Texas
Four historic landmarks in Texas, across three eras of American history. Start with The Alamo, San Antonio Missions and Dealey Plaza.
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Pictured The Alamo
Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA · via Wikimedia Commons
Landmarks in Texas
- Westward Expansion
The Alamo
San Antonio, TX
The Alamo began as a Spanish mission and became, in 1836, the site of a thirteen-day siege that turned into one of the most famous last stands in American history.
Spanish ColonialSan Antonio Missions
San Antonio, TX
The San Antonio Missions are the largest concentration of Spanish colonial missions in North America — four 18th-century mission communities strung along the San Antonio River.
The 20th CenturyDealey Plaza
Dallas, TX
On a bright November afternoon in 1963, a presidential motorcade turned onto Elm Street in this small park and drove into one of the defining traumas of modern American history.
The 20th CenturySpace Center Houston
Houston, TX
The room where humanity's Moon landing was directed from Earth, preserved down to the ashtrays and coffee cups of 1969, sits at the heart of the visitor center that lets the public walk through NASA's human spaceflight program.
