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Texas Rising 

TV-14 | Drama, Western | TV Mini-Series (2015– )
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The story of how the Texas Rangers were created.

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards »

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Series cast summary:
...  Sam Houston 5 episodes, 2015
...  'Deaf' Smith 5 episodes, 2015
...  Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna 5 episodes, 2015
...  James Wykoff 5 episodes, 2015
...  Mosley Baker 5 episodes, 2015
...  Ephraim Knowles 5 episodes, 2015
...  Vern Elwood 5 episodes, 2015
...  Henry Karnes 5 episodes, 2015
...  Jack Hays 5 episodes, 2015
...  Emily West 5 episodes, 2015
...  Empresario Buckley 5 episodes, 2015
...  Mirabeau Lamar 5 episodes, 2015
...  Thomas Rusk 5 episodes, 2015
...  Pauline Wykoff 5 episodes, 2015
...  Beans Wilkins 5 episodes, 2015
...  Big Foot Wallace 5 episodes, 2015
...  Gator Davis 5 episodes, 2015
...  Kit Acklin 5 episodes, 2015
...  Colonel James Fannin 5 episodes, 2015
...  Andrew Jackson 5 episodes, 2015
...  Billy Anderson 5 episodes, 2015
...  Lorca 5 episodes, 2015
...  Manuel Flores 5 episodes, 2015
...  Juan Seguin 5 episodes, 2015
...  Colby Pit 5 episodes, 2015
...  Almonte 5 episodes, 2015
...  Doc Ewing 5 episodes, 2015
...  Portilla 5 episodes, 2015
...  Buffalo Hump 5 episodes, 2015
...  Sarah Ewing 5 episodes, 2015
Mayra Serbulo ...  Guadalupe 5 episodes, 2015
John Elvis ...  Yellow Knife 5 episodes, 2015
...  Colonel Sherman 5 episodes, 2015
Paula Romo ...  Emilia 5 episodes, 2015
...  Cole Hornfischer 4 episodes, 2015
...  Rebecca Pit 4 episodes, 2015
...  Colonel George 'Boots' Hockley 4 episodes, 2015
...  Romolo / ... 4 episodes, 2015
...  Nate 4 episodes, 2015
Nigel Haaswijk ...  Clarence 4 episodes, 2015
...  Curls 3 episodes, 2015
...  Truett Fincham 2 episodes, 2015
...  Yancy Burns 2 episodes, 2015
...  President Burnet 2 episodes, 2015
...  Samuel Wallace 2 episodes, 2015
...  Roy 2 episodes, 2015
Antonio Monroi ...  Maguara 2 episodes, 2015
Gustavo Terrazas Najera ...  Moises 2 episodes, 2015
...  Captain Markus 2 episodes, 2015
...  Ubaldo 2 episodes, 2015
Alejandro Bracho ...  General Urrea 2 episodes, 2015
Harlow Jane-Arquette ...  Stephanie Wykoff 2 episodes, 2015
Daniel Walker ...  Fuzz 2 episodes, 2015
Ian Shultz ...  Lucas Wykoff 2 episodes, 2015
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A depiction of the rise of Texas from the Battle of the Alamo to San Jacinto. A story told through the lives of the men who gave everything up to defend an infant country from a ruthless Dictator and savage Native Americans, and paved the way for the Republic of Texas to emerge. Written by jblueboy

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Don't mess with Texas

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Drama | Western

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25 May 2015 (USA)  »

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Texas Rising - Narodziny Republiki  »

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Despite the fact that the majority of hats being worn by Texans in this series are "Cowboy" style hats, and Confederate style military hats, the reality was very different. The majority of Texans would have worn low crowned, wide brimmed hats, known as Sombrero Cordobas, such as that worn by Zorro and Mexicans of the period. The hats sported by Juan Seguin and Deaf Smith are fairly accurate, though Deaf's brim is not wide enough. There would also have been many wide crowned top hats, seen in the style of the "Mad Hatter", and almost shapeless "floppy" wide brimmed, round crowned hats would have been worn by the poorest. To see accurate portrayals of the hats of the period, watch The Alamo (2004). See more »

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None of the landscape resembles the Texas areas portrayed in this series. There are no mountains between San Antonio and Houston. Filming occurred in Mexico. See more »

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Follows Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier (2015) See more »

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If you enjoy Texas History
27 May 2015 | by – See all my reviews

First I must say it was well shot and decent to good acting. And I do plan on watching the entire thing. But to enjoy this film you MUST forget everything you know about Texas history.

It is as inaccurate as it gets. It might as well be set in space... I really don't understand why they did this, because they "mess up" on some of the most basic and common knowledge history. And the true story itself is already such a strong story to begin with.

I mean if they wanted to do something fictional they could have based it around a fictional person within the historical events themselves. Instead they tell the story as if that's what happened. When in reality it's pure fiction.

From the opening scene it is entirely false. The whole thing... The Alamo didn't even look like that. They have the Alamo with a domed roof, which wasn't added until long after the war. That was not he flag that was flying at the Alamo... How do we know this? Because the flag the production used is FICTIONAL. That flag never existed prior to this show. They just made it up.

They also have the barracks the same height as the Alamo, it wasn't. They also have it right next to the Alamo, again it wasn't. The walls don't have palisades, which they did have during the siege.

More disturbing is that they have Emily West at the Alamo, she wasn't and that she had a brother who was both free and died at the Alamo. As far as we know she did not have a brother, nor do we know of any freed Black men who fought at the Alamo. And Emily West did NOT have any relations with Sam Houston... utter nonsense.

In fact, if she did have a brother he would have been in Connecticut where she was from and not Texas. She was an indentured servant under a 1 year contract of employment to James Morgan at a hotel in Morgan's Point on the Gulf Coast of Texas outside of Houston at the time the Alamo fell. She was captured by the Mexican Army in Mid April, over a month after the Alamo and held as a sex slave by Santa Anna. She was not a spy for the Texas army...

Then there is the entirely fictional character Lorca... Who survives the siege and goes on a murderous revenge killing spree... He never existed.

They go even further from reality when they have the "survivors" of the Alamo being transported to who knows where by the Mexican Army. That didn't happen. They were just left there. And they weren't attacked by Kiowa Indians. And the Rangers didn't rescue them.

I must mention that someone stated "this is East Texas" in reference to where Sam Houston was... the mountains and such. No, that is not East Texas... But Sam Houston wasn't in East Texas when the Alamo Fell. He was in between Gonzalez and Austin in the hill country. So that's actually accurate.

Originally he was to travel from Washington on the Brazos (Austin) to meet up with the forces from Goliad to come to the defense of the forces surrounded by the Mexican Army at the Alamo. But Fannin had some troubles enroute with wagons and cannons so he turned around and went back to Goliad. Houston then sent word to the Alamo that no forces would relieve them and orders to Fannin to retreat East and awaited their reply somewhere around Gonzalez. That's what's going on when that scene took place.
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