EP. 126: An Accidental Victory

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

Texan, Places & Travel, Education, Texas, Cowboy, History, Society & Culture, Culture, Jacinto, Texans, San

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🗓️ 24 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

As the winter of 1835 approached, the Texian army lay siege to San Antonio de Bexar. When rumors started that a pack train was approaching the town carrying silver for the troops, the Texians saw opportunity. Riding out to meet the enemy, the Texians were successful...sort of. Learn about this skirmish in the latest episode of Wise About Texas.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, the Texas History Podcast. This is your your host Ken Wise. Thanks so much for
0:14.1	tuning in today for a little bit of Texas history. We have had a lot going on here
0:19.4	at Wies about Texas World Headquarters. This podcast is being released shortly after the
0:25.2	2024 annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association. If you're a
0:31.0	listener for any length of time, you know that I'm the current president of the Texas State Historical Association.
0:36.5	It was a fantastic annual meeting.
0:40.0	We had over 600 people, we had sessions in all different aspects of Texas history.
0:47.2	We had some African American history, German history, American Indians, Texas legal history, lots of good programming, getting a
0:56.0	ton of feedback that it was one of the better annual meetings that we've ever had, which is great.
1:02.4	And we had a big gala at the end.
1:04.4	We were in College Station, Texas for the first time on the campus of Texas A&M.
1:08.6	We had a gala in the Hall of Champions, Kyle Field, and it was really fantastic.
1:15.0	So if you're not a member of the TSA, you need to join.
1:18.0	It is the oldest founded in 1897 and the largest Texas history organization.
1:25.3	We're starting some initiatives
1:27.3	to integrate better with all the many historical associations
1:31.6	of whatever stripe all across the states.
1:34.2	Now is a great time to join.
1:35.4	You can go to T.S.H. online.org and do that.
1:39.8	Next year's meeting will be in Houston and should be a great one. It will be at the end of February.
1:46.1	So don't miss out on that. We, uh, this podcast is being released during what we like to call
1:52.1	the high holy days of Texas history that time
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