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2. Alamo, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Alamo, Texas. /  26.18500°N 98.11778°W  / 26.18500; -98.11778. Alamo ( / ˈæləmoʊ / AL-ə-moh ), located in the Rio Grande Valley in what is nicknamed the "Land of Two Summers", is a city in the irrigated area of southern Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Known as the "Refuge to the Valley", it is located in an area of abundant ...

3. Alamo Mission - Wikipedia

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   The Alamo. /  29.42583°N 98.48611°W  / 29.42583; -98.48611. The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which ...

4. Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts - Wikipedia

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   The Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts brand was the first motel chain in the United States, [1] [2] founded by Edgar Lee Torrance in Waco, Texas, in 1929. By 1955, there were more than twenty Alamo Plazas across the southeastern U.S., most controlled by a loosely knit group of a half-dozen investors and operating using common branding or architecture. [3]

5. Bank of America Plaza (Dallas) - Wikipedia

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   Bank of America Plaza is a 72-story, 280.7 m (921 ft) late-modernist skyscraper located in the Main Street District in the city's downtown core in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the tallest skyscraper in the city, the 3rd tallest in Texas and the 45th tallest in the United States. It contains 1,900,000 sq ft (180,000 m 2) of office space.

6. Davy Crockett - Wikipedia

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   Occupation. Pioneer, soldier, politician. Signature. David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution .

7. Alamo Village - Wikipedia

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   The replica of the Alamo built for John Wayne's film The Alamo (1960). Alamo Village is a movie set and tourist attraction north of Brackettville, Texas, United States.It was the first movie location built in Texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for The Alamo (1960), directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Frankie Avalon.