Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
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Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
The Matamoros Expedition
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 112: The Matamoros Expedition
In December 1835, trust is breaking down between Texas revolutionaries and sympathetic Mexican federalists. Trust is even breaking down between the Texans themselves.
We reveal the controversial choice to try a second time to take the fight down to Mexico, how it changed the course of the Texas Revolution, and unknowingly set the stage for the fateful loss at the Alamo. Featuring the Alamo's former curator Dr. Bruce Winders.
Texas State Historical Association essay on Matamoros Expedition: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/matamoros-expedition-of-1835-36
