He was a great scout, statesman, and blazed trails through the wilderness fgor others to follow, helping the spread of civilization in America.
Daniel Boone didn't go to school. He was home schooled by his sister in law.
Daniel Boon died on September 26, 1820 at age 85
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
"The earliest known record of a Hawken rifle dates to 1823"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawken_rifle
It is highly unlikely that Hawken would have supplied a rifle to as prominent a figure as Boone three years earlier with no historic record.
In 1767, he found harsh winter conditions, so bad that he had to return to North Carolina. In 1769 the found the Warriors Path through the Cumberland Gap (a Shawnee and Cherokee war-and-hunting trail). This time he found fertile land rich with game. However, within two years, he found Shawnee Indians, or the Indians found him, and he was warned out of the land.
It was called trail blazing.
blazing a trail
Daniel Boone was famous for being a rough, tough mountain-man. However, history would not be drastically different if it lacked Boone. One can therefor say that Boone falls short of paramount.
Boone was a trail blazer, famous for finding many routes westward as the country expanded.
My 1st cousin's grandmother said Pat Boone was related to her. Elsie was a DAR and is listed in the "Book of Boones" and was raised in Boone, Colorado. That much I have direct knowledge of being correct. You know how these things go in family histories, he said, she said. However, Elsie (Eleanor maybe?) Was very sharp and not prone to exaggerating.
The Wilderness Road (through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains)
Daniel Boone Gun Company was a trade name used by the Belknap Hardware Company of Louisville, Kentucky on firearms they retailed, 1900-1935. They were made by a variety of manufacturers.
When he was young, Daniel Boone lived about two miles west of Mocksville, in Davie County, North Carolina.
The address of the Daniel Boone Homestead is: 400 Daniel Boone Road, Birdsboro, PA 19508-9426
Daniel Boone stood up for every homosexual (gay) people in American in the war of 1812