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Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives and fought in the Texas Revolution.
During his final minutes before he died, he asked a fellow soldier, Davy Crockett, to deliver his personal belongings back to Elizabeth. Shortly after Crockett met the newly widowed Elizabeth, his wife, Polly Finley, died. Upon noticing that Elizabeth had moved to her birthplace of Buncombe County, North Carolina, he followed her there. She was ...
Acton State Historic Site, located near Acton approximately 6 miles (10 km) east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas (United States), is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815.
During the Davy Crockett craze in 1955, three recorded versions of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" were in the top 30. Hayes' version was the most popular: It was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, [2] sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [3]
For audiences of a certain age, it might be amusing, or maybe even disappointing, when, early in “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” the eponymous hero skins a raccoon to fashion a bandage for a ...
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F. E. Parker Jr.; [1] August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) [2] was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–55; ABC) and the television series Daniel Boone (1964–70; NBC).
The Wellingtons were a singing group who performed the title songs for several television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including Gilligan's Island and Davy Crockett. They also appeared regularly on the televised music show Shindig!. [1] [2] The Wellingtons were founded by George Patterson, Ed Wade, and Kirby Johnson.
See the remodeled Palm Springs estate of Fess Parker, whose TV portrayal of a real-life frontiersman helped lead to $300 million in merchandise sales.