What is National Boone Day?
Daniel Boone, a frontiersman who lived in Kentucky from November 2, 1734 to September 26, 1820), first explored the valleys and forests of the present-day Bluegrass State of Kentucky on June 7, 1769. Boone founded Boonesborough, Kentucky, which is one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians.
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Daniel Boone, an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman, was born on November 2, 1734. He was named one of the United States' first folk heroes thanks to his frontier exploits. Following Boone's route, more than 200,000 European people had migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by the end of the 18th century, following the route marked by Boone.
Rebecca Bryan was born on August 14, 1756, Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan. They lived in a cabin on his father's farm where they had ten children.. Boone aided his family in becoming a market hunter by gathering pelts for the fur trade.
During the Revolutionary War, Boone served in the militia as an officer, and Shawnee warriors captured him in 1778. They eventually adopted him into their tribe. He left the Indians and returned to Boonesborough to help protect the European settlements in Kentucky/Virginia.
