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Post by Allen Wiener on Apr 3, 2009 9:19:27 GMT -5
By golly, I believe we've formed a new theory here! Let the journal articles begin!
AW
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Post by garyzaboly on Apr 3, 2009 12:37:58 GMT -5
You're all just spitting in the d**n wind. Crockett ended up in a Mexican mine, hauling ore and silver until his back broke in the early 1840s.
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Post by stuart on Apr 3, 2009 12:54:41 GMT -5
Not Bowie's San Saba mine then?
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Post by rriddle3 on Apr 3, 2009 15:42:19 GMT -5
Happy Hour kicked on early, didn't it? ;D
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Post by Kevin Young on Apr 3, 2009 15:55:18 GMT -5
Andrea Castanon de Villanueva ;D Emily Morgan (who then gave it to Santa Anna) ;D Didn't Bowie take some of the San Saba Silver to make the Bowie spoons on display at the Alamo?
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Post by Wade Dillon on Apr 3, 2009 18:39:49 GMT -5
Eventually, Crockett took to wearing a mask... So, Crockett became America's First Super-Hero? The pieces of the puzzle are solved! Crockett could... Tote a steamboat on his back.... Whip his weight in wild cats.... Jump the Mississippi in a single leap.... Ride a lightning bolt... Morph into half-horse, half-alligator.... And he had an awesome costume!!!
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Post by Allen Wiener on Apr 3, 2009 19:30:18 GMT -5
Don't forget that he yanked the tail off a comet too!
AW
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Post by Kevin Young on Apr 3, 2009 19:33:29 GMT -5
That's pretty good.
He could carry the sun rise in his pocket!
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Post by Wade Dillon on Apr 3, 2009 21:26:46 GMT -5
He also had a river costume made of alligator skin!
And his own theme song!
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Post by garyzaboly on Apr 4, 2009 4:41:51 GMT -5
The irony is, some will start believing the info on this thread!
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Apr 4, 2009 6:09:38 GMT -5
The irony is, some will start believing the info on this thread! You mean, it's NOT true? First it was Santa Claus. Next it was the Easter Bunny. Then it was the Tooth Fairy. And, now, it's the King of the Wild Frontier. I'm devastated!
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Post by stuart on Apr 4, 2009 6:56:47 GMT -5
The irony is, some will start believing the info on this thread! I believe, I believe!!!
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Post by Kevin Young on Apr 4, 2009 8:12:24 GMT -5
Clap three times and Old Betsy will reload...
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Post by Allen Wiener on Apr 4, 2009 10:59:18 GMT -5
The irony is, some will start believing the info on this thread! Uh, oh! What have I done? AW
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Post by sloanrodgers on Apr 4, 2009 17:29:51 GMT -5
So, Crockett became America's First Super-Hero? The pieces of the puzzle are solved! Crockett could... Tote a steamboat on his back.... Whip his weight in wild cats.... Jump the Mississippi in a single leap.... Ride a lightning bolt... Morph into half-horse, half-alligator.... And he had an awesome costume!!! I'm not sure he would be the first super hero, but some of Mike Fink's tall tales predate Crockett's and he was killed in 1823. He was sometimes a hero and other times a villian. I believe Davy was one of the people that called Fink a half horse-half aligator man. Fink apparently wasn't endowed with the incredible powers of Crockett, but had super strength, and eye sight among other things. He wore a sort of uniform in a red shirt, striped pants, big belt and buckle and feather in his hat. Fink was known as The King of the Keelboatmen to most folks, The Snapping Turtle or Snag to others. Fink supposedly beat Crockett in a shooting match.
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