Davy Crockett Christmas 1822

Davy Crockett Christmas 1822

Davy Crockett had a successful fall hunt following the corn harvest of 1822. “I found bear very plenty and all sorts of game and will varmints, except buffalo. I supplied my family very well with wild meat at which time my gun powder gave out. He had no powder for hunting or for the celebratory firing of the Christmas and New Year’s guns, a practice that we common in that era but has been largely replaced by fireworks today. His brother-in-law h…