Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders

From Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast by The Alamo

May 7, 2026 · 43 min · Episode 131

About this episode

This episode discusses the formation of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and their connection to the Battle of the Alamo.

Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 131: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersman stepped up to fight for freedom. Legend has it, a future president recruited them inside the Menger Hotel bar - and with their signatures, wrote a new chapter of the Alamo’s already storied history. We reveal why Theodore Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders, where in San Antonio they tra...

People in this episode

Host: The Alamo

Topics covered

Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Battle of the Alamo
San Antonio history
American history
frontiersmen
freedom

Keywords

Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Alamo
San Antonio
American history
frontiersmen
freedom

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Places: Menger Hotel