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  • Davy Crockett Crosses Into Texas (Oral Tradition)

    04/11/2004 6:00:05 AM PDT · by YepYep · 35 replies · 622+ views
    Neighbor from Washington, Arkansas | 4-11-04 | YepYep (via Oral Tradition)
    Okay, FRiend, just sit yourself down and listen to the way Davy Crockett (1835 or early 1836) got himself and his Tennessee volunteers into Texas on the way to the Alamo.You see, at that time there were no super highways and bridges, so the way you got over the rivers was by ferry. Also at that time the Red River was considered to be the Texas border. But there were a family/group of thugs, highway robbers and murderers that lived in Miller County (now Texarkana) who had heard that the Crockett party would be coming their way. This group of...