Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer during the late 1700s. He spent most of his life exploring territory in present-day Kentucky, West Virginia and Missouri. He has become a frontiersman legend through numerous portrayals in popular culture, most notably a 1964 TV series of the same name. Known for wearing a coonskin cap.

On March 19, 2010, the actor who played both Boone and Davy Crockett on television, Fess Parker, died at the age of 85.http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/03/18/fess.parker.obit/index.html

• "I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."--Lucidcafe: Daniel Boone American Pioneer (2008)

"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good wife."--Think Exist: Daniel Boone quotes (2006)

"Many heroic actions and chivalrous adventures are related of me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man."--Wikipedia: Daniel Boone (October 27, 2008)

• 1734: Born

• 1753: Settled in North Carolina

• 1756: Married Rebecca BryanLucidcafe: Daniel Boone American Pioneer (2008)

• 1769: Traveled through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky

• 1775: Hired to improve trails to Carolinas

• 1775: Moved his family to Boonesborough, Kentucky

• 1776: Daughter and two other girls kidnapped by Shawnee IndiansLucidcafe: Daniel Boone American Pioneer (2008)

• 1776: Boone rescued girls in surprise attackLucidcafe: Daniel Boone American Pioneer (2008)

• 1778: Captured by a different band of Shawnee Indians

• 1784: Book by John Filson about Boone's adventures publishedEyewitness to History: Daniel Boone Opens up the West (2005)

• 1778: Escaped Shawnee to defend Boonesborough from British troopsLucidcafe: Daniel Boone American Pioneer (2008)

• 1792: Kentucky accepted into Union, Boone lost land due to ownership issues

• 1799: Traveled down Ohio River by canoe to settle in St. Louis

• 1800: Appointed magistrate of county in Missouri

• 1813: Wife died

• 1820: Died at 85

• 1845: Remains moved from Missouri to Kentucky