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Preservation: Remember the Alamo (Replica)

John Wayne starred in 1960's The Alamo, filmed on a 500 acre set that took two years to build.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 11/03/2009
Preservation: An Artistic Renovation

In 1940 Olaf Wieghorst found his calling as a Western artist.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 09/25/2009
Preservation: Saving the Neighborhood

Wyoming was still living the Wild West when the state's first governor's mansion was built in Cheyenne in 1904.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 08/25/2009
Surrender Site

We now know just where the Mexican army surrendered to Sam Houston's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 08/01/2009
Preservation: Where the Bodies are Buried

In 2007, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco was expanding its facility.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 06/01/2009
Preservation: Indians on the Internet
The National Museum of the American Indian houses three Smithsonian museums.
Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 05/01/2009
Preservation: Monument for a Madam

Mary Porter held a unique position in Fort Worth, Texas, society in the 1890s. 

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 04/01/2009
Preservation: Galvanizing Galveston

Hurricane Ike put a hurt on the Texas port city of Galveston in mid-September. Thirteen-foot floodwaters wreaked havoc with structures both old and new.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 03/01/2009
Preservation: Canada Can-Do

Ontario, Canada, thrived due to the railroads that crisscrossed the region in the 1800s.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 02/01/2009
Preservation: The Fort That Wouldn't Die

New Mexico's Fort Bayard was built in 1866 to protect settlers from the Apache until Geronimo surrendered 20 years later.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 01/01/2009