The Emily Morgan Hotel - San Antonio

Standing tall over the Alamo is the Emily Morgan Hotel.  When it opened in 1926 after two years of construction it was called the Medical Arts Building.  Some of the floors were used as a psychiatric hospital, thus giving rise to the many theories that the building is haunted.  Others believe that the ghosts of Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, whose bodies were burned in a mass grave near the Alamo after the famous battle, walk the halls.  It later became an office building and today is a hotel.

But who was Emily Morgan?  Folklore says that a young beautiful indentured servant whose legendary "activities" during the Texas Revolution which have come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas" may have helped contribute to the defeat of General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto leading to Texas independence.  A link to the hotel's website gives a short synopsis of this legend, some of which may be true and some of which may be exaggeration.  Click here for the story.