American pioneer, trapper, and Indian fighter. Boone was 
born
November 2, 1734, near the present city of Reading, Pennsylvania. When
he was seventeen, he moved with his father to Davie County, North Carolina,
and here he spent much of his time hunting and trapping. He was a Waggoner
with the English general, Braddock, when the latter was defeated by the
Indians in 1755.
Twelve years later Boone first roamed Kentucky with several companions, collecting bear, beaver, and deerskins. In 1775 he led a party of settlers to Kentucky where he founded Boonseborough. A few years later he and several companions were captured by the Shawnee, taken to Detroit and adopted by the tribe. Boone escaped and returned to Boonesborough in time to notify the settlers of a planned Indian attack. As a result the Indians were repulsed.
When Kentucky was admitted to the Union, Boone lost title to his land. He moved to a place in what is now Missouri, about forty five miles west of St Louis. he died September 22, 1820, at Charette, Missouri. later his remains were taken to Frankfort, Kentucky, where a monument was erected to him.
Through the years there has been some controversy over the moving of his remains. He is said to have said "I shall never return to Kentucky. For they have mistreated me badly"
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