Commentary
Davis ‘skunked’: Luck ran out for young Texan
The word “skunked” means coming up empty handed, but it also covers plain old bad luck. On the night of Feb. 13, 1859, a young Texan’s luck ran out on him in a particularly tragic way. Twenty-three-old John A. Davis was on his way with several others to cut timber in the Lost Pines of Bastrop