Today in Texas History: February 10
2023-02-10
1899: “Madam Candelaria” dies at age 113 On this day in 1899, Andrea Castañón Villanueva (Madam Candelaria), who claimed to be a survivor of the battle of the Alamo, died at age 113 in San Antonio. She said she had been born in Laredo in 1785, though other sources sayContinue Reading