The Ballad of Davy Crockett
I’ve just spent the better portion of the past 12 hours learning how to create my first-ever Wikipedia.org entry — namely, an entry for my late-grandfather, Thomas Wakefield Blackburn II (Tom W. Blackburn). He is notable as both a Western writer and the man responsible for the still-memorable lyrics to “The Ballad of Davy Crockett“.
I’ve made minor edits to various wiki entries in the past, but this is my first-ever creation from scratch. I even had to learn how to upload an image/photo, which I admit is a little intimidating with all the copyright and usage guidelines. (We have a much better photo we’d like to use in the entry, but I’m unclear on if we’d be in the clear to use the image, so it’s in a holding pattern for now.)
I’m not done editing, but I’ve gone as far as I can without digging up further sources to cite.
RichC said,
August 7, 2007 @ 8:48 am
Well done. Perhaps I should send you my Davy Crockett ‘coonskin’ cap from when I was a boy?
Shannon said,
August 7, 2007 @ 9:31 am
Heheh! We have one in the family at my parent’s house, but neither my brother nor I have one from that era (or otherwise). I’m sure some eBay crawling would turn up something, but I’m still in the book-collecting phase of my grandfather’s career.