Daniel Boone
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Learn about the man who led the first group of pioneers through the Cumberland Gap. His trail opened the way west for thousands of settlers. The early Kentucky settlement Boonesborough was named in his honor. A skilled hunter and tracker, he went on hunts that lasted for months.
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