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Crockett
Crockett may refer to: People and fictional characters *Crockett Gillmore (born 1991), American National Football League player *Crockett Johnson, pen name of David Johnson Liesk (1906-1975), American cartoonist and children's book illustrator *Crockett (surname), a list of persons and fictional characters with the surname Places United States *Crockett, California, a census-designated place * Crockett, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Crockett, Texas, a city * Crockett, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Crockett, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Crockett County, Tennessee *Crockett County, Texas * Fort Crockett, Galveston Island, Texas * Crockett Lake, Washington *Crockett Creek, Missouri Antarctica *Mount Crockett, Ross Dependency Other uses * Crockett Cup, professional wrestling event *Crockett High School (other) * Crockett State School, a juvenile correctional facility in Crockett, Texas * Crockett Street, Beaumont, Texas *, two US Navy ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett, California
Crockett (formerly Crockettville) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The population was 3,094 at the 2010 census. It is located 28 miles northeast of San Francisco. Other nearby communities include Port Costa, Martinez, Vallejo, Benicia, Rodeo, Hercules, Pinole and Richmond. History Crockett is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole made to Ygnacio Martinez, and is named after Joseph B. Crockett, a judge on the California Supreme Court. The town started when Thomas Edwards Sr. bought of land from Judge Crockett in 1866. Edwards built his home in 1867 and when other settlers arrived, he started the first general store in Crockett. Edwards' home still stands and is known as "The Old Homestead", a California Historical Landmark. Crocketville post office was established in 1883, and the name was changed to Crockett later that year. "Sugar Town" In 1906, an agricultura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett (surname)
Crockett is a surname of British origin, which derives from the Middle English word "croket", meaning "a large curl"., although some are also derived from the French name "Crocketagne". The name may refer to: *Affion Crockett (born 1974), American actor *Alex Crockett (born 1981), British rugby player * Alexander G. Crockett (1862–1919), American politician *Alvin Crockett (1831–1902), American politician * Andrew Crockett (banker) (1943–2012), British banker * Anne B. Crockett-Stark (born 1942), American politician *Anthony Crockett, (1945–2008), British bishop * Anthony Crockett (soldier) (1756-1838), American soldier and politician *Antony Crockett (born 1956), British doctor *Basil Crockett (1877–1939), British soldier *Bob Crockett (1863–1935), Australian cricket umpire *Charley Crockett (born 1984), American blues, country and Americana musician *Clare Crockett (1982 - 2016), Catholic nun * Cordell Crockett (born 1965), American guitarist *Damarea Crockett (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett, Texas
Crockett is a city and the county seat of Houston County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,332. Houston County is the oldest county and Crockett the fifth-oldest city in Texas. History The town was named after Davy Crockett, who had camped nearby on his way to the Alamo; the site was very near the Old San Antonio Road. Andrew Edwards Gossett, a Texas Revolution soldier from Maury, Tennessee, along with his father and brother, donated the land for the town in 1836, and named it after Crockett, whom they had previously known. The town was incorporated in 1837, and a post office was granted the following year. Crockett was connected to Nacogdoches by stage service. In 1839 raids by the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians forced the town's residents to take shelter in the fortified log courthouse. Crockett was a training center for Confederate conscripts during the Civil War. The railroad came through in 1872, enabling Crockett to explo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett Cup
The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (also known simply as the Crockett Cup) is a professional wrestling event produced every April by the professional wrestling promotion, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event features a tag team professional wrestling tournament with the Crockett Cup awarded to the winning tag team. Event history The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was created by Jim Crockett Jr. of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in honor of Crockett's father, JCP founder Jim Crockett Sr. The tournament format was single-elimination with a promoted prize of $1 million (U.S.) awarded to the winning team. JCP held the event every April in 1986, 1987, and 1988 before selling the company to Ted Turner (via TBS) in November 1988. In July 2017, the Crockett Foundation, with Classic Pro Wrestling, held a spin-off version called the Crockett Foundation Cup Tag Team Tournament in New Kent, Virginia. Bobby Fulton, The Barbarian, and The Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett County, Texas
Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,098. The county seat is Ozona. The county was founded in 1875 and later organized in 1891. It is named in honor of Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo. History * Prehistoric people lived in Gobbler Shelter, located on a small tributary canyon of Live Oak Creek. Earliest known Native American tribes are Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche. * 1590 Spanish explorer Gaspar Castaño de Sosa leads a mining expedition of 170 who pass through the western section of Crockett County to reach the Pecos River. * 1684, May 22 - Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and his expedition cross the Pecos River and camp at San Pantaleón. * 1849 John Coffee Hays expedition charting waterholes for transporting people and freight. * 1852 U. S. Army Colonel Joseph K. Mansfield recommends establishing a new post on Live Oak Cree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett County, Tennessee
