Timeline

• 1519-1716: the age of exploration 


  The coast of Texas was mapped and explored
• 1716-1793: a religious outpost in the frontier 


  Mission San Antonio de Valero
• 1793-1821: it became a community, pueblo de Valero 


  Birth for a fortress
• 1821-1836: the battle of the Alamo and the Time when Texas became independent 


  The battle of the Alamo
• 1836-1877: served as a post for the U.S. army for example in the civil war

  Under military occupation
• 1870- Present: the Alamo preservation started and it became a tourist symbol and site 


  Commercial development