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  1. Apr 18, 2024 · Hall of Fame (1915) Daniel Boone (born c. November 2, 1734, Berks county, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died c. September 26, 1820, St. Charles county, Missouri, U.S.) was an early American frontiersman and legendary hero who helped blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian Mountains near the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee, and ...

  2. Jan 17, 2023 · Daniel Boone is an American legend, famous for his exploits as a Frontiersman during the Colonial Era and the early days of the United States. Boone played an important role in the settlement of Kentucky by blazing the Wilderness Road, an important step toward the era of Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny.

  3. Mar 4, 2010 · Updated: December 6, 2019 | Original: March 4, 2010. Daniel Boone was an early American frontiersman who gained fame for his hunting and trailblazing expeditions through the Cumberland Gap, a...

  4. Nov 18, 2019 · Daniel Boone was an American frontiersman who became legendary for his role in leading settlers from the eastern states through a gap in the Appalachian Mountain range to Kentucky. Boone did not discover the passage through the mountains, known as the Cumberland Gap, but he demonstrated that it was a feasible way for settlers to travel westward.

  5. A wanderer for most of his life, he is forever associated with the exploration of Kentucky. Boones exploits in exploring and hunting in the Bluegrass, as well as its defense during the American Revolution made him a legend in his own time. Born on November 2, 1734 Daniel Boone grew up in Oley Township northwest of Philadelphia.

  6. Dec 22, 2021 · Daniel Boone was a legendary frontiersman and a member of the House of Delegates (1781–1782, 1787–1788, 1791). Born in Pennsylvania the son of Quakers, he moved to North Carolina as a young man. His first long hunting trip was in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

  7. Daniel Boone, (born, c. Nov. 2, 1734, Berks county, Pa.—died c. Sept. 26, 1820, St. Charles, Mo., U.S.), U.S. frontiersman and legendary hero. He lived on the North Carolina frontier as a hunter and trapper.

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