1970: 'Daniel Boone' Ends its Run on NBC
Remember Fess Parker, exploring the Wild West as a famous American pioneer and setting off a national craze with his coonskin cap? Well, that was Parker in Davy Crockett — but Parker starred here, too, taking the super-successful Disney formula established on that show and transferring it to a character that Parker could control (and partially own).
Although Daniel Boone — which ended its run on this day in 1970 — ran for six years, Parker is still more closely associated with the much older, much briefer Davy Crockett series. A 1977 prequel, Young Dan'l Boone, lasted only a month before it was canc'led.
—Excerpted from Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses and Events