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06/27/11 The U.S. Forest Service on Monday announced a ban against open campfires, charcoal fires gas and propane grills, stoves and lanterns anywhere in the Angelina, Sabine, Davy Crockett and Sam Houston national forests. read more
06/03/11 To generations of Americans, he was the kindly Uncle Walt who visited each Sunday night via the television with tales of Davy Crockett or Donald Duck. But in 1941, Walt Disney was a hated figure at his own Burbank studio.
04/28/11 This weekend I had the opportunity to visit the Neches River (pronounced NAY-chez) and kayak the Davy Crockett Paddle Trail. I guided a party of 10 paddlers on a nine-mile stretch of this river near Lufkin.
03/29/11 There's a new plan to remove a grounded, leaky barge from the Columbia River near Camas, Wash. The Coast Guard and environmental regulators plan to build a temporary $1.4 million enclosure around the derelict vessel and dismantle the Davy Crockett piece by piece.
03/11/11 The Coast Guard says 25 dark, sticky tar balls found this week in the Columbia River four miles downstream from a derelict barge likely came from the Davy Crockett.
03/10/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. The Coast Guard says 25 dark, sticky tar balls found this week in the Columbia River four miles downstream from a derelict barge likely came from the Davy Crockett. Tests indicate the balls don't contain heavy metals or PCBs. They were found under the Interstate 205 bridge. The 431-foot former World War II Liberty ship was converted to a ...
02/08/11 EAST TEXAS (KTRE) - Officials with the U.S. Forest Service have issued a prescribed burn advisory for area in the Davy Crockett and Angelina National Forests. The Davy Crockett will be attempting to conduct
02/04/11 The ugly demise of the beached and broken Davy Crockett, now the subject of a multimillion-dollar federal recovery effort, unfolded only after years of neglect. The former Liberty ship has languished for almost two decades along the north bank of the Columbia River between Vancouver and Camas. At one point, a former owner warned the U.S. Coast Guard that the 431-foot vessel appeared to be at ...
02/04/11 Contractors finish ballasting Crockett Contractors on Thursday finished ballasting the 431-foot Davy Crockett, pumping 600,000 gallons of water into enclosed compartments in the stern to better stabilize the vessel.
01/31/11 Officials say it split open around Jan. 27 as a result of the owner or someone else removing parts for scrap. That was about a week after the Coast Guard responded to an initial oil sheen near the barge and declared the problem fixed. Regulators say the Davy Crockett is leaking lubricating oil, fuel oil and some diesel at unknown volumes from an unknown source, with low levels of carcinogenic ...
01/26/11 Are you kin to Davy Crockett? Are Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, William Travis or Juan Segu?n in your family tree? If so, then Brazos Past wants to hear from you.
01/03/11 In 2010, we lost a Davy (Fess Parker, who was Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV) and a "Dandy" (quarterback-turned-sportscaster Don Meredith). The international music scene grieved for our local heroes, including Box Tops/Big Star rock iconoclast Alex Chilton (who died March 17, at 59), post-punk provocateur Jay Reatard (Jan. 13, 29), Hi Records producer Willie Mitchell (Jan. 5, 81) and ...
12/31/10 In 2010, we lost a Davy (Fess Parker, who was Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV) and a "Dandy" (quarterback-turned-sportscaster Don Meredith).
12/29/10 As a youngster, I often dreamed about exploring the wilderness and living off the land. Instead of reading books like the Hardy Boys, I immersed myself into stories about Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Jim Bridger, etc. As an adult, I made some fly-in trips to remote Canadian wilderness camps. However, these had cabins, showers and loads of food. As Father Time marched on, I resigned myself to the ...
11/19/10 [Gamasutra catches up with offbeat indie game creator Justin Smith (Enviro-Bear 2000) to discuss a variety of esoteric and oddly intriguing topics, from mean App Store user reviews to bear copycat-criminals.] Justin Smith is the kind of guy who you never quite know when to take seriously. Did he really consider making a game about defending the Alamo with a cyborg built from Davy Crockett's ...
09/22/10 AUSTIN, Texas - The audacity of the final score was staggering: UCLA 66, Texas 3. In 1997, the Bruins romped over the Longhorns in one of the biggest routs since Davy Crockett and the boys got whipped at the Alamo.
09/09/10 THE U.S. CONGRESS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION By Donald A. Ritchie Oxford University Press, $11.95, 146 pages "I am going to Texas, and you can go to hell," was the kiss-off line Rep. Davy Crockett had for his Tennessee constituents after they failed to re-elect him in 1834. Crockett's post-congressional ...
06/23/10 Tennessee State Parks events in the East Tennessee area include a unique pioneer camp experience and a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit. Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park - Join the staff at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park on Saturday, for its Pioneer Camp Crockett.
06/11/10 Save your neck or save your brother Looks like it's one or the other Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in The Shape I'm In by The Band Tom Osborne enjoyed his stay in Texas about as much as Davy Crockett did. Who can blame Nebraska? The Big 12 referees gifted Texas with a few precious seconds and a title last year against Nebraska in the title game. But the Big 12 brain trust had long ago ...
04/22/10 DANDRIDGE, Tenn. -- Davy Crockett's 1805 marriage license is back in Jefferson County after a court ordered a Tampa, Fla., woman to turn it over. Margaret Smith has claimed her uncle saved the document from destruction long ago when Jefferson County court officials were discarding old records.
04/09/10 When Mud Island River Park opens Saturday, visitors will have a new attraction -- a boxy, weathered flatboat, the kind Davy Crockett and his nemesis Mike Fink might have plied down the river. | 
