November 12, 1835

A large crowd gathered to watch a friendly shooting contest in Little Rock (Pulaski County). The contest featured famous frontiersman Davy Crockett of Tennessee. Crockett had stopped in Little Rock on his way to Texas, which was fighting for its independence from Mexico. With his rifle, “Betsey,” he fired his first shot through the center of the bull’s-eye. His second shot, to the shock of the crowd, lodged in the exact hole his first shot had made (although he admitted later to staging this feat). Crockett was the guest of honor at a public banquet that evening, and he departed for Texas the next day.