Phil Collins was made an honorary Texan after donating his extensive collection of Alamo artifacts to a museum that will be named in his honor.  Collins’ extraordinary gift of his collection will provide researchers and history buffs an invaluable resource for years to come.  Collins says that his fascination with the Alamo began with watching Disney’s Davy Crockett and never left him.  He first encountered a Davy Crockett letter at an antiquarian dealer in Washington, D.C. in the 80’s but thought he could not afford it.  When his third wife gave him a receipt for the purchase of a saddle by one of the Alamo couriers he was hooked.  Texas owes a deep debt of gratitude to Collins for assembling and then generously donating most of his collection to the State.

Image from the San Antonio Express-News that notes the remarkable similarity between James Bowie and Phil Collins.