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Daniel Boone,an American explorer was born in Berks county,Pennsylvania.Daniel learned some Blacksmithing,but didn't have much time for education.His parents left Pennsylvania in 1750, bound for the Yadkin Valley of the northwest,North Carolina.Boone served as a wagoner and married a neighbor's daughter,Rebecca Bryan,in 1756.Daniel purchased the land back in North Carolina,from his father,but never farmed on it,which he loved to roam.Daniel died on September 26,1820,at age 86 at his son's home near present day Defiance,Missouri.

On 1775 Richard Henderson hired Daniel Boone to search around the Wilderness Road.Once Boone reached his destination,he built a one of several stations and called it 'Boonesboro.He served as a captain of the Militia.With


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