Celebrate Texas Independence
Join the Texas Heroes Foundation for a 3 day celebration March 1, 2, & 3, 2018 Stroll Thru Texas History
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Alexander Somervell – a True Texas Hero
SOMERVELL, ALEXANDER (1796–1854). Alexander Somervell, soldier, and leader of the Somervell Expedition, celebrated as just one Texas Hero Remembered in Glen Rose on May 20th. He was born to James and Elizabeth Somervell in Maryland on June 11, 1796, and moved to Texas in 1833 with a land grant from Stephen F. Austin’s in…