Frontiersman And Congressman

Hero.

David Crockett was a respected, if less-than-successful, frontier politician in the 1820s and 1830s. However, as a result of a series of tall tales published about "Davy" Crockett, a backwoods superhero who wrestled alligators and could wade the Mississippi River, he became a central character in American folklore.

Origins.

Unlike Daniel Boone, Crockett was born on the frontier, in a cabin along the Nolichucky River in Tennessee. Following a familiar pattern of frontier life, the Crocketts moved often. As a young man Crockett finally settled in the extreme northwest corner of the state, near the Missouri border.

Alamo.

He enlisted twice with the Tennessee militia commanded by Andrew Jackson but was not present at either of that group's two most famous battles, Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814) and New Orleans (8 January 1815). Back home, Crockett began a career in politics. He served as...