Jim Jobling

  • Texas A&M Returns Two Cannons To Alamo, Two More Arrive For Conservation

    By Elena Watts, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications The latest two of nine Alamo cannons being conserved by the Conservation Research Laboratory (CRL) on the RELLIS Education and Research Campus at Texas A&M University in Bryan returned to San Antonio Tuesday as two more, a 4-pound Spanish…

  • Texas A&M Conservation Efforts Reveal New Details About Alamo Cannons

    By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Texas A&M conservators have revealed new details about two cannons used during the Texas Revolution’s 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The Rio Grande Cannon and Spanish Cannon returned home to the Alamo in San Antonio on Monday after almost four…

  • Texas A&M Conserving Cannons, Helping To ‘Remember The Alamo!’

    Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush addresses the crowd at the Alamo in San Antonio during Cannon Fest, where the announcement was made that the cannons were being conserved by the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications The…