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- American History Central - Daniel Boone — The Life of an American Legend
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Daniel Boone
- Born:
- c.November 2, 1734 Pennsylvania
- Died:
- c.September 26, 1820 Saint Charles Missouri
- Awards And Honors:
- Hall of Fame (1915)
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Daniel Boone, (born c. November 2, 1734, Berks county, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died c. September 26, 1820, St. Charles county, Missouri, U.S.), 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 Kentucky. Boone had little formal schooling but learned to read and write. As a youth, he moved with his family (English Quakers) to the Yadkin River valley region on the North Carolina frontier. Most of his life was spent as a wandering hunter and trapper. He reached as far south as Florida and ...(100 of 682 words)