Statues of West, also known through folklore as Emily Morgan, and Texian spy Hendrick Arnold were unveiled Thursday at the Alamo, marking the first time the mission and battle site has ...

The Alamo, the San Antonio mission famous for its Texas Revolution battle and serves as a symbol for the State of Texas, has unveiled two new statues, representatives from the historic landmark ...

Emily D. West, a biracial housekeeper under contract ... The Emily Morgan Hotel, formerly known as the Medical Arts Building, stands by the Alamo and was renamed in 1984 for the fabled Texas ...

but unlike her fictionalized co-stars — Brendan Fraser's "white native" Billy Anderson or Ray Liotta's vengeful Alamo-survivor, Lorca, for example — Emily D. West is a real-life folk heroine ...