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Travis's Joe

He told the government of Texas what happened at the Alamo. Then he was returned to a dead man's estate.

Collection: San Antonio · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Stone facade of the Alamo church
Stone facade of the Alamo church · Abbie Myers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

Fifty dollars was the reward, offered in the Telegraph and Texas Register in May 1837, for a man named Joe. Joe had been enslaved by William Travis, and he was about twenty-three when Santa Anna's troops stormed the Alamo on 6 March 1836. By his own account he took a gun and followed Travis into the fight. He fired, fell back into one of the buildings, and fired several times more.

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Visiting

Alamo Plaza, San Antonio. Entry to the church is free but needs a timed reservation at thealamo.org. Construction continues around the site, so check hours and access before you go.

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