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THE MYSTERY OF DAVID CROCKETT’S DEATH

At the conclusion of the Civil War, the canonical poet Walt Whitman said that the “real war will never get in the books.” It’s an observation especially apropos for the thirteen-day siege of the Alamo. It was fought on a frontier outpost, the garrison was slaughtered, and it would be years before most of the primary sources were tracked down. Although everyone understood the foundational importance of the Alamo in giving birth to Texas, little a…
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The Gilmer Mirror broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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