True or false? Davy Crockett's favorite hat was a coonskin cap. False! The cap comes from a 1950s TV show. The real Davy wore a brown felt hat. He roamed the American frontier as a hunter and an army scout. He made up tall tales about himself to get elected to Congress. He fought to the death at the Alamo in the struggle for Texas's independence.,p> Davy Crockett made history!