Collection includes Bowies legendary knife 1-of-4 remaining Davy Crockett-owned rifles
Texas Insider Report: THE ALAMO Texas Ive read pretty much every Alamo book thats out there says former Genesis drummer Oscar winner multiple Grammy Award winner and Texana collector Phil Collins. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has announced Collins largest-
known private collection of artifacts from the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo will soon be coming home. Collins will join Patterson at the Alamo on June 26th for the donation of his famed collection to the State of Texas.
For many of the items the donation will mean many artifacts will be returning to the cradle of Texas liberty for the first time since the legendary defeat of Texian forces by Mexican troops under Santa Anna in 1836. Collins Alamo collection includes invaluable artifacts like:
- Jim Bowies legendary knife
- One of only four rifles left that were owned by Davy Crockett
- Collins has Crocketts leather shot pouch and two powder horns he allegedly gave a Mexican officer before his death.
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here are letters from William B. Travis and many other invaluable historic documents that shed insight on early Texas history.
Later he received a birthday-present that would change his life: a receipt for a saddle signed by an Alamo defender.
From that point forward the drummer began building his impressive Alamo and Texas Revolution collection.
The private collection was popularized in Collins 384-page book The Alamo & Beyond" published in 2012.
WHO: Musician Phil Collins & Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson
WHAT: Donation of massive private Alamo artifact collection to the Alamo
WHEN: 
10:00 a.m. Thursday June 26th 2014
WHERE: In front of the Alamo Shrine 300 Alamo Plaza San Antonio Texas
WHY: Major accomplishment in new era of Alamo management by the state of Texas
There are others out there that are far more knowledgeable about it ... but Im enthusiastic says Collins. For more information on the Texas General Land Office please visit www.glo.texas.gov. For more information on the Alamo please visit the official Alamo website at www.thealamo.org.
