Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
"Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast" is the official podcast of the Alamo. Located in the heart of San Antonio, the Alamo stands as the Shrine of Texas Liberty. More than 1.6 million visitors travel to the site each year, making it the #1 most visited destination in the State of Texas. The 300-year history of the Alamo is world-renowned and represents the core of Texas’ identity today. In 1960, the Alamo was designated a United States National Historic Landmark, and in 2015, it became part of the Lone Star State's only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit theAlamo.org.
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
The Maverick Family Legacy
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 28: The Maverick Family Legacy
Texas is a state of mind - an independent mind. An attitude that can be traced back to San Antonio’s pioneers, and one man in particular: Samuel Augustus Maverick, a name that today describes that Texas state of mind.
Today we reveal Maverick’s deep roots at the Alamo – he was here during the Siege, and he returned after the Battle – plus the cannons he unearthed and preserved for the historic record, and the legacy the Maverick family builds upon today to Remember The Alamo. Featuring Maverick descendant Kenneth Maverick from Maverick Whiskey, and the Alamo's Senior Researcher & Historian Kolby Lanham.
Former Alamo Curator Dr. Bruce Winders' essay on Samuel Maverick: https://www.thealamo.org/remember/military-occupation/samuel-a-maverick
Maverick's 1835 diary entries: http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/bexarmaverick.htm
Mary Maverick's 1838 drawing of the Alamo Church: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlamo/photos/this-1838-drawing-of-the-alamo-is-considered-to-be-the-earliest-and-was-done-by-/10155819750591863/
Photos of original Maverick House: https://samuelamaverick.blogspot.com/2013/01/texas-homes.html
Photo of old Maverick Bank courtesy UTSA Libraries Special Collections: https://digital.utsa.edu/digital/collection/p9020coll008/id/4148/
Postcard of old Maverick Bank courtesy San Antonio Conservation Society: https://www.saconservation.org/VirtualExhibits/AlamoPlaza/0ABD916D-E1F0-45EB-92E8-804534685214.htm
