Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman. He is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, but at the time was part of Virginia. As a young adult Daniel Boone made up for hi farm income by hunting and trapping animals for their pelts, which he would then sell in the fur market. Through occupational interest, Daniel Boone first discovered easy routes through the area. In 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road that led through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee to Kentucky despite some resistance from local tribes. Daniel Boone then founded one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachain Mountains, the village of Boonesborough in Kentucky. By the end of the 18th century, over 200,000 European people migrated west of the Appalachian Mountains into the Kentucky and Virginia area using this route. Daniel Boone played an important role in the exploration and settlement of the western states.…

Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820) pioneer and resident American Forests, he is England origin and was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1734. Then in 1751 he stay with his father Squire Boone and his family in yadken Valley which is now located in the Davey region in Carolina North, and he work on a farm’s father also he spent most of his time in hunting and trapping. in 1755 he was wagon maker and blacksmith (metal works) in Edward Braddock campaign disastrous against the Indians, and in…

successfully? Do people all dream about it? The American dream is the belief that anyone even if they were born in a high-class family or poor family, can achieve their own success in a society that it is possible for everyone. Although there are specific values that help people achieve the American Dream such as; individual freedom, work hard, and competition, people succeed if they are self-reliant and have equality of opportunity, not just by chance or because of sheer luck. The promise of…

Early American frontiersman, Daniel Boone, is responsible for the development of the state known today, as Kentucky. Boone, born in 1734 in Pennsylvania, was a lifelong outdoorsman. Boone “had very little formal education.”i and “appears to have been a scrappy lad who loved hunting, the wilderness, and independence.”ii while most Americans recognize the name Daniel Boone, not everyone knows what Boone actually accomplished during his life; the settlement of Kentucky. Boone traveled to…

Antoine Robidoux was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah. Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur…

ON a cold winter night Daniel was walking and overhears a conversation. Did you hear that the king put money on top of Mt.Helen? A man asks a group. That caught Daniel's attention , Mt.Helen, that's not too far Daniel thought to himself. There is nothing to do here so why not try to get some money Daniel says in his head. Daniel goes home and packs for the journey, after he finishes packing he sets off to Mt.Helen. A few hours later Daniel has scaled about half of the mountain he decides to rest…

James “Jim” Bridger Jim Bridger was one of the greatest mountain men in the 19th century. He is also known for discovering the Great Salt Lake. He had a variety of talents which helped him through his life. He was very smart and a frontier man. James Jim Bridger was born in March 17,1804 in Richmond, Virginia. Bridgers was the son of an innkeeper. Bridger’s family moved west in 1812. At age thirteen he was a blacksmith’s apprentice. He learned how to handle machinery, horses and…

The community of Hermitage is located in eastern Davidson County, just minutes away from downtown Nashville. The neighborhood is named for its most famous home, The Hermitage. Once the home of Andrew Jackson, today the historical section of eastern Nashville is home to a dynamic and growing community. Despite its inclusion as part of Metropolitan Nashville, the Hermitage maintains a separate identity as its own residential and commercial suburban area. The community of Hermitage is located…

The players and Coach’s must learn not to do what is best for him or what makes himself look good, but to do what is best for the team. At camp Gerry Bertier (white linebacker) confront Julius Campbell () for his players (black players) not blocking for Ray. Gerry goes on to say that Julius needs to start acting like a team player and not focus on just himself. Coach Boone see’s the segregation still among his team so he decides to take the players for an early 3am morning run to the field of…

discrimination, behaviors directed against another group, based on the belief that one race is superior to another. This can be viewed in the movie when we pay closer attention to how the two groups of different races interact when combined. Each race holds strong opinions of what the other group is like, they also tend to assume that their own race is superior to the other. These ideas are perpetuated from a lack of interaction with the other group, therefore, the beliefs were very strong at…