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Colonel Travis, much of what was there were large unsourced chunks of text about Texas history that did not directly involve Travis, or at least it was not tied in as written. And I put a new section on Family down at the bottom and moved text down there. Without a doubt, this article needs to be improved. But I believe I have at least gotten it beyond the point of being tagged for sourcing.
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understand why this might not seem important, but I was just doing some casual reading on the Alamo and this stood out as a bit untidy. Does anyone know of some references that could be added to provide clarificaiton on Col. Neill's motivation for leaving the Alamo? Or would it be better to raise this issue on the Alamo or Col. Neill talk pages?
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The article had August 9 for the birth date of Travis. I recently made a trip to the alamo (and posted a couple of pictures). The Alamo has a plaque for Travis that gives a birth date of August 1st. I already changed this once and somebody changed it back. If there is documented proof of August
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Let me suggest you contact the Grand Lodge of
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The fact that Travis shot himself rather than be taken prisoner was accepted by no less an authority than Sam
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This statement relates to nothing either before or after, and it sounds bolted-on, to justify the category 'American slave owner'. I feel that this category should be restricted to people whose slave-owning history was notable in itself.
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