Click2FamousTrials - Daniel Boone - Chapter 7

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>DANIEL BOONE</p> <p><font size="4">CHAPTER 7 - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DANIEL BOONE</font></b></p> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">Daniel Boone's mother, Sarah Morgan Boone, was Welsh.  Her <a href="http://www.data-wales.co.uk/penroof1.jpg" target="_blank"><b>ancestral home</b></a> is now in disrepair.</p> <p align="justify"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="3" color="000000">Here is more information on <a href="http://www.data-wales.co.uk/pencoed.htm" target="_blank"><b>Daniel's mom</b></a> and her ancestral roots.</p> <p align="justify">The area that was extensively explored by Daniel Boone is now part of the <a target="_blank" href="http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~dhooper/html/a_clickable_map_of_the_red_river_gorge.html"><b>"Sheltowee Trace,</b></a>" a 269-mile multiple use National Recreation Trail. This map helps contemporary people understand how extensive Boone's explorations really were.</p> <p align="justify"> <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/chapt1/index.html" target="_blank"><b>The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone</b></a> - John Filson's account, published on Daniel Boone's 50th birthday.</p> <p align="justify">Dr. James <a href="http://www2.truman.edu/~jpauldin/paulding.html" target="_blank"><b>Paulding</b></a> produced the film <i>Daniel Boone</i>. A series of beautiful paintings by Dr. Bouquet were commissioned by Northeast Missouri State University for that <a href="http://www2.truman.edu/~jpauldin/Boone.html" target="_blank"><b>film</b></a>.</p> <p align="justify">In an effort to keep Daniel Boone's memory alive in America, 358 <a href="http://personal.bhm.bellsouth.net/bhm/s/h/sharrah/markers.html" target="_blank"><b>"Boone Trail Highway Markers"</b></a> were made. They have been placed throughout the United States.</p> <p align="justify">Many stories about Daniel Boone are myths - part of the legend that has flourished over so many years. For example, Boone never wore a "coonskin" cap. He was a Quaker, and he wore hats that Quakers wore. Here is a <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/foryourinfo/970106boone/970106boone.html" target="_blank"><b>website</b></a> that compares the myths to the truth about Boone</b></a>.</p> <p align="justify">An interesting story has been written about Daniel's lifelong friend, <a href="http://earlyamerica.com/review/fall98/frontier.html" target="_blank"><b>Michael Stoner</b></a>. As this link underscores, life was difficult in the early days of Kentucky exploration</b></a>.</p> </div> <p align="center"><font size="2"><a href="daniel_boone_ch6.htm">GO TO LAST CHAPTER</a>     <a href="daniel_boone_ch1.htm">BACK TO FIRST CHAPTER</a>     <a href="daniel_boone_ch8.htm">GO TO NEXT CHAPTER</a></p><br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </tr> </table> </body>