Crockett County is located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,911. Its county seat is Alamo. Crockett County is included in the Jackson, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Crockett County was formed in 1871 from portions of Haywood, Madison, Dyer and Gibson counties. It is named in honor of David Crockett (1786–1836), frontier humorist, soldier, Tennessee state legislator and U.S. congressman, and defender of the Alamo. In 1876, in what apparently was a political rivalry gone bad, Crockett County Sheriff R. G. Harris and 19 other unidentified men removed four black men from the county jail and beat them, killing one of them. The sheriff was arrested. In '' United States v. Harris'' (1883), the Supreme Court ruled that the Sheriff could not be prosecuted under federal law. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Crockett
Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area. The facility is now managed by the US NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, and hosts the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Laboratory, the Texas Institute of Oceanography, as well as some university facilities. The area still contains several historical buildings and military fortifications. History A military facility of the US Army Coast Artillery Corps on Galveston Island was established in the late 1890s. Construction got underway just in time to be disrupted by the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The United States Army Corps of Engineers spent several years rebuilding and expanding the reservation before it was re-garrisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett Johnson
Crockett Johnson (October 20, 1906 – July 11, 1975) was the pen name of the American cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk. He is best known for the comic strip '' Barnaby'' (1942–1952) and the ''Harold'' series of books, beginning with '' Harold and the Purple Crayon''. From 1965 until his death Johnson created over a hundred paintings relating to mathematics and mathematical physics. Eighty of these are found in the collections of the National Museum of American History. Biography Born in New York City, Johnson grew up in Corona, Queens, New York, attended PS 16 and Newtown High School. He studied art at Cooper Union in 1924, and at New York University in 1925."Harold, Barnaby, and Dave: A Biography of Crockett Johnson" Philip Nel. He exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett State School
The Crockett State School (CSS) was a Texas Youth Commission juvenile correctional facility in Crockett, Texas. The students at the state school had committed various crimes, including truancy, property crimes and crimes against persons. ." . Retrieved on August 8, 2010. The Crockett State School, located on what was a farm,Crockett State School " |
Crockett Gillmore
Crockett Allen Gillmore (born November 16, 1991) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State. High school Gillmore attended Bushland High School in Bushland, Texas, where he was teammates with Weston Richburg. Gillmore was selected to the first-team all-district for both positions at wide receiver and defensive end. He was named as the ''Amarillo Globe-News'' Offensive Player of the Year in high school. He was a 2009 all-state honorable-mention and was selected to the first-team all-district. He was selected as the Golden Spread 2A-3A Player of the Year during high school. College career In his senior season, he was voted to the first-team All-Mountain West by coaches on December 11, 2013. In January 2014, he participated in both the 2014 East-West Shrine Game and 2014 Senior Bowl. Professional career 2014 season On May 9, 2014, in the 2014 NFL Draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett House (other)
Crockett House may refer to: in the United States (by state then city) *Judge Joseph Crockett House, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Christian County *John Edward Crockett House, Mulberry, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Shelby County *Joseph Crockett House, Nicholasville, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Jessamine County *Knott Crockett House, Rockland, Maine, listed on the NRHP in Knox County *Crockett House (Pocomoke City, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Worcester County *John Crockett House, Stratham, New Hampshire, listed on the NRHP in Rockingham County *Andrew Crockett House, Brentwood, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Williamson County *Samuel Crockett House, Brentwood, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Williamson County * Crockett House (Logan, Utah), listed on the NRHP in Cache County *Crockett Springs Cottage Crockett Springs Cottage, also known as Camp Alta Mons Cottage, is a historic home located at Piedmont, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett High School (other)
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Crockett High School may refer to: * Crockett High School (Austin, Texas) * Crockett High School (Crockett, Texas) * Crockett High School (Detroit, Michigan) - Detroit Public Schools * David Crockett High School (Tennessee) 'David Crockett High School'' is a high school located in Jonesborough, Tennessee. It is one of two high schools in the Washington County School System and serves the southern part of the county. Its "rival" school is Daniel Boone High School, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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