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Exhibit features Davy Crockett artifacts, merchandising.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
AUSTIN, Texas _ From coonskin caps to lunchboxes and cap pistols, Davy Crockett memorabilia has made the Alamo hero and American frontiersman the country's greatest pop culture icon.
It is an arguable position, but at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, there is an exhibit that could sway the most ardent objector.
The exhibit, "Sunrise in His Pocket: The Life, Legend and Legacy of Davy Crockett," opens Saturday and will run through Aug. 18.
It is a collection of Crockett artifacts including a flintlock rifle and pages of personal letters. But the biggest celebration of the Tennessee mountain man is the overwhelming display of ...
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