San Antonio Spirits
I was so excited to be able to stay one night in downtown San Antonio! I visited when I was about 12 years old but it was nothing like it use to be.
They have reduced a massive fort, the Alamo, down to less then a city block.
It's once call to action, is only a echo now against the crowded streets full of sightseers, shoppers and those committed to keeping the city running.
During the day it seems like any other historic city but once the sun sets it takes on a whole other vibe.
Definitely on my list for places to Investigate further!
Here are just a few places were walked to from our hotel.
Haunted Hotels in Texas/Haunted Hotels in San Antonio
Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, TX
As the elevator doors opened on the fourteenth floor, we were immediately hit with the odors of bandages and anesthetics. Even after all these years, the residual energies remain.
Taking pictures while taking in all the energetic hits is always challenging but as soon as the feelings come, I take a picture. What do you feel from these photos of the Emily Morgan Hotel?
Located overlooking the historic Alamo, and a one time medical center, the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, TX, is certainly no stranger to death and history. Regarded as one of the most haunted locations in Texas, this hotel boasts apparitions and poltergeist activity among many other reports.
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With s stop at the Alamo, we were on our haunted journey.
The time came to step up to the Menger Hotel just steps within the last standing remains of the Alamo.
I could not bring myself to walking inside, instead I wanted to walk out in front of this grand hotel and take it in, snap a picture, take my time walking inside, in other words, procrastinating from entering. Perplexed, as I never show any signs of fear or hesitation when walking into a known haunted building.
The more I sat there taking in the energy, I could feel an energy covering the building, as if to protect it.
With my son's encouragement, we walked across the street and went right up to the front doors. Hesitating, I didn't want to walk inside. Like a warning to remain outside the force field encompassing the building. Once again, my son said, "You really don't want to go inside do you? Even more reason to go, don't you think?"
Of course he was right, I knew I had to go inside.
To the left was the front desk area and an elevator. The center of the grand room was filled with chairs and comfy sofas, with a courtyard on the other side of several french doors.
I was immediately transformed, from not wanting to enter, to being pulled to my right which lead to a long hallway. I was in awe of the way it made me want to dance through the hallway and enter the artistic display of grandeur retained in what is the original building of the Menger Hotel.
The pictures speak for themselves, but what do your senses say?
The History of the Menger Hotel
The Alamo
Before the land on which elegant Menger Hotel sits became a hotel, it was the scene of perhaps the most remembered fight for Texas Independence.
The Battle of the Alamo.
The Texans hoped—no, they needed—their freedom from Mexico, and minor disputes ultimately resulted in one of the bloodiest battles in Texas history. In February of 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna marched with his troops to the Alamo mission, intent on stamping out the rebellion. They arrived with nearly 4,000 soldiers.
Despite the odds stacked against them, the Texians and Tejanos gathered together to fight. They held out for thirteen long days. The commanding officer, William Travis, sent missives to other Texas communities for aid and was rewarded when thirty-two volunteers arrived at the Alamo. The numbers then tipped toward two hundred.
For days, the battle commenced, but on March 6, 1836, the Mexican soldiers rushed the compound. General Santa Anna’s troops sieged the church, busting the doors open with a cannon. One by one the Texians fighters and their supporters fell, including infamous James Bowie and Davy Crockett.
On the land which the Menger Hotel would be built on twenty-three years later, the Alamo fell to General Santa Anna, and it is reported that all of the men fighting for Texas independence were killed.
