Davy Crockett spent Christmas Day 1835 at Nacogdoches waiting for Ben McCulloch, but when the younger Tennessean was a no-show, his hero went on without him to San Antonio.
The pressing family problems that delayed McCulloch’s departure for Texas spared his life. Had the 25 year old frontiersman kept his date with the famous excongressman, a close friend as well as a role model, he too would…
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