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David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution.
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Mar 5, 2010 · Davy Crockett was a frontiersman, soldier, politician and folk hero who fought in the Texas War for Independence at the Alamo. Learn about his life, military career, political achievements, children, death and legacy from this comprehensive biography by History.com.
Mar 15, 2024 · Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and politician who became a legendary figure. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Tennessee delegation three times and, after losing his final election, fought and died among the Texan defenders of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, in 1836.
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- Crockett was born in a state that no longer exists. Crockett was born on August 17, 1786, in what is now eastern Tennessee. At the time, however, many of the region’s residents considered themselves citizens of the so-called state of Franklin, a breakaway territory that had declared its independence from North Carolina two years earlier.
- He ran away from home as a boy. Crockett’s brief formal education began at age 13, when his father arranged for him to attend a local school. “I went four days,” the frontiersman later wrote in his autobiography, “and had just began to learn my letters a little, when I had an unfortunate falling out with one of the scholars—a boy much larger and older than myself.”
- He was a veteran of the Creek War and the War of 1812. Portrait of Crockett by William Henry Huddle. In 1813, a 27-year-old Crockett was among the thousands of Tennesseans who joined the state militia to fight against the “Red Sticks,” a faction of Creek Indians who had attacked American settlers at Fort Mims, Alabama.
- Crockett often made his living as a bear hunter. Portrait of Davy Crockett by J.G. Chapman. Crockett tried his hand at everything from farming to manufacturing wood barrels and gunpowder, but he found his greatest success as a professional hunter.
Jan 23, 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Davy Crockett, a legendary American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. Find out how he fought in the Creek War, the War of 1812, and the Texas Revolution, and why he was killed at the Battle of the Alamo.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Davy Crockett was a frontiersman, folk hero and three-time Congressman who fought in the War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution. Learn about his life, political career, war exploits, death controversies and media depictions from this comprehensive biography.
Jan 27, 2019 · Learn about the life and legend of David "Davy" Crockett, a famous American frontiersman, politician, and defender of the Alamo. Find out how he rose from a poor boy to a congressman, a hunter, and a hero of the Texas Revolution.
