The roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar at a small, ruined mission called The Alamo - a place where myth meets history and legend meets reality. In the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans - men of all races who believed in the future of Texas - held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men - the young, brash Colonel William Travis; the violent, passionate James Bowie; and the larger-than-life living legend Davy Crockett - the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for Texas independence, and into legend for their symbolic significance.