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Daniel Boone
Title: Daniel Boone
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone, one of the nation's most famous frontiersmen, was born and raised in Pennsylvania, on November 2, 1734. Little is known of Daniel's Pennsylvania years, though he did return to visit his boyhood home in 1781 and again in 1788. Of course, as a young man he began the adventures he is known for, opening new regions of Kentucky for settlement. He established Boone’s borough, Kentucky in 1775. His father, Squire Boone, an English Quaker and
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keep law and order in the district. He also had to judge law cases. When this territory came under the control of the Unites States, Boone lost his land. In 1814 the U.S. gave Boone some of his land back as a reward for opening the way for millions of his fellow men. Boone died in 1820 while he was visiting his son Nathan. In 1845, his remains along with his wives were sent to Frankfurt, Kentucky.
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