Daniel Boone

Popularly pictured always wearing a coonskin cap, and best known as the Frontiersman Who Settled Kentucky, Daniel Boone carved out the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap earning the name the "Father of Westward Expansion".

Fess Parker, who played two of the most iconic American characters in the opening of the Western frontier on television, has died at the age of 85. To many of a certain age, Fess Parker was Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.

Author Michael Lofaro has produced a biography of Daniel Boone that describes this fully led life in less than 200 pages.

The Daniel Boone Motor Inn is one of the few owner-operated hotels still around, and this one - in Pikeville, Kentucky - is one of our favorites.

In the America, we love our festivals and we cherish our pioneer spirit. The Daniel Boone Festival combines both.

35 miles west of St. Louis, you'll find Daniel Boone's Missouri home and an Early American village. With gorgeous scenery, authentic historical buildings and artifacts, visiting the Daniel Boone home is an enjoyable learning experience.

Don't miss out on this exciting adventure series from a time long past.

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Many people think I'm crazy when I tell them the coonskin cap used to be fashionable. It really was.

June 7th is a holiday for many purposes. Avid celebrants participate eagerly in marking June 7th as a most special day for so many different reasons. Here are several of the most popular June 7th holidays (arranged alphabetically).