Diary of an Alamo Defender
Remembering the Gonzales Ranging Company
Responding to besieged Alamo commander William B. Travis’ grandiloquent plea for reinforcements, 32 men and boys—many of them members of the Gonzales Ranging Company—reached the old mission at 2 a.m. March 1, 1836.
In recognition of the heroism of those men—often now referred to as the Immortal 32—every year a delegation of Gonzales residents travels to …
