Texas Myths: They Are More Than The Alamo

"What can the contested and often-mythological history of Texas show us about America today?

"Heather and Joanne use the current impeachment drama surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as a window into the dramatic and ever-shifting legacies of the Alamo and the Texas oil boom."

Click on the link below for a podcast delving into the truth about Texas history:

Texas Tall-Tales, Ken Paxton. . . And Us

He Was Not Right

"David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier, and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo." (link)

"All of the combatants inside the Alamo during the 1836 battle knew that they were fighting for the institution of slavery, as surely as they knew they were fighting for Mexican land." (link)

Davy Crockett was not an "American Hero" and the stories of independence for Texas and the Alamo essentially were myths in support of colonialism, Manifest Destiny, and slavery.

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