What, if any, contribution did David Crockett make to the Texian cause?
Does the attention given to him because of his celebrity status diminish the equally valiant contribution of the other Alamo defenders? “If for the right, go a-head” Both Sam Houston and Davy Crockett appear to have clinched hero status by blind luck and spur of the moment necessity by being at the right place at the right time. Political opportunist Houston secured his future when he turned south with the boys he was appointed to lead on the Harrisburg Road and by surviving at San Jacinto while relatively honest and “nice guy” Crockett secured his by dying with the boys with which he took refuge while a tourist without a visa or possibly an illegal immigrant while looking for a new life. Imagine the alternative scenario, assuming Davy was among a few survivors at the last, if Santa Anna had taken him into custody, kept him in Perote Prison for exchange after San Jacinto, or released him to US authorities in New Orleans. Crockett was destined to turn circumstance, including running out
