SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) -- It has been 185 years since the Alamo fell to Mexican forces. On February 23, 1836, a Mexican force of 1,500 men commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began ...

In 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president and general who dominated the political scene in Mexico, rose into Texas with his army, with destruction on his mind. He was determined to put ...