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Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. As a young adult, Boone supplemented his farm income by hunting and trapping game, and selling their pelts in the fur market. Through this occupational interest, Boone first learned the easy routes to the area. Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky. There, he founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 Americans migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by following the route marked by Boone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
https://youtu.be/p27RvqGhTAU
Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. As a young adult, Boone supplemented his farm income by hunting and trapping game, and selling their pelts in the fur market. Through this occupational interest, Boone first learned the easy routes to the area. Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky. There, he founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 Americans migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by following the route marked by Boone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
https://youtu.be/p27RvqGhTAU
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When I was 9 and 10 years old, the Daniel Boone series starring Fess Parker was one of the three reruns on a local TV station, and a favorite among my peers. We would have brought back the 1950's "coonskin cap" fad had they been readily available.
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SGT David Baker
Alan K. - They weren't all that old when I did. By the way the other two were The Lone Ranger and (as I recall) Sergeant Preston of the Mounties. Lived in Washington state at the time.
Old Fartery is an epidemic... I caught it a couple years ago :p
Old Fartery is an epidemic... I caught it a couple years ago :p
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Alan K.
SGT David Baker - Your as old as you act.....I'm a teenager, if you were as old as you feel I would be a few decades older...!
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