Remember the Alamo? Which One?

Drawing of the Alamo 1865

While contemplating the mounting evidence that the Controllers commandeered existing Old Empire structures in America and either destroyed them or cleverly wove them into their colonial narrative, I realized that the reset scenario may be the answer to a riddle that has nagged me since childhood.

The San Antonio Alamo today

Being raised and educated in Texas, I had the tragic story of the Alamo pounded into my brain and visited the iconic battleground in San Antonio more times than I care to remember.

However, I also remember another Alamo where I spent even more of my youthful days since it was near a favorite family vacation destination.

The Fake Alamo.

Fake Alamo under construction

Located in the middle of nowhere in Brackettville near the Texas/Mexico Border at Eagle Pass, this re-creation was supposedly constructed in 1957 for the filming of John Wayne’s movie “The Alamo.”

The official narrative explains that this project was the brainchild of Texan James T. “Happy” Shahan who got the bright idea to build a re-creation of the Mexican mission on his ranch land to attract Hollywood filmmakers.

It worked.

Happy Shahan in front of his Fake Alamo

The story gets kinda strange regarding the funding for the fake Alamo project.

Originally the set was to be facades of the front and sides of the buildings. However, Wayne ran out of money and called a halt to construction. Shahan agreed to continue working while Wayne raised more money, if Wayne would agree to building full sets with four walls, floor and roofs. Wayne signed on to the deal.

The Cast of The Alamo in front of the replica

According to the historical narrative, Brackettville wasn’t always in the middle of nowhere, it had been developed for centuries since it was on an old east-west road at a natural spring that eventually became a fort and a stagecoach stop.

Originating as an oasis favored by the Indians, the settlement, named for an early merchant named Oscar Brackett, became a resting place for travelers after a jarring 24-hour stagecoach ride from San Antonio. It was soon protected by a large cavalry installation, Fort Clark.

Map showing Fort Clark and Brackett(ville)

Guess who else remembers the Fake Alamo?

Phil Collins at Brackettville Alamo

Yep, the Genesis drummer and solo Gold Record recipient himself turns out to be quite the Alamo aficionado!

He even has this “replica” that includes 4 statues never pictured on ANY original Alamo photos.

But it turns out his replica isn’t the only one with this puzzling feature…but first a bit about Phil and his Alamo collection.

Turns out Collins’ obsession with the Alamo began as a child back in Merry Old England where he watched the Disney show Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.

He confesses that his favorite childhood pastime was to recreate the Alamo drama in his back yard!

He would actually torture the toy soldiers captured after battle, strangely echoing the then unknown outcome of the imprisoned defenders (yes, some soldiers may have survived the battle).

In a further strange Alamo twist, an article in True West revealed:

A clairvoyant once told him [Phil] he was the reincarnation of John W. Smith—an Alamo courier who went on to become the first mayor of San Antonio.
She didn’t know that the very first item in his vast Alamo collection was an 1836 receipt for Smith’s new saddle just weeks after the Alamo siege.

Phil presents his Alamo receipt

So, imagine my surprise when I discovered another full-blown replica of the Alamo in Dripping Springs, Texas, built for the filming of the Disney movie cleverly named “The Alamo.”

The filmmakers claim they painstakingly recreated the Alamo and the compound so it would perfectly match the San Antonio version at the time of the 1836 battle.

Dripping Springs Alamo Movie Set

But wait a minute, this version has those 4 mysterious statues like in Phil’s model and no hump either! Must I really accept that this is a “stone by stone” replication?

Original Alamo , date unknown (Is that a Fiddly Bit on top?)

So why did some Alamo replica aficionados add fancy columns and statues while others left all that space blank?

Hmmmm…

Another Alamo with detailed statues, date and location unknown

So, the more I looked, the more fake Alamos I found!

Red Brick Replica in Dallas

There are lots of versions that are closer matches for the good ole San Antonio Alamo, although none of them turned out to be movie sets.

For instance in Spicewood Springs, Texas, there is an property with a “re-created” Alamo that has been turned into a private million dollar residence.

 Guess we’re not supposed to notice the big Spanish mission right by this supposedly new construction at 500 Contrail Way?

Hmmmm…

Spicewood Springs Alamo Complex

Oh, there’s another unadorned “fake” Alamo in Cypress Springs, Texas…but it has become a corporate headquarters.

Cypress Springs Alamo – now Kwik Copy headquarters

But never fear,  just an 11 minute mile drive up the road in Mount Vernon, Texas, you’ll find a genuine Alamo replica museum.

I kid you not.

The Alamo Mission Museum – Mt. Vernon, Texas

This version is a resort in Fredricksburg, Texas.

Tin Star Dude Ranch in Fredricksburg

Even way out in El Paso they got Alamo fever and turned one into a bank!

El Paso Alamo with a drive-through

Oh, and what about this one in Plano that was opened in the 70’s as a video game park.

They didn’t bother to re-create the second level?

Good grief…

Oh, and it was converted into a used car lot.

Really.

Of course, they built a replica (or 2!) in Dallas at Fair Park, cause, ya know, we just can’t forget the Alamo!

And last — but certainly not least — there is this fully developed “Alamo” in Arizona called the San Xavier Mission with all kinds of decorative fiddly bits long gone from the Texas versions.

Guess what…it’s a movie set!

Location for “The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold”

Notice how all these “pretend” Alamos are in towns famous for their natural springs?

Even the San Antonio Alamo has a spring well within the fortress.

Hmmmm…

Well inside Alamo

Also, I was really puzzled by these two old pictures of (supposedly) the good ole San Antonio Alamo.

In the first one, it is sitting right on the road next to a Tartarian looking hospital!

Why is there no plaza in front?

And just when did they add the courtyard to the side?

Palm trees, in San Antonio?

The name Alamo means cottonwood, after all.

Geez.

Alamo with Plaza AND Courtyard

Finally, buried in a book of old American photos, I discovered a little revelation…according to this blurb, the original Alamo has been relocated (and renamed) quite a few times even before the famous battle took place!

I just don’t understand why conventional history chooses to overlook all of these “replica” Alamo-type structures consistently located in arid regions next to natural springs!

No idea where this “Replica” is located

Why is it so hard to admit they were already there?

Do the secret societies know the truth?

Seems the only plausible explanation is that we’re being fed false narratives about the civilizations that existed in this region long before the European settlers arrived.

Alamo Replica in Florida

So many new questions after discovering all these Alamos and the fake history surrounding them…

Who knows, maybe the true reason for the battle of the Alamo was about Montezuma’s lost gold after all?

Gotta admit, one of my favorite cheezy movies is Viva Max, a present day farce about a rag tag group of Mexican troops goaded into retaking the Alamo by their delusional, but lovable, leader.

Now it’s twice as funny when I think of all those fake Alamos they passed by along the way!

More icon-shattering research at:

 The Smithsonian’s Basement

Washington’s Watergate Weirdness

~ by weewarrior on March 9, 2019.