Daniel Boone

1734–1820

DEFENSE AT THE STATION OF BOONESBOROUGH

Daniel Boone was an early American pioneer and explorer. Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1735, Boone distinguished himself early on as a hunter. While a boy he moved with his father to North Carolina, where he was married. ln 1769, with five companions, he visited Kentucky, which was then unexplored. He passed several months there in hunting, but was captured by Indians. He escaped and returned home in 1771. In 1773, with his own and five other families, he emigrated to Kentucky, where, after several encounters with the Indians, he constructed a fort at Boonesborough in 1775. After repulsing several attacks of the Indians on this expedition, he was captured by them, taken to Chillicothe and Detroit, and adopted into an Indian family. Again escaping, he returned in June of the same year to the fort, which was attacked in August by a force of savages under the British Flag. Boone ably defended the position. Two of his sons were killed in these hostilities with the Indians. Losing his lands in Kentucky, he removed in 1795 to Missouri, where he pursued the occupation of hunter and trapper. He died in 1820.

Adapted from The Dictionary of Biography by Charles Morris

Key events during the life of Daniel Boone:

Year	Event
1735	Birth of Daniel Boone.
1769	Explord Kentucky with five companions.
	Captured by Indians
1771	Returned home from capture.
1773	Moved to Kentucky.
1775	Again captured by Indians, but escaped.
1795	Moved to Missouri
1820	Death of Daniel Boone.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Backwoodsmen of Kentucky  in	Indian History for Young Folks  by  Francis S. Drake
Daniel Boone  in	A First Book in American History  by  Edward Eggleston
Daniel Boone and His Grapevine Swing  in	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans  by  Edward Eggleston
Daniel Boone  in	America First—100 Stories from Our History  by  Lawton B. Evans
Boone in Kentucky  in	Story of the Thirteen Colonies  by  H. A. Guerber
Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky  in	Historical Tales, Vol I: American  by  Charles Morris
The Battle of the Blue Licks  in	Boys' Book of Border Battles  by  Edwin L. Sabin
Daniel Boone  in	Builders of Our Country: Book II  by  Gertrude van Duyn Southworth
Winning of the West  in	Growth of the British Empire  by  M. B. Synge

Image Links
Daniel Boone  in Indian History for Young Folks	Capture of Elizabeth and Frances Calloway and Jemima Boone  in Indian History for Young Folks	Defense of the Station at Boonesborough  in Indian History for Young Folks
Boone at the Blue Licks  in Indian History for Young Folks	Boone fighting over the dead body of his son  in Indian History for Young Folks	The Boy Hunter  in A First Book in American History
Trying to be a Savage  in A First Book in American History	Boone Escapes  in A First Book in American History	Daniel Boone  in A First Book in American History
Boone's Grapevine  in Story of the Thirteen Colonies	At the Siege of Boonesborough  in Frontier Fighters