Daniel Boone, Great American Pioneer

16 pp. Daniel Boone is famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone founded the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from Native Americans. He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. By the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people had entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone. He also served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783), which in Kentucky was fought primarily between American settlers and British-allied Indians.