Fess Parker, 1950s TV star began coonskin cap craze as Davy Crockett Aug. 16, 1924 -- March 18, 2010
Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, ...
What are the best movies to be filmed, mostly, in Tennessee? The breakout movie had to be "Davy Crockett, The King of the ...
When I hear the names Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, I think of the late Fess Parker, who portrayed the legendary frontiersmen in movies and TV series in the 1950s and 1960s. While on vacation in ...
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How Davy Crockett, the Rugged Frontiersman Killed at the Alamo, Became an Unlikely American Hero
When David Crockett died at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, he was already as much of a myth as a man. Known to Americans far and wide as Davy—a name he rarely, if ever, used—he was celebrated as a ...
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — A legendary figure known as “King of the Wild Frontier” has strong ties to the Morristown area. Davy Crockett spent large part of his childhood there. Hundreds of tourists ...
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