Marx ALAMO FrontierScout,Soldier DAVY CROCKETT"King1/32

DAVID "DAVY" CROCKETT !!  KING of the WILD FRONTIER!! (1786-1836 at the Alamo) FRONTIER SCOUT, SOLDIER, HUNTER & CONGRESSMAN !!!   By MARX  60mm / 1/32 SCALE!!     Please see our other  MARX  Listings and Values !!

FRONTIER SCOUT !! In Buckskin, Sunkskin Hat w/ belt ! Powder Horn & Rifle BESS... is  2 3/4" (2.75") w/ square base!!    NICE LOOKING RECAST !!      PLEASE SEE PICTURE!!!

CONDITION:  CLEAN, SOFT PLASTIC,  GOOD DETAIL!!

COLOR:   BROWN

HISTORY:   DAVY CROCKETT, or  "KING of the WILD FRONTIER" ... WAS BORN IN TENNESSEE, AND IN 1813 HE VOLUNTEERED AS A SCOUT FOR ANDREW JACKSON, WHO WAS ORDERED TO SUBDUE THE WARRING CREEK INDIANS.   HE LATER SERVED IN TENNESSEE MILITIA AND WON THE RANK OF COLONEL.   WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS, CROCKETT MARRIED POLLY FINLEY.   AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE DIED, HE MARRIED A YOUNG WIDOW, ELIZABETH PATTON.   THE CROCKETTS MOVED FOUR TIMES, EACH TIME FARTHER INTO THE WILDS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE.   CROCKETT'S FIRST POLITICAL OFFICE WAS AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.   HIS SINCERE MANNER & FUNNY STORIES CAUSED A SENSATION IN WASHINGTON D.C.     IN 1826, SOMEONE, AS A JOKE, NOMINATED HIM FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS.   DURING THE CAMPAIGN TOUR, A FLOCK OF NOISY GUINEA-HENS WANDERED INTO A MEETING AND DROWNED OUT CROCKETT'S OPPONENT'S SPEACH w/ THEIR "cr-cr-kt" SOUNDS.   CROCKETT ROSE TO SAY THAT THOSE HENS HAD BEEN SAYING "CROCKETT!"   HE IMITATED THEIR SOUNDS TO MAKE THEM RESEMBLE HIS NAME.   THE STORY WAS REPEATED EVERYWHERE, AND HE WON THE ELECTION.!!!    CROCKETT VOTED INDEPENDENTLY AND WROTE 3 BOOKS.!   AFTER LEAVING CONGRESS, DAVY JOINED ABOUT 186 MEN IN THE ALAMO IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE 5,000-7,000 MEXICANS BESIEGED THEM.    THE DEFENDERS FOUGHT TO THE LAST MAN - CROCKETT DIED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON 6 MARCH 1836, HIS BODY RIDDLED w/ BULLETS.    BOLD & BRAVE CROCKETT RATES WITH DANIEL BOONE AS ONE THE MOST FAMOUS & GREAT FRONTIERSMAN in UNITED STATES HISTORY.!!!! 

SORRY!:  GROUND, TREES, FALL COLORS & SKY    NOT INCLUDED!!

A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION   OR    A GREAT GIFT IDEA !!!

THANK YOU   &   GOOD LUCK !!