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title: A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo
author: Brian Reading 
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21059/a-knife-purportedly-carried-by-davy-crockett-at-th/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2025-11-17
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# A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo

_Authored by Brian Reading _

## Image File

[![A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21059.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21059.jpeg)

## Image Caption

A knife purportedly carried by [David 'Davy' Crockett](https://www.worldhistory.org/David_Crockett/) during the [Battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) of the [Alamo](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2805/the-alamo/), photograph by Brian Reading, 2013.

Crockett's knife is on display at the San Jacinto Museum of History at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in Harris County, Texas. After his tenure in office as a Tennessee congressman, Crockett joined the [Texas Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/Texas_Revolution/), where he would perish at the Alamo in 1836, cementing his role as a mythic figure in American folklore.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Reading , B. (2025, September 30). A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21059/a-knife-purportedly-carried-by-davy-crockett-at-th/>
### Chicago
Reading , Brian. "A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 30, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21059/a-knife-purportedly-carried-by-davy-crockett-at-th/>.
### MLA
Reading , Brian. "A Knife Purportedly Carried by Davy Crockett at the Alamo." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Sep 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21059/a-knife-purportedly-carried-by-davy-crockett-at-th/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davy_Crockett_knife.jpg) by [**Brian Reading** ](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davy_Crockett_knife.jpg). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 30 September 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.