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Web Site Credits

Web Design and Concept:

 

Bean Creative Funktional Web Design

President

 

Layla Masri

Vice President

 

Keith Soares

Director of Design and Development

 

Bill Setzer

Director of Programming

 

Stuart Pham

Project Director

 

Amy Warnke

Senior Programmer

 

Emily Grossman

Web Developer

 

Nathan Cross

 

 

 

Content Developers:

 

Digital Learning Group

Kaye Baucom-Huffman
George Stone
Rob Tranchin
Andrea Boardman
Donald Frazier

Spanish Translations by:

 

Alta Language Services, Inc.
Atlanta, GA  30326

Cinco Media Communications Inc.
Dallas, Texas

Antonieta Romero-Follette

 

Funded by:

CPB: Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Image Credits

 

Artist Image Title Courtesy of
Albert Bierstadt Emigrants Crossing the Plains National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City
Fannie Palmer Across the Contient Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
John Mix Stanley Black Knife, An Apache Warrior, (Detail) John Mix Stanley, Black Knife, An Apache Warrior Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Misses Henry
http://americanart.si.edu
Pedro Lehnert Rancheros DeGolyer Library,
Southern Methodist University
Pedro Lehnert Chihuaha DeGolyer Library,
Southern Methodist University
Pedro Lehnert Second Vista de Mexico DeGolyer Library,
Southern Methodist University
  To Arms! To Arms! Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
  Incidents and Sufferings pamphlet American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
Carl Nebel The Battle of Monterey Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
Frances Flora Bond after Joseph H. Eaton Lithograph - "Battle of Buena Vista" Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Henry Walke The Battle of Veracruz Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Carl Nebel The Battle of El Molina del Rey (Attack Upon the Molino) Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
Carl Nebel The Storming of Chapultepec Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Carl Nebel General Scott's Entrance into Mexico City Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
  Father and Son daguerreotype Graham Pilecki Collection
  Mexican Family daguerreotype Graham Pilecki Collection
Chapin Smith General Scott at Contreras Please Credit Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
Jesse H. Whitehurst Daguerrotype - Sam Houston R.W. Norton Art Gallery,
Shreveport, Louisiana
Chicago Historical Society
  Daguerreotype - Zachary Taylor Chicago Historical Society
Edwin Forbes Cotton Wagon in North Carolina UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures,
No. 073-1418
Pedro Lehnert Heroic Defense of the Garita de Belén DeGolyer Library,
Southern Methodist University
  Battle of Mexico City (Storming of Chapultepec) DeGoyler Library,
Southern Methodist University
  Original map of the Battle of Buena Vista Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
  Polk's First Annual Address to Congress Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
  Yankee Doodle's "Dear Father" American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts
  Incidents and Sufferings in the Mexican War American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts
  1847 U.S. Army Recruiting Poster Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington
  Sketch of General Zachary Taylor Special Collections Division,
The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington
  Daguerreotype 1 Graham Pilecki Historical Collection
  Daguerreotype 2 William J. Schultz, M.D. Collection
  Daguerreotype 3 Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth

Images appearing in video clips

 

Artist Image Title Courtesy of
Fannie Palmer Midnight Race on the Mississippi Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Fannie Palmer Across the Continent Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
John Phillips Paseos (Mexico City) Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
John Phillips Santa Domingo (Mexico City) Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Fannie Palmer The Rocky Mountains Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Henry Walke U.S. Frigate Mississippi Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Henry Walke U.S. Steamers Crossing Bar, Tabasco River Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Nathaniel Currier Death of Major Ringgold, Flying Artillery Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Edward Everett San Jose Mission (sideview) Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Edward Petri Indians in Texas Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
Edward Everett Ruins of the Church of the Alamo Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth
  Frederick Douglass Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Robert J. Onderdonk Fall of the Alamo Friends of the Governor's Mansion,
Austin
James F. Wilkins Leaving the old Homestead Missouri Historical Society,
St. Louis
  Independence Missouri Courthouse Square Missouri Historical Society,
St. Louis
Albert Bierstadt Emigrants Crossing the Plains National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City
John Mix Stanley Black Knife, An Apache Warrior John Mix Stanley, Black Knife, An Apache Warrior Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Misses Henry
http://americanart.si.edu
Williams S. Jewett Painting Charles John Fremont National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.npg.si.edu
Benjamin D. Maxam Henry David Thoreau National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.npg.si.edu
John Vanderlin Portrait of Samuel Ringgold National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.npg.si.edu
Thomas Doney U.S. Senate Chamber in 1846 National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.npg.si.edu
Sam Chamberlain Colonel Harneys Dragoons cross the Rio Grande San Jacinto Museum of History , Houston
  Map of Texas San Jacinto Museum of History , Houston
  To Arms! To Arms! (broadside) San Jacinto Museum of History , Houston
  Santa Anna Portrait (lithograph) San Jacinto Museum of History , Houston
  Sitting Bear Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
http://www.nhm.org
Thomas B. Reed Jessie B. Freemont The Autry National Center, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles
C.B. Graham Junction of Gila and Colorado River Camp Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
C.B. Graham Tributary of Gila Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
C.B. Graham Mouth of the Night Creek Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Joseph W. Revere Monterery, capitol of California Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
  Winfield Scott at desk Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Nathan Covington Brooks Surrender of Vera Cruz Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Richard C. Woodville News from the Mexican Battlefield Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Carl Nebel Storming of Chapultepec Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Espasa Recuerdo de la Guerra Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Carl Nebel Battle of Palo Alto Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Chapin Major Ringgold Mortally Wounded Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
James Ballie Major Ringgold Mortally Wounded Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
John G. Andrews Rio Grande Quick Step March, sheet music Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Sarony & Major Palo Alto Grand March, sheet music Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Joseph W. Turner Death of Ringgold, sheet music Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Alonzo Chappel Death of Major Ringgold at Palo Alto Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
  Cassell's Quick Step, sheet music Special Collections Division,
University of Texas at Arlington
Carl Von Iwonski Texas cabin in New Braunfels The Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the Alamo
William Tylle Ranney Painting, The Old Scout's Tale Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK