Gone To Texas

[Craig Tx]

From the Texas State Historical Association

Frontier icon Crockett loses election, heads for Alamo

On this day in 1836, after losing his bid for a fourth term as a Tennessee representative to the U. S. Congress, Davy Crockett wrote a letter stating his intention to go to Texas.

This, his last extant letter, praises Texas as "the garden spot of the world," with the "best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw."

With high optimism for his political future, he wrote that he fully expected to take part in writing a constitution for Texas. "I am in hopes," he wrote, "of making a fortune yet for my self and my family, bad as my prospect has been."

Crockett could not foresee his fate at the battle of the Alamo, which occurred just two months later.

*Note his quote (I'm not sure if it's factual, but definitely legendary...) to his former constituancy was "You all can go to hell I'm goin' to Texas."


Craig

[Spotted Bull]

Amen.

[medbill]

Love that qoute and first time I've heard it.  Just how I feel about NY these days.  GREAT state, horrible politicians but they are put there by the citidiots so there ain't much the rest of us in this beautiful state can do.  Pricing me right outta here along with a lot of other people.

They can have it!

[Craig Tx]

Medbill,

I'll tell ya, there's nothin' worse than exptriate Texian.

IMHO if I'm not livin' in Texas, the Pacifc Northwest is where I wanna be...  

Craig