"You can go to hell ... I'm going to Texas," Davy Crockett said.
It's a sentiment shared by anyone fleeing rut and routine for the romance and myth of the Lone Star State. The legendary frontiersman made that statement after he decided to give up politics and its problems.
For him, that decision meant going from the frying pan into the fire. He ended up losing his life while defending the Alamo, a former Catholic mission built to convert local American Indians in the 1700s, in what is now San Antonio.
