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Question: Who are Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett!?
Sadly, I can not find them in my history book!. Can anyone give me some important information about them!? Thanks in advance!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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DAVVY CROCKETT:


1786 ~ Born in Greene County, Tennessee, on August 17

1798 ~ Contracted by his father (at age 12) to help herd cattle Rockbridge County, Virginia, almost 300 miles!. When he is forcibly detained, he walks seven miles in a night during a snowstorm until he comes upon travellers from Tennessee, some of whom help him get started home!. He arrives by spring, 1799!.

1799 ~ Contracts himself to drive cattle to Front Royal, Virginia, in order to escape punishment for skipping school!. Works at various jobs in Virginia for over two years!.

1802 ~ Reunited with his family in Tennessee at age 16!.

1803 ~ Works two days a week in return for 4 days of school; his life's education amounts to 100 days of study!.

1806 ~ Marries Mary 'Polly' Finley after being spurned by another months before!.

1813 ~ Fights in the Tennessee Volunteer Militia in the Creek War throughout the South!. He participates in the Battle of Tallussahatchee on November 3, 1814!. He is later part of an attemped 'walkout' of volunteers enlistment time had expired, which is halted by direct intervention of General Andrew Jackson!.

1815 ~ Polly Crockett dies after the birth of their second child; Davy marries Elizabeth Patton, a widow with 3 children of her own!.

1816 ~ Almost dies of malaria!.

1818 ~ Becomes a 'court referee' in Lawrence County, Tennessee!. When a Captain Matthews encourages Davy to run as a candidate for the militia (as a 'weak' opponent for the man's son), Davy discovers the ruse and defeats Matthews himself for the rank of Colonel!.

1821 ~ Elected to the State Legislature at age 35; the campaign is highlighted by his labelling of the opponent as an aristrocrat and by Davy memorizing and delivering the man's regular campaign speech word-for-word; his business is destroyed in a powder explosion, returning him to the poverty that was to accompany him his entire life!. In the legislature, he gains respect when he mocks an eastern legislator who had dubbed him the 'gentleman from the cane" (canebrakes or thick underbrush of the backwoods)!.

1822 ~ Moves family further west; at great risk, he crosses a raging, flooded river in the winter to get powder for hunting!.

1825 ~ Defeated in his first bid for Congress due to good economic conditions; he is more successful at hunting as he kills 105 bears in six months!.

1826 ~Narrowly escapes death while trapped below deck in a boat on the Mississippi River near Memphis (he was pulled through a small hole just as the boat went under), and looses all of the barrel staves he was marketing!.

1827 ~ Successfully runs from U!.S!. Congress; campaign is highlighted by an incident where guinea hens interrupt his opponent, and Davy claims they are calling 'Crockett! Crockett! Crockett!'

1828 ~ Champions the Land Bill in a form which would allow those who homesteaded the land to buy it at very low cost, rather than being sold for a profit to raise money for State Education!. This will be the issue which dominates his entire Congressional career, just as it had impacted his state legislative agenda!.

1829 ~ Intensifies the political break with fellow Tennesseean President Andrew Jackson because of the latter's position on the Land Bill; Davy stands alone in the Tennessee delegation!.

1830 ~ Defeated for Congress in a close election by forces loyal to President Jackson who descended on the district claiming Crockett was afraid to respond to their charges; in one incident, Crockett's opponent starts to repeat the 'lying' charges, and as Davy steps forward to carry out his threat to "thrash" the man, a pistol airmed deliberately at Davy by his opponent sends him quietly back to his seat!.

1832 ~ Re-elected to Congress; allies with the Whigs in opposition to Jackson ,and adopts their supportive position on the controversial United States Bank!.

1834 ~ Whig sponsored 'anti-Jackson' speaking tour of the Eastern States, which many view this as opportunistic (though willing) manipulation of Davy!. He begins to contemplate running for the Presidency, but is defeated for Congress by a Jackson supporter!.

1835 ~ Sets out for Texas with 'that same veritable coon-skin cap and hunting shirt, bearing upon his shoulder his ever faithful rifle,' as well as aspirations to political leadership in the soon-to-be independent region!.

1836 ~ Dies on March 6 at the Alamo with other defenders who had sided with the 'anti-Jackson' faction in the divided Texas government, who disobeyed the orders of Sam Houston to destroy the mission/fort and retreat a month earlier!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Remamber the Alamo!?
James "Jim" Bowie (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836), a nineteenth-century American pioneer and soldier, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo!. Countless stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history!.
Davey Crockett
Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture 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 Battle of the Alamo!. His nickname was the stuff of legedWww@QuestionHome@Com

Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture 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 Battle of the Alamo!. His nickname was the stuff of legend, but in life he shunned the title "Davy" and referred to himself exclusively as "David"!.




ames "Jim" Bowie (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836), a nineteenth-century American pioneer and soldier, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo!. Countless stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history!.

Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and later worked as a land speculator!. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight!. What began as a duel between two other men deteriorated into a melee in which Bowie, having been shot and stabbed, killed the sheriff of Rapides Parish with a large knife!. This and other stories of Bowie's prowess with the knife led to the widespread popularity of the Bowie knife!.

Bowie's reputation was cemented by his role in the Texas Revolution!. After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen and married the daughter of the vice governor of the province!. His fame in Texas grew following his failed expedition to find the lost San Saba mine, where his small party repelled an attack by a large Indian raiding party!. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Bowie joined the Texas militia, leading forces at the Battle of Concepcion and the Grass Fight!. In January 1836, he arrived at the Alamo, where he commanded the volunteer forces until an illness left him bedridden!. Bowie died with the other Alamo defenders on March 6!. Despite conflicting accounts of the manner of his death, the "most popular, and probably the most accurate accounts maintain that he died in his bed after emptying his pistols into several Mexican soldiers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jim Bowie - Known for his famous "Bowie knife" and a sometimes reckless adventurer, Jim Bowie is now immortalized as one of the true folk heroes in early Texas!. Bowie was born in Kentucky in 1796!. While still very young, he moved with his family, first to Missouri, then in 1802 to Louisiana, where he spent most of his youth!. It was there that he first acquired a reputation for his bold and fearless disposition!.
In 1827, Bowie participated in a bloody brawl near Natchez, Mississippi, where several men were killed and Bowie was wounded!. After recovering the following year, he moved to Texas!. Before the revolution in Texas, Bowie took part in many adventures!. He spent considerable time cultivating friendships with Indians in his search for elusive silver and gold reported to be hidden in the interior of Texas!. By some accounts, he is said to have found the fabled San Saba mines, also known as the Bowie mines, near the geographic center of present day Texas!. In the Texas Revolution, Bowie was a leading participant at the Battle of Concepcion and in the Grass Fight near San Antonio!. He was in command of a volunteer force in San Antonio when William Travis arrived with regular army troops!. The two men shared authority during much of the Siege of the Alamo, which caused some personal friction!. But pneumonia disabled Bowie, and he was confined to his cot at the time of his death on March 6, 1836 at the Battle of the Alamo!.

Davy Crockett - Davy Crockett was perhaps best known in Tennessee as a noted hunter and for his unique style of backwoods oratory!. In Texas, however, he will always be remembered as a heroic participant in the Battle of the Alamo!. Crockett was born 17 August 1786 in what is now northeastern Tennessee!. It was not until he was eighteen before he learned to read and write!. About that time, he married and started a family of several children!. Perhaps by default, he first became involved in politics as magistrate of his local community!. By 1821, he was elected to the State Legislature, and was reelected to that position in 1823!. From 1827 through 1833, Crockett served in the Congress of the United States!. However, in his run for a fourth term in Congress, he was defeated by a narrow margin!. Disgusted by that time with politics, Crockett bid farewell to Tennessee and headed for Texas in the fall of 1835!. There he was well received and seemed to enjoy his new environment, for on 9 January 1836 he wrote a daughter back in Tennessee: "I would rather be in my present situation than to be elected to a seat in Congress for life!."
Less than one month later, however, Crockett and a few of his fellow Tennesseans were among the 189 defenders that sacrificed their lives at The Battle of the Alamo in the interest on Texas independence!.

See what a little internet research can provide :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Both were frontiersmen who fought at the Alamo!. Jim Bowie is famous for the 'Bowie Knife'!. Davy Crockett is best known for being a frontiers renaissance man!. He was a soldier, businessman and congressman representing Tennessee!. He also made the most quoted line in the halls of Congress or anywhere on Earth: "Y'all can go to Hell, I'm going to Texas"Www@QuestionHome@Com

Both were men who operated on the American frontier in the first half of the 19th century!. You will find biographies on each on Wikipedia!. One died at the Alamo fighting in Texas against the Mexicans!.
Strange they aren't at least mentioned in a history book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well since you are on the computer did you try using it!? see what you do is go to google, then type in what you are looking for!. it's real easy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

they were both at the alamo and Jim bowie made really good knives such as the bowie knifeWww@QuestionHome@Com

these are guys that fought in the Alamo bowie was the guy who invented the bowie knife and Crockett is known as a hero from other battles and known for his raccoon hat they both died at the AlamoWww@QuestionHome@Com

People with dead raccoons on their heads!.

Remember the Alamo!Www@QuestionHome@Com