Daniel Boone (October 22, 1734 - September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and hunter 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 the U.S. state of 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, … Wikipedia
The site of the birth of the great American frontiersman in 1734, the Daniel Boone Homestead interprets the life of early English and German settlers in eastern Berks County. www.berksweb.com/boone.html
ABSTRACT: This is an open-access electronic text edition of Filsons seminal work on the early history of Kentucky, including the first published account of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/3/
The publication of Daniel Boone's "Adventures" in 1784 served to immortalize Boone the frontiersman as an American legend and a true folk hero. earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/index.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Daniel Boone. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
