN0sk

[elwoodblues]

Dammit, I forgot the Alamo.

But I remember this quote from Davy Crockett:

"I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not, they might go to hell, and I would go to Texas."

[silverscreenselect]

When I saw BiT's headline, I thought he was referring to the actor who played Cancer Man on the X-Files. Then I looked it up and saw he was William B. Davis, not William B. Travis, and that he's still alive.

Never mind.

[Beebs52]

I saw it and hoped it wasn't wb!!!

[Bob Juch]

What is the evidence that Travis and Crockett were flayed?