Daniel Boone Quotes


Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.


Citations

Filson, John. The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke. James Adams, 1784, p. 57.

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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
  • Born: November 2, 1734
  • Died: September 26, 1820
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Explorer, Frontiersman, Militia Officer, Politician

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone became famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in 1775 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. There he founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. By the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone.