Daniel Boone - Wikipedia
WEBDaniel Boone (November 2 [O.S. October 22], 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies.
Behind the Myth of Daniel Boone - Yale University Press
WEBDec 1, 2015 · In the early 1850s, artist George Caleb Bingham painted a now-iconic image of Daniel Boone leading a party of white families through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. In Bingham’s portrait, Boone is saturated with light, his face resolute and determined.
Daniel Boone - Smithsonian Institution
WEBDaniel Boone, 11 Feb 1734 - 26 Sep 1820. Exhibition Label. Born Berks County, Pennsylvania. By blazing a trail through the Appalachian Mountains, Daniel Boone opened the West to white settlement and came to personify the …
Daniel Boone - Discover Lewis & Clark
WEBBy the late 1780s the frontier lifestyle in Kentucky was beginning to give way to the basics of statehood, which officially arrived on 1 June 1792, and accounted for the fifteenth star in the flag Lewis and Clark were to carry. It was time for …
Daniel Boone, Facts, Biography, History, Significance
WEBJan 17, 2023 · Image Source: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Biography. Daniel Boone was a hunter, explorer, soldier, and politician who rose to fame for his exploits as a Frontiersman and trailblazer who played an important role in the settlement of Kentucky.
Daniel Boone - Smithsonian American Art Museum
WEBDaniel Boone. Paul Manship, Daniel Boone, n.d., bronze on marble base, 8 1 ⁄ 4 in. ( 21. 0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.53. Zoom.
Daniel Boone's First View of Kentucky - The Indianapolis Museum of Art ...
WEBWilliam T. Ranney (American, 1813–1857) and Alfred Jones (American, born England, 1819–1900), Daniel Boone's First View of Kentucky, 1850, etching, 5-1/2 x 7-7/8 in. (image); 8-1/2 x 11 in. (sheet). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Jerry M. Wright, 1983.210.
The Boone Project
WEBWelcome to the Boone Project. Scenes. About Us. The stories of Daniel Boone are as numerous and varied as his real-life adventures. His life inspired the creative works of many colorful storytellers and they seldom let facts get in the way.
Portrait of Daniel Boone, (1734 - 1820) - Speed Art Museum
WEBPortrait of Daniel Boone, (1734 - 1820) - Speed Art Museum
Daniel Boone, Pioneer Scout - Google Arts & Culture
WEBIn 1914, Rockwell produced 19 paintings and drawings to illustrate Everett T. Tomlinson’s Scouting With Daniel Boone in eight installments of the magazine. In Tomlinson’s story, set in 1773,...