Episode 114: The Gateway (ad-free) (Patreon)

Most locations have an isolated history that is unique to them and only them. But some places have served as the entry point for a bigger idea and a larger impact on history as a whole. Sadly, that sort of significance always seems to come at a price, and it’s a cost that’s difficult to forget.

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Further Reading

1. Adina De Zavala, History and Legends of the Alamo and Other Missions in and around San Antonio, first published 1917, edited by Richard R. Flores (Houston: Arte Público Press 1996).
2. Richard R. Flores, “Introduction,” History and Legends of the Alamo and Other Missions in and around San Antonio by Adina De Zavala, first published 1917, edited by Richard R. Flores (Houston: Arte Público Press 1996).
3. Stephen L. Hardin, “Efficient in the Cause,” Tejano Journey, 1770–1850 edited by Gerald E. Poyo (Austin: University of Texas Press 1996).
4. Colin Woodard, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Penguin, 2011).
5. Docia Shultz Williams, When Darkness Falls: Tales of San Antonio Ghosts and Hauntings (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
6. Docia Shultz Williams, Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas (Republic of Texas Press 1997).
7. Michael Varhola, Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country (Covington, KY: Clerisy Press 2015).
8. Lauren and James Swartz, Haunted History of Old San Antonio (Charleston, SC: The History Press 2011).
9. J. C. Edmondson, Alamo Story: From Early History to Current Conflicts (New York: Taylor Trade, 2000).
10. Edward Larocque Tinker, “The Horsemen of the Americas,” The Hispanic American Historical Review 42.2 (May 1962), pp. 191–198.
11. Randell G. Tarín and Robert L. Tarín, “Tarín, Vicente,” Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association, 22 October 2015, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fta48.
12. Samuel Truett, “The Ghosts of Frontiers Past: Making and Unmaking Space in the Borderlands,” Journal of Southwest History 46.2 (2004), pp. 309–350.
13. “10 of the World’s Most Haunted Cities,” National Geographic, The National Geographic Society, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/intelligent-travel/2014/10/30/worlds-most-haunted-cities.