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Colonel Davi Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and often by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo.

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  • This frontiersman "Went off to Congress and served a spell...an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell"
  • In 1960's "The Alamo", John Wayne played this king of the wild frontier
  • This "King of the Wild Frontier" "Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three"
  • On "20/20", Hugh Downs once did a segment on Fess Parker, who played this famous ancestor of Downs
  • After a defeat in 1835 for reelection to Congress from Tennessee, this frontiersman moved to Texas
  • In his 1834 autobiography, this frontiersman stated, "I never wrote (a book) before, and never read very many"
  • Davy Jones was known for his locker & this TV Davy was known for his coonskin caps
  • Some of the tales about this Tennessee congressman were spread by his Whig allies
  • This "King of the Wild Frontier" served as a scout during the 1813-14 war against the Creek Indians in Alabama & Florida
  • After this ex-Congressman was killed at the Alamo, his son John was elected to Congress
  • He was born in 1786 in Eastern Tennessee & died in 1836 at the Alamo
  • Andrew Gossett named a Texas town after this man, a family friend from back in Tennessee
  • According to the Disney version, this frontiersman could grin down a b'ar
  • Prior to his election to the Tennessee legislature in 1821, this frontiersman was a Justice of the Peace
  • He was born August 17, 1786 in Tennessee & died March 6, 1836 in San Antonio, Texas
  • Fess Parker & John Wayne have both played this king of the wild frontier
  • Though popular in early 1800s this Tennessee congressman was even more popular in the 1950s
  • This "King of the Wild Frontier" once claimed to have killed 105 bears during a few months in 1825
  • "Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree"
  • Role played by Wayne in "The Alamo"
  • At the Alamo gift shop in San Antonio, you can buy a toy version of "Old Betsy", the rifle of this frontiersman
  • This legendary frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right--then go ahead!"
  • (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) The craze inspired by this TV hero in the '50s took Walt by surprise; he'd killed him off at the Alamo in episode 3, so he had to film prequels in order to bring him back
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew sports his hat.)The hat I'm wearing is most strongly identified with this American hero, of the Alamo
  • In song, this American folk hero "kilt him a b'ar when he was only three"
  • A replica of the 1st Spanish mission in Eastern Texas stands in the natl. forest named for this "King of the Wild Frontier"
  • This frontier hero's reconstructed log cabin now stands on the grounds of a Tennessee high school
  • He's the king of the wild frontier, looking rather dapper in the portrait seen here
  • From 1827 to 1831 & 1833 to 1835, this frontiersman represented Tennessee in Congress
  • This Tennessee frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right -- then go ahead"

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