UT's third mascot, Davy Crockett, previously known as "The Volunteer," isn't related to Smokey. He carries the giant Power T and giant Tri-Star Tennessee flags during football games. Only students ...

Here are some interesting things to know about the all-American frontiersman from East Tennessee. Crockett was born Aug. 17, 1786. Most people know him as “Davy,” but by all accounts ...

That hit a nerve. I was a big Davy Crockett fan long before I moved to Tennessee. I had a coonskin hat and a toy musket as a kid. I even called the musket “Old Betsy,” just like Davy’s ...

In honor of his birthday and legacy, we’ve put together a list of interesting things to know about the legend from Tennessee. Portrait of Davy Crockett (1786-1836) by Miss Louise Goodwin of ...

"If we'd been filming in, say, New Zealand or South Africa, I wouldn't be able to connect in the same way as being in Tennessee where Davy Crockett lived and where he's very well known," said Moseley.

Tennessee. The film stars William Moseley as Davy Crockett and is being shot in Kingston Springs. Some nights I stare at the ceiling in my bedroom and wonder if I’ve forgotten how to dream.

While sympathizing with the widow, Crockett said this ... only gets about $2,500 a month until he dies. Davy would head back to Tennessee and raise an army to march on Washington.

He asked. “You are occupying Representative Davy Crockett’s seat! The King of the Wild Frontier!” I was elated because my family also had frontiersmen from Tennessee, and my roots run deep ...

Lofaro’s 1985 Davy Crockett, and each post-Shackford scholar ... He was born into poverty in Tennessee, surviving a cruel childhood that included indentured servitude. He rose to become a ...

Most people know him as “Davy,” but by all accounts, Crockett disliked the nickname. Instead, he preferred his given name, David. Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee in the late 1700s ...

“Tennessee has excellent talent ... My sons visited the set and ate pizza with Davy Crockett, James K. Polk, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Boone. The surreal experience made ...