Three Miles South to the Grave of Elizabeth Crockett
Granbury vicinity, Hood County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Three Miles South to the Grave of Elizabeth Crockett, Wife of David Crockett, hero of the Alamo; died March 2, 1860, age 74.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This roadside marker points travelers three miles south to the grave of Elizabeth Crockett, widow of the frontiersman and Alamo martyr David Crockett. Left behind in Tennessee when David went to Texas, Elizabeth later claimed the land granted for his sacrifice and lived out her years in Texas, dying in 1860 at seventy-four. The marker keeps her memory, and her famous husband's, on the map of the Texas landscape.
Why it matters
It links the legend of the Alamo to the real family who bore its cost, honoring a pioneer widow who followed her husband's sacrifice to the Texas frontier.
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