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Daniel Boone Essay

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Daniel Boone: Exploring the Wilderness

James Lortie
Senior Division - paper
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Prior to the 1700s, areas of the midwest had never been explored by American settlers, but one man’s brave explorations changed all of that. Daniel Boone, a well known militia member, sought a new life exploring. Through his adventures, he and his crew explored Kentucky , Tennessee, and Virgina in 1769, opening a new frontier in American settlement and leading to easier trade and travel in a newly opened area called the Cumberland Gap and opening settlement opportunities for Americans beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

Before Boone’s Great Exploration
Daniel Boone who was born on November 2nd, 1734 in a rural area in Oley Valley, …show more content…

He explored the Cumberland Gap, and he made it easier to trade and travel. “He blazed the 200-mile trail known as Boone's Path or Boone's Road. The trail, beginning at the Gap, passed through Virginia to Kentucky's Bluegrass Region.” (Longfellow and Elkins) After Boone explored the Appalachian Mountains and created Boone’s Path, it opened the door for the colonists to be able to expand west. At the age of 85, Daniel Boone died September 26, 1820 in his sleep. His journey was rough, from being born in a rural area to being one of the most famous frontiersmen. (“Daniel Boone | American frontiersman | Britannica”) Daniel Boone went down in history for being a famous pioneer and settling a well known trail in Kentucky. That trail was called the Cumberland Gap. With Boone’s courage, braveness, and determination, he opened a new frontier. Boone made it so the colonists could expand out west and explore the rest if the …show more content…

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