Daniel Boone
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 was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone founded the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from Native Americans.
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Trending topics shown first"I can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days."
"The Discovery, Settlement and present State of Kentucke by John Filson"
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