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By Mary Dodson Wade,Don Collins

Colonel David Stern Crockett was once a celebrated 19th-century American people hero, frontiersman, soldier and flesh presser. He represented Tennessee within the U.S. apartment of Representatives, served within the Texas Revolution, and died on the age of forty nine on the conflict of the Alamo. Crockett’s early years have been full of experience, trouble, and touring. presently after being despatched to college, he ran clear of domestic. He didn't go back until eventually his sixteenth birthday. Crockett used to be two times elected to the USA condo of Representatives. In 1835, Crockett left Tennessee for Texas. whilst William B. Travis, commander liable on the siege on the Alamo, appealed for aid opposed to the Mexican forces, Crockett spoke back. The Texians have been some distance outnumbered via the Mexican military, yet Travis and his courageous males refused to give up. Crockett died a hero’s dying within the Alamo, however the legends approximately his talents as an outdoorsman, a maverick statesman and a warrior persevered to develop. at the present time, Davy Crockett is taken into account a vital part of the yank folklore, and all of the tales and legends spring from the lifetime of this actual man.

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