Daniel Boone Biography

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NAME: Daniel Boone
OCCUPATION: Explorer, Folk Hero
BIRTH DATE: November 02, 1734
DEATH DATE: September 26, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH: Berks County, Pennsylvania

PLACE OF DEATH: St. Charles, Missouri

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Daniel Boone was an early American frontiersman who blazed a trail through Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Daniel Boone was born c. November 2, 1734 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was as a wandering hunter and trapper who was one of the earliest white explorers in Kentucky and worked to establish it as a 14th colony. His work made possible the first settlements in Kentucky: Boonesborough, Harrod's Town, and Benjamin Logan's. Boone became a legendary hero even his death in 1820.