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- NAME: Daniel Boone
- OCCUPATION: Explorer, Folk Hero
- BIRTH DATE: November 02, 1734
- DEATH DATE: September 26, 1820
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Reading, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: Femme Osage Creek, Missouri
- Full Name: Daniel Boone
- Nickname: "Big Turtle"
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American explorer and frontiersman Daniel Boone blazed a trail to the far west though the Cumberland Gap, thereby providing access to the frontier.
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Daniel Boone - Jemima's Rescue
Biography of Daniel Boone, famous pioneer who rescued his daughter Jemima Boone and friends after they had fled the constraints of Fort Boonesborough.
Daniel Boone - Debtor's Prison
Daniel Boone biography of the pioneer who became a politician in the Virgina Assembly and became disillusioned with public life.
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