Texas License Plate |
San Jacinto Monument, Texas |
Texas Revolution Battle of San Jacinto - 21 April 1836 |
San Jacinto Monument - east of Houston |
Rental car for the day... |
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Building of Industries |
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Coming of the Pioneers |
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Coming of the Pioneers |
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - San Jacinto Advance |
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Travis' Letter from the Alamo |
The First Shot of the Texas Revolution, Gonzales 2 Oct 1835 |
Early policies of Mexico towards the Texas colonists started well, but after 1829 unscrupulous rulers siezed power in Mexico |
Texas declaration of Independence, 2 March 1836 |
Here, 21 April 1836, the Army of Texas under San Houston attacked the Mexican Army of Gen. Santa Anna |
"Remember the Alamo" |
San Jacinto was one of the world's decisive battles, the start of a chain of events leading to the USA increasing area by 1/3 |
San Jacinto Monument stone |
Flag of Spain, San Jacinto Monument |
From an 1869 map of the City of Houston, San Jacinto Museum |
Mexican soldiers during the Texas Revolution |
Map of Mexico and Texas around 1830 |
Mexican national emblem |
The Hawkins Flag of 1836, one of the first with the "lone star" |
Bust of San Houston |
Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna |
View from the top of the San Jacinto Monument |
San Jacinto Battlefield from the top of the Monument |
San Jacinto Battlefield |
Marhses at the San Jacinto Battlefield |
The Battleship Texas seen from the San Jacinto Monument |
Battleship Texas |
The skyline of Houston seen from the top of the San Jacinto Monument |
Port of Houston, Texas |
Tanker Bunga Kelana Satu (Malaysia) arriving at the Port of Houston |
Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, Texas |
Map of the New World ca 1570, San Jacinto Museum |
18th Century Map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, San Jacinto Museum |
Map of North America ca 1790, San Jacinto Museum |
San Jacinto Battlefield, Texas |
Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, Texas |
San Jacinto Monument |
Battleship Texas Museum, San Jacinto |
Battleship USS Texas (BB-35) 573ft long |
Battleship Texas launched 18 May 1912 |
USS Texas saw action during WWI |
USS Texas escorted convoys in the North Atlantic during WWII |
Tripod mast of the USS Texas with radar, main battery fire control and forward battle lookouts |
USS Texas shelled the beaches of North Africa and Normandy |
USS Texas transferred to the Pacific in late 1944 |
In the Pacific War, USS Texas took part in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
USS Texas was decommissioned in 1948 after earning 5 battle stars in WWII |
Battleship Texas armament - 10 14" guns |
Battleship Texas armament - 21 5" guns |
USS Texas information - Protection |
USS Texas information - The Big Guns |
USS Texas information - Defense |
USS Texas information - Propulsion and Navigation |
USS Texas information - Modifications |
Battleship Texas displaces 27,000 tons |
Boarding the USS Texas |
14" shells for the main guns of USS Texas |
Aft turrets of USS Texas |
USS Texas - National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark |
Map of the USS Texas |
USS Texas Service Record |
Anti-aircraft gun |
Anti-aircraft gun sight |
Rear tripod mast of USS Texas with range finder |
Galley of USS Texas |
Stack of USS Texas |
Main battery fire control mast and AA guns |
5" gun, USS Texas |
Forward deck, USS Texas |
Battleship USS Texas |
USS Texas |
USS Texas turrets 1 and 2 |
14" guns of the USS Texas |
14" guns of the USS Texas |
USS Texas |
Shell ready for loading inside a main turrent of USS Texas |
Turret position indicator |
Powder bags ready for loading |
Armament, USS Texas |
Navigation room, USS Texas |
Battleship Texas AA battery |
Bridge of USS Texas |
Battleship Texas |
Battleship Texas with San Jacinto Monument |
Anti-aircraft battery, USS Texas |
American flag, USS Texas |
Crew bunks, USS Texas |
Barber shop, USS Texas |
Hospital, USS Texas |
Radio Room, USS Texas |
Officer's Quarters, USS Texas |
USS Texas toilet |
Drum with "Frenchie" USS Texas |
Historic photograph of sailors dancing on the USS Texas |
USS Texas World War I service plaque |
USS Texas World War II service plaque |
USS Texas silver punch bowl set |
USS Texas - silver sailing ship |
USS Texas |
USS Texas |
Battleship Texas |
Lian Xing Hu arriving at Port of Texa |
Lian Xing Hu arriving at Port of Texas with the tug Matthew k |
Navigator Neptune arriving at the Port of Houston |
Tugboat Mark K escorting the Navigator Neptune, Port of Houston |
Tugboat Mark K and Navigator Neptune |
Tugboat Mark K escorting the Navigator Neptune, Port of Houston |
Industrial area east of Houston |
Chemical plant next to the Port of Houston |
Port of Houston |
Tony's Barbecue |