Fess Parker/Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone:

[1morethan8]

An old favorite!

The Yanks that stole the General was caught near Ringo, Georgia... they were the first to receive the Metal of Honor.

 

[the ringo kid]

That was on the Western Channel last Thur or Fri.

CW

I cant remember the name of the actor who did (Bogarts Sierra role) but sometimes-it was line for almost line--from the movie. I need to re-watch those eps again. I found that at least several were directly inspired by classic movies.

BTW--found a bigger but--repo image of:

 

[the ringo kid]

That version was quite a bit longer than the one I remember before the tv show. I guess they cut it down to 30 seconds or so, same song and singer though.

I cant remember the name of the site but-it was an excellent one that was about everything to do with the Daniel Boone TV series. Somewhere newr the bottom? they had all three versions of the theme that you could listen to. The words were changed slightly from season 1 to--season 2 and I think the last version was played starting with season 5?? I cant remember?
Original Daniel Boone Opening - YouTube
Here are the themes. As im using library computers-I cant actually hear these so I might be pasting a duplicate. This one though, is billed as the first version:
Daniel Boone Theme Song 1964 - YouTube
This one should be version 2:
Daniel Boone - YouTube

Ballad of Davy Crockett:
Fess Parker - Ballad of Davy Crockett (1955) - YouTube
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone mix:
Davy Crockett & Daniel Boone Songs - A Fan's Good Bye & Tribute To Fess Parker in 720-P - YouTube
And: Farewell To the Mountains--which was a song he sang while at (The Alamo) in the Disney series of course.
"Farewell to Fess Parker" (Farewell To The Mountains Poem/Song) Davy Crockett Tribute - YouTube

 

[Alpo]

An old favorite!

The Yanks that stole the General was caught near Ringo, Georgia... they were the first to receive the Metal of Honor.

That's a hard movie to watch. I like Fess Parker. But he's the enemy. So I should hate him. But I like him.

Be like watching Duke Wayne play a Nazi.

 

[Iggy]

I use to could sing every verse in the Disney version of Davy Crockett.
Along with Farewell to the mountains.

 

[the ringo kid]

My favorite Davy episode included Big Mike Fink King of the River. I remember Clint Walker was Donna Douglas's date for a while. What a lucky duck.

That's a good one. My favorite outside of the The Alamo episode--is the one where they fight the Creek Indians and their Chief--Red Stick.

 

[the ringo kid]

An old favorite!

The Yanks that stole the General was caught near Ringo, Georgia... they were the first to receive the Metal of Honor.

The Great Locomotive Chase. I liked that movie too and it had many good stars in it like: Jeffrey Hunter, Morgan Woodward and I cant remember who else?

 

[1morethan8]

When I was a child, we would take a train from Chattanooga to Atlanta. At the Union Station, sitting in the corner was the General, it was rusty back then and forgotten. I can remember the drive wheels being way over my head!

In 1959 the engine was removed and taken to the L&N Louisville shop to be restored for the upcoming American Civil War Centennial...
After a long lawsuit that went all the way to the US Supreme Court, Georgia won the case over ownership from Chattanooga.

It had been over 50 years since I saw my friend at the old Union Station. I told the story to my Daughter and without me knowing, she talked to the Museum Curator at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History at Kennesaw, GA, and he said I would be given a personal tour!

I got to see my old friend...

The General, Tonya, and me...

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Back then if you didn't watch Davy Crockett you were UnAmerican.
I can recall my coonskin cap, also had a plastic toy version of Old Betsy.
Fess Parker was a class act.

 

[the ringo kid]

When I was a child, we would take a train from Chattanooga to Atlanta. At the Union Station, sitting in the corner was the General, it was rusty back then and forgotten. I can remember the drive wheels being way over my head!

In 1959 the engine was removed and taken to the L&N Louisville shop to be restored for the upcoming American Civil War Centennial...
After a long lawsuit that went all the way to the US Supreme Court, Georgia won the case over ownership from Chattanooga.

It had been over 50 years since I saw my friend at the old Union Station. I told the story to my Daughter and without me knowing, she talked to the Museum Curator at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History at Kennesaw, GA, and he said I would be given a personal tour!

I got to see my old friend...

The General, Tonya, and me...

Very nice all around and thank you for the photos. Ive always had an interest in railroad stuff-older trains etc. Id love to see The general sometime. I remember watching the Buster Keaton movie of the same name about 30 years ago when played on A&E NEtwork. Before then, id never heard of it or the actual raid where it was stolen. that engine bespeakes volumes of history.

 

[1morethan8]

I always thought the "cow catcher" on the front was metal...
it's made of wood!

 

[shouldazagged]

I used to see the General at the Chattanooga Union Station too, but the last time was well over sixty years ago. Nice to see the pictures.

 

[1morethan8]

The Texas, which was the chase engine, is located at the Atlanta Cyclorama building within Grant Park in Atlanta, GA.

 

[the ringo kid]

Thanks for that too. I kinda wondered what happened to the Texas. Glad to see its still around.

 

[MOONDAWG]

How well I remember Fess.

We went to different schools together.

 

[Robotech]

When I was a child, we would take a train from Chattanooga to Atlanta. At the Union Station, sitting in the corner was the General, it was rusty back then and forgotten. I can remember the drive wheels being way over my head!

In 1959 the engine was removed and taken to the L&N Louisville shop to be restored for the upcoming American Civil War Centennial...
After a long lawsuit that went all the way to the US Supreme Court, Georgia won the case over ownership from Chattanooga.

It had been over 50 years since I saw my friend at the old Union Station. I told the story to my Daughter and without me knowing, she talked to the Museum Curator at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History at Kennesaw, GA, and he said I would be given a personal tour!

I got to see my old friend...

They don't often let people inside the fence for a really close look at the General, so you were very lucky. When the museum asked my friend, William Wardrop, to put on a display of his models and modeling techniques, they gave him access to crawl over, under, around and through it so he could make an accurate model of the General, not as it appears now, but as it was back during the Civil War. That model is normally on display at the museum. You'll find a photo on the following web page:
Land Vehicles - Steam Noir

If you're interested in this kind of thing and traveling through the Atlanta airport, Bill has a smaller exhibit on display now at the domestic terminal. I currently have three of the models sitting above my computer, shown during the Kennesaw exhibit, that I'd lent back to him for that show.

 

[1morethan8]

Outstanding models!

Anyone traveling near Kennesaw needs to stop at the Museum..
well worth the time!

 

[bettis1]

Fess was a very nice guy. He grew up in west Texas and was a good friend of my high school buddy's family. (That friend now lives in CA and stayed in touch with him until Fess died.) Fess was about 8-10 years older than we were but we all used to enjoy his visits to Brownwood from their home in San Angelo. This was while he was in college and before he went to CA.

Fess was hitting the big time with "Davy" about the time we were graduating from BHS in '54 so for a while coonskin caps replaced cowboy hats in the cafes and at football games. Another of my buddies from HS still has Fess's Model T Ford in his antique car collection.

Fess and his family also have a large winery in CA. with some excellent selections. If you haven't tried them, you should.

Bob

 

[the ringo kid]

Im not big on Wines as I wouldnt know what to try but--ive always wanted to try some of his stuff.

 

[Evil Dog]

Wow, well beyond my Senior Citizen on a Fixed Income budget !!!