Crockett, Davy

A frontier settler and political leader of the nineteenth century. Crockett was born in Tennessee and was killed at the Alamo by Mexican troops in 1836. Although he cultivated the image of a rough man of the bush, Crockett was politically ambitious and served in Congress .

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Crockett's trademark was a coonskin cap.

Crockett served in the army under Andrew Jackson . He opposed Jackson's policies, however, when Jackson was president and Crockett was in Congress.

Powder only he would have for their long, heavy small-bore rifles with flintlocks, such as Davy Crockett used.

Davy Crockett mentions the shell-corn business at one period of his eventful life, as having suggested itself to him.

That injunction of Davy Crockett's must be kept constantly in view to be successful: "Be sure you're right, then go ahead."

It's precisely like sitting in a private box and seeing the wolves tear holes in Davy Crockett's cabin.

If you were like Davy Crockett, youd say a squirrel didnt count in a game score if it wasnt shot in the eye, chuckled Chet.

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