David Crockett Fur Hat

David Crockett fur hat made of real fur. Fox fur.

Origins and family life Born in Tennessee and descended from French Huguenots, he was the fifth child of nine siblings and did not receive an elaborate education.

Widowed from Polly (1788-1815) who gave birth to three children, he remarried in 1815 to Elizabeth Patton and had four children with her. Since 1909, numerous films and television series have told the story of Davy Crockett, including a five-episode serial by Walt Disney Company in 1954. Crockett has been portrayed, among others, by John Wayne in the first film he directed, The Alamo, in 1960.

In 1956, Disneyland offered a small museum about the character in the section of the park called Frontierland. Life-sized wax figures of Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, the actors who played the heroes of the series produced by Walt Disney Pictures, were presented in an Alamo setting. The museum closed quickly, but the wax mannequins were moved to the nearby Tom Sawyer Island and were visible for several decades.