Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which
1820 portrait
Boone's First View of Kentucky, William Tylee Ranney (1849)
George Caleb Bingham's Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (1851–52) is a famous depiction of Boone.
Abduction of Boone's Daughter, painting by Karl Ferdinand Wimar, 1855, Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Daniel Morgan Boone
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Daniel Morgan Boone was the son of Daniel Boone and a significant American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman in his own right. He was a particularly key player in the early American exploration and
Daniel Boone
…he was often hampered by rheumatism. In 1795, Boone and his wife moved back to Kentucky, living in the Daniel Boone Cabin on land owned by their son Daniel Morgan Boone in what became Nicholas County. The next year, Boone applied to Isaac Shelby, the first governor of the new state of Kentucky, for a contract to widen…
Gravestone of Daniel Morgan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, in the Boone-Hays Graveyard in Kansas City, Missouri
Gravestone of Sarah Lewis Boone, wife of Daniel Morgan Boone, in the Boone-Hays Graveyard in Kansas City, Missouri