Lots of folks have heard about the Battle of the Alamo, but if you ask anyone, including myself, or a Texan, what the Battle of Mendino was, most wouldn't know. Why, no one even knows where the actual battle is, but at least 1000 Anglo settlers, American Indians and Tejanos (Texans of Mexican descent) were killed there on August 18, 1813, 20 miles south of the more famous Alamo and 23 years before that battle.
There are a small, but determined group of history detectives are attempting to locate the battle site by using metal detectors.
The Texans were brutally crushed in a four hour battle with Spanish forces and their bodies left on the field for ten years. Fewer than 100 escaped the battle.
There is a plaque at a ranch three miles from where the people are currently looking at a 600 acre ranch in southeast Bexar County.
Jan. 27th MySA.com "History buffs hunt for evidence of 'forgotten battle' before Alamo" by Hernan Rozemberg of the Express-News
I Sure Would Like to Know More About this Battle. --Old Coot
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