Emily Morgan Hotel and the 'Yellow Rose of Texas' association

The Emily Morgan Hotel in downtown San Antonio is named after Emily D. West (also called Emily Morgan), who is associated with the 19th-century 'Yellow Rose of Texas' folk legend tying her to the Texas Revolution. The legend credits her with distracting Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna before the Battle of San Jacinto, but historians dispute details about her identity and the factual basis of the story. The hotel's name and interpretive materials reference that debated historical association.