Davy Crockett

and showing them who their real leader is. In January of 1836 about 145 Texans were fortified in the soft walls of the Alamo also known as Cottonwood. Some of the important people here were lieutenant Colonel William Berret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crocket. Meanwhile Santa Anna drove his troops into Texas in the dead of winter to level the Alamo. They arrived and began their siege on February 23. Fighting Ensued for about 13 days with minimum casualties. But on the 13th day of battle March 6

David Crockett was born August 17, 1786, in Greene County Tennessee and would go on to become an American Folk Hero. His parents were John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett. He learned to shoot at the age of eight. His Father enrolled him in school when he reached the age of thirteen. After only a few days of school he ran away from home and spent the next three years living in the wilderness developing his skills as a frontiersman. He returned home at age sixteen and worked to pay off his father’s

Texas was fighting the Mexican army for their independence in 1835, which leads to fighting in the small fort called the Alamo. The Texans had been defeated at the Alamo, on April 23, 1836, for Texans, the Battle of the Alamo became a symbol of the resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later that year. The 1915 movie The Alamo (The Birth of Texas) was the first movie to tell us what happened in the Battle of the Alamo but did a bad job in telling it. There was

faux fur lined skull cap with the tail of a raccoon attached. For girls, they made few variations i.e. the appearance was similar to the boys’ hat but instead is made of all white (possibly) rabbit fur and was named as Polly Crockett hat. Image in the right is the Polly Crockett hat. These caps sold at a rate of almost 5K at a day. But by the end of 1950s the fad started to fade and slowly vanished. 5. Hats Just like how women had to wear gloves, men had to wear hats every time they go out. A man rarely

My group’s first decision was to pick a topic and we all agreed to work on the solider topic. Once we knew both the topic and the group members we decided to meet to pick individual parts and do some research. Because that Wednesday was reading day it was decided that we would meet for a few hours in the library starting at 7 am. It was only Tyler, Meegan and I who met in the library. There is where we decided that Meegan would talk about the soldier’s experiences in battle and Tyler talked about

William Barret Travis a hero of the Texas revolution impacted the American people with his meaningful letter requesting aid. Travis wrote a very inspirational letter addressed not only to the people of Texas but also to all the Americans in the world. Which impacted the way American’s view patriotism and cherish their liberty and their beliefs. Travis was born in 1809, and died in battle defending the fort known as the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces in 1836. He was the oldest out of his

David “Davy” Crockett David Crockett was a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman, and alamo defender. He was one of the most celebrated and mythologized figures in history. His biographers often said there were two David Crockett’s. David, the congressman and frontiersman and Davy, “the larger-than-life” folk hero. For this, he appeared in many books and a series of almanacs. Davy was a loving father, son, and husband. Even though he did not have much success as a congressman, he still had an impact

He starts by telling the story in very matter of fact fashion from the Mexican point of view. He talks about how Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna took over a Franciscan Mission with a total number of 189 defenders. (Little did he know that mythic heros Davy

Davy Crockett Davy, David Crockett was known as an American folk hero when he was referred in the Texas revolution. He was born on August 17, 1786 in Limestone, but grew up in East Tennessee. He was born to a pioneer family. Davy also got enlisted in the Tennessee militia. He gained a reputation because he hunted and also did a lot of storytelling. When Davy was about eight years old, his father taught him to use a rifle. While that was one of his favorites, he also encouraged his brothers

2. 1500 or more Mexican cavalrymen under Santa Anna arrived on February 23 and requested a parley. They told the Texans to surrender, but Bowie disregarded the orders. 3. 200 of their men brought together by Houston, William Travis, Davey Crockett and the men who were already at the garrison fought hard for 13 days against the Mexican army. C. James Bowie’s last moments 1. March 6th the Mexican forces broke through a breach in a wall and over powered the men inside and they were all perished