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Davy Crockett Quotes

American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)

David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.

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Fashion is a thing I care mighty little about, except when it happens to run just exactly according to my own notion...

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