In December of 1835, Davey Crockett having lost his congressional seat in Tennessee and saying to his supporters: βYou may all go to hell, I will go to Texasβ; is making his way across Arkansas. He picks up a few followers along the way, getting to Texas with 15 companions from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Heβs looking for Sam Houston, another Jacksonian heβs previously met, and ordersβ¦





