Meanwhile, at the Alamo

At some point, Davey Crockett and his buds from Tennessee realized they could not kill all the Mexican soldiers advancing toward the Alamo. They knew the end was near. Bravely, they loaded their muskets one more time and prepared to give their lives for the noble cause for which they had volunteered. As the Mexicans were steps away from consuming the faithful Tennessee Volunteers, one of Crockett's crew wisely opined...

"At least we won't have to go back through Arkansas to get home."

That dog still don’t hunt

Back in 2006 a Tennessee woman showed David Crockett’s not executed marriage license on Antiques Roadshow. Two courts have ruled she has to give it back to Jefferson County. “As for her argument that the county trashed the document, the trial court stated: ‘That dog just won't hunt ... it just don't make sense that you can have all of the other documents immediately preceding that and subsequent to that, they're all still official county records, they're still in the clerk's office of Jefferson County.’"

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/01/38616.htm

Linked from pbs.org/antiques

Some interesting comments at the pbs site. “Your appraiser said ‘Eskimo!’” “That submarine flag is racist!”