Tag: Daniel Boone

The American Folk Hero Who Blazed a Path West to Kentucky

In “Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer,” biographer John Faragher describes the 18th-century author John Filson as the stereotype of a “pedantic schoolmaster, a character perfected in Washington Irving’s portrayal of Ichabod Crane”—referring to the protagonist in the short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” In 1783, Filson migrated to Kentucky,…


How Jemima Boone and the Callaway Girls Outsmarted Their Captors

Sunday, July 14, 1776: Jemima Boone, the 13-year-old daughter of American pioneer Daniel Boone, along with two other friends, was captured outside of her settlement by a small war party consisting of Cherokees and Shawnees. A few days later, thanks to the dedication of her father and to her and her friends’ bravery and quick…


Daniel Boone (1936)

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles in Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth…