“Every man who inhabits the territory of the State, although he may be a traveler, enjoys the

imprescriptible rights of liberty, security, property and equality.” —Art. II, the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas, 1827

My duties as a judge who has gavel and will travel recently took me to the city of Crockett. Its namesake was Davy Crockett who passed through that area on his way to the Alamo, probably traveling the Camino Real, one of the earliest east-west roads in Texas.