Daniel Boone (disambiguation)
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Daniel Boone
was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.
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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits mad']'e him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of...
was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.
Daniel Boone or Dan Boone may also refer to:
People:
- Daniel Boone (singer)Daniel Boone (singer)Daniel Boone is an English pop musician who became a one-hit wonder in the U.S. with the single "Beautiful Sunday" in 1972. The song was written by Boone and Rod McQueen and racked up millions in singles sales worldwide. It peaked at No...
(born 1942), British pop musician - Dan Boone (baseball)Dan Boone (baseball)James Albert Boone was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from through . Boone batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Samantha, Alabama...
(1896-1968), Major League Baseball pitcher - Danny BooneDanny BooneDaniel Hugh Boone is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, appearing in 1981, 1982, and 1990...
(born 1954), Major League Baseball pitcher - Dan Boone (Minister of religion)
- Daniel Boone (MP), British Member of Parliament for GrampoundGrampound (UK Parliament constituency)Grampound in Cornwall, was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1821. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.-History:Grampound's...
, Ludgershall, Minehead and Stockbridge
Places:
- Daniel Boone National ForestDaniel Boone National ForestDaniel Boone National Forest is the only national forest completely within the boundary of Kentucky. Established in 1937, it was originally named the Cumberland National Forest, after the core region called the Cumberland Purchase Unit...
, Kentucky - Daniel Boone ArboretumDaniel Boone ArboretumDaniel Boone Arboretum is an arboretum located along a portion of the Daniel Boone Greenway in Harrogate, Tennessee.The arboretum contains over 50 labeled species of native trees.-See also:* Daniel Boone Native Gardens...
, Tennessee - Daniel Boone High School (Tennessee)Daniel Boone High School (Tennessee)Daniel Boone High School is located in Gray, Tennessee. It is one of two high schools in the Washington County School System.Daniel Boone High School opened in 1971-1972 to serve the students of the northern half of Washington County. Its feeder schools are Boones Creek, Fall Branch, Gray,...
- Daniel Boone Area High SchoolDaniel Boone Area High SchoolDaniel Boone Area High School is located in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, as part of the Daniel Boone Area School District in south-eastern Berks County. It is located about northwest of Philadelphia along the southern border of Berks County, within 15 minutes of Reading to the north and Pottstown to...
, Pennsylvania - Daniel Boone BridgeDaniel Boone BridgeThe Daniel Boone Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying Interstate 64, U.S. Route 40 and U.S. Route 61 across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri....
, spanning the Missouri River - Daniel Boone Hotel (Charleston, West Virginia)Daniel Boone Hotel (Charleston, West Virginia)Daniel Boone Hotel is a historic hotel located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is a Classical Revival Style ten story structure with blond brick exterior and tan, modular, stone-looking terra cotta. The building was originally constructed in 1927-29, expanded in 1936 and again in 1949 to provide a...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - Daniel Boone Hotel (Boone, North Carolina), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but later demolished
In the military:
- USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629)USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629)|...
, a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine - Operation Daniel Boone, a military operation during the Vietnam war
Other:
- Daniel Boone (book)Daniel Boone (book)Daniel Boone is a book by James Daugherty about the famous pioneer. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1940. It deals with the life, death, and legacy of Daniel Boone.-Work:...
, a 1940 book by James Daugherty - Daniel Boone (TV series)Daniel Boone (TV series)Daniel Boone is an American action/adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Native American friend, for the...
, an NBC television series - Daniel Boone (1936 film)Daniel Boone (1936 film)Daniel Boone is a 1936 American film directed by David Howard.In 1775, Daniel Boone leads thirty colonial families to Kentucky where they face two threats: Native American raiders led by renegade white Simon Girty, who opposes the colony; and the schemes of effete Stephen Marlowe to seize title to...
, an American film directed by David Howard starring George O'Brien as Daniel Boone - Daniel Boone, Trail BlazerDaniel Boone, Trail BlazerDaniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American film directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez.-Cast:*Bruce Bennett as Daniel Boone*Lon Chaney Jr...
a 1956 film starring Bruce Bennett - Daniel Boone CorridorDaniel Boone CorridorThe DanielBoone Corridor is a proposed light rail route for the St. Louis MetroLink light rail system in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.-Proposed route:...
, a proposed light rail route in St. Louis