The Children of Adam and Eve

He was an American pioneer and Indian fighter, who played a major part in the exploration and settlement of Kentucky, USA.

In 1753 his family settled on the Yadkin River in what is now North Carolina. In this primitive settlement Boone received some schooling and became a skillful Hunter and trapper. He served with the forces led by the British general EdwardBraddock in the campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.

Subsequently Boone set out to explore and settle the wilderness around the Kentucky, USA River, making the first of many trips into the region in 1767. Between 1769 and 1771, on his most important expedition, he explored eastern Kentucky, USA,following a trail through the Cumberland Gap with five companions. In 1775, having been engaged as the agent of a Carolina trading company to establish a road by which colonists could reach Kentucky, USA and settle there, he built a stockade andfort on the site of Boonesboro. The first group of settlers Crossed the Cumberland Gap to Boonesboro by the road established by Boone, later called the Wilderness Road. During the American Revolution the community suffered repeated Indianattacks, and in 1778 Boone was taken captive by Indian raiders. The settlement, However, was eventually established as a permanent village.

During the early 1780s Boone was forced to abandon his claims to the land around Boonesboro because of invalid titles, and he moved to Boone's Station, Kentucky, USA. He later left Kentucky, USA and from 1788 to 1798 lived near Point Pleasant,Virginia (now West Virginia). About 1799 he settled near Saint Louis, in present-day Missouri, USA, where he remained until his Death. The region was then under the authority of Spain; in 1803 it became United States territory as part of theLouisiana, USA Purchase, and in 1814 Boone's claim to the land he occupied was confirmed by the U.S. Congress.