Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, June 01, 2008

Alamo audio tour, Believe It or Not museum among San Antonio additions

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The first-ever audio tour of the Alamo has just been launched, one of several new attractions awaiting visitors to San Antonio this summer.

For $5, visitors can rent a hand-held player to listen to the 50-minute tour as they walk through the historic site. The tour incorporates stories about the famed battle and a narration of some of the accounts from Alamo survivors.You can hear a clip from the tour at www.antennaaudio. com/AlamoClip.

The Alamo is the most visited destination in Texas, with over 2.5 million visitors annually. The famed battle took place in 1836 when about 180 Texans seeking independence from Mexico held off several thousand Mexican soldiers.

The conflict ended in a massacre, with frontiersman Davy Crockett and Louisiana knife-fighter Jim Bowie among the men who died.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Sunday, June 01, 2008