The Mission San Antonio de Valero de Bejar, originally, one of the five Spanish missions, estab. 1716 by the Spanish Franciscians, abandoned by the end of the century, during which time it was named 'Alamo' for the nearby stand of cottonwood trees. Famous for the Battle of the Alamo, in which a force of 184 defenders held off a 6000 man Mexican army for 13 days, falling on 6-6-1836. Now the major tourist site in Texas and revered by the Daughters of the Alamo