The road to conflict
Inside the siege
The final battle
Making of the myth
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Master of The Alamo myth and reality
steve The 1960 movie 'The Alamo' used the battle as a political metaphor for the Cold War.
steve In the 1950s, a Walt Disney television show transformed Davy Crockett into an American superhero.
steve Sort historical facts from legendary tall tales to discover how the Alamo myth was made.
Coonskin cap craze: At the height of the 1950s Disney Davy Crockett craze, the price of raccoon fur jumped from 25 cents to 8 dollars a pound!
A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. The 1955 Disney series popularized Davy Crockett's coonskin cap, cementing an inaccurate portrayal of his death.
For how many years did Texas exist as an independent republic before joining the United States?
Which actor played Davy Crockett in the highly influential 1954 Walt Disney television series?
Which group's perspective was largely erased from 20th-century Alamo movies but is being restored today?
What iconic piece of headwear became a massive children's fashion craze in the 1950s?