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Issue 14

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THE MAN WHO BLAZED THE WILDERNESS ROAD:

DANIEL BOONEby Eric A. Iron

No, he didn’t “kill him a bear when he was only three” – that was Davy Crockett. And he wasn’t governor of Tennessee – Sam Houston earned that accolade. Those heroes lived their lives a full generation or two after the man who helped make their exploits possible: Daniel Boone, who was born this week in 1734. So notwithstanding Walt Disney’s depiction of “Dan’l” Boone, where does the man really fi t into American history? This issue of Tidbits investigates.• We know about pioneers who went

westward to places like Texas and California and Oregon in the 1800s. But before the American Revolution, the Colonies hadn’t stretched far from the Atlantic Coast. Daniel Boone was the man who helped to expand America into what was then a vast wilderness on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Daniel Boone was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1734. Of course, Reading wasn’t yet teeming with industry. In fact, it wasn’t far at all from what was considered the “frontier” at the time. Boone got along well with the local Native Americans, and shared wilderness survival techniques with them. He learned to track animals, how to gather food, and how to “live off the land.” Daniel received a rifl e from his father at the age of 12, and quickly demonstrated skill as a hunter.

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DANIEL BOONE (continued):

• When he was a teenager, Boone’s family made the decision to leave Pennsylvania and head southwest to settle in a sparsely populated area of what is now North Carolina. The journey took nearly a year, and Daniel proudly helped clear pathways and fi nd food and water when necessary to facilitate the journey. Their new home was primitive, but of course, that’s where Daniel really “came into his own.” One of his most valuable skills was his intimate knowledge of the customs of the American Indians.

• When some of King George’s troops arrived to seek action in the French & Indian War, 19-year-old Daniel Boone quickly decided to join in the fi ght. The British were trying to persuade France to refrain from claiming too much of the continent. When the French set up forts along the southern Great Lakes and along the Ohio River, Britain fought back. The French had allies, however, in several Native American nations who hoped to regain some of the land they had lost (or at least protect what they had left).

• Boone served for two years, but very little progress was made during that time. The British were unable to score any decisive victories until several years later. Daniel returned to North Carolina, where he married Rebecca Bryan in 1756. The couple would go on to have 10 children. When the Cherokee people began to organize their efforts against the ever-encroaching colonists in 1759, the family fl ed to Virginia.

• The Boones returned home in 1762, but Daniel began to crave real-life “adventures” like those he’d experienced (and been told about) while serving in the military. He considered relocating to the south, but took a trip to to the Florida Territory and found that it didn’t suit him.

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• More than a million bicycles were sold in the United States by the time 1895 rolled around, but one last improvement would propel the bicycle into the must-own category: the pneu-matic tire. Under the guidance of the Pope Manufacturing Company (which made bi-cycles), the Hartford Rubber Works produced America’s first pneumatic tires in 1895. Pro-viding a much softer ride, they soon became a standard feature on all bicycle models.

• Dozens of smaller-scale improvements boosted the speed, comfort, longevity and performance of bicycles during the 20th century. As women began to find them as necessary as men, two varieties of bicycle were made. Men’s bikes were built with an extra stabilizer bar across the top of the bike. Women’s bikes omitted the bar, providing for easier mounting and dismounting of the vehicle when wearing skirts.

• The 1970s saw the development of two bi-cycle extremes. First came bicycles that took you nowhere. Otherwise known as exercise bikes, these training aids first hit the home market at the beginning of the decade. Then, as time went on and the energy crisis sent fuel prices skyrocketing, mopeds appeared. These bicycle/motorcycle hybrids, most popular with city-centered business workers, could either be pedaled like a regular bike or powered using a small, low-powered gasoline engine.

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• One of the storytellers who’d opened his eyes the widest about the wonders of unexplored territory was named John Finley. Finley had fought alongside Daniel Boone during the French & Indian War. He had told Daniel fascinating tales of the mostly-unexplored land to the west: it’s now Kentucky, but back then, it was called Kentucke.

• Beginning in 1767, Boone organized a series of exploratory journeys into unfamiliar areas north and west of his home. He never ventured too far until 1769, when he and John Finley led John Stewart and a handful of others on a grand trip. They headed for a break in the mountains known as the Cumberland Gap. The party struggled through the winter, but reached their destination in June 1770.

• In his own words, Boone describes the scene:

We found everywhere abundance of wild beasts of all sorts, through this vast forest. The buffaloes were more frequent than I have seen cattle in the settlements, browzing on the leaves of the cane, or croping the herbage on those extensive plains, fearless, because ignorant, of the violence of man. Sometimes we saw hundreds in a drove, and the numbers about the salt springs were amazing. In this forest, the habitation of beasts of every kind natural to America, we practised hunting with great success until the twenty-second day of December following.

We had passed through a great forest on which stood myriads of trees, some gay with blossoms, others rich with fruits. Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity and industry in a variety of fl owers and fruits, beautifully coloured, elegantly shaped, and charmingly fl avoured; and we were diverted with innumerable animals presenting themselves perpetually to our view.

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• Over the years, Daniel Boone’s views on Native Americans had changed. Just as they could be powerful friends, he learned that they could also be hostile enemies. And on December 22, 1770, Boone and Stewart were captured and held prisoner, but managed to escape. Soon, they met up with two other adventurers, including Daniel’s brother, Squire. Boone was happy to see his brother, but the situation quickly got worse. The Natives killed Stewart, and Squire’s companion decided he’d had enough and went back home.

• Daniel and Squire Boone found themselves “hundreds of miles from [their] families in the howling wilderness.” But instead of counting their losses and retiring east to safer land, the two stood determined to stay the winter. The brothers built a small cabin where they stayed until the autumn of 1771, when they returned to North Carolina.

• Back home, Boone began gathering the equipment necessary to build a permanent settlement in Kentucky. He sold his farm and, in September 1773, six families and 40 fi ghting men ventured west. Not quite three weeks into the trip, the Cherokee attacked the company, killing six men (including Daniel’s eldest son). Realizing they’d tread too far into Native American territory, they retreated a few miles and found a place to settle. Two years later, Boone led a new group of settlers to the area, and they cleared a roadway known as the Wilderness Trail, which would allow others to follow their route.

• So there you have it: Daniel Boone’s claim to fame is opening Kentucky to settlement. He remained there with his family until 1788, when he accepted an invitation to relocate to Missouri. Why did Daniel leave the land he loved? “Too crowded,” he said, referring to the hundreds who had followed his trail.

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ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ TIDBITS:

JAMES MONROEIf James Madison left any monogrammed towels behind in the White House, it was good fortune for his successor, James Monroe, since the two shared the same initials. That was about the only thing the two men shared, however. Madison was small and shy, while Monroe was a big man with a warm personality. This week’s All the Presidents’ Tidbits examines the route that he took to become one of the country’s most infl uential—but overlooked—leaders.

• James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Few details of his childhood are known, but young James proved himself successful in both academics and athletics. At the age of 16, he enrolled at William & Mary. The idea of national independence – very exciting to young minds – swept the campus. When the American Revolution broke out before Monroe had completed his fi rst year of study, he was eager to join in the fi ght. How eager? Read on.

• In June 1775, news arrived of colonists fi ghting against the “redcoats” at Lexington and Concord. At the time, Williamsburg was not only the home of Monroe’s school, but was also the capital of Virginia. The British-appointed governor lived there, and on his property was His Majesty’s arsenal. Monroe and two dozen other men joined forces to raid the vault. They stole (er, “acquired”) 200 muskets and 300 swords, which they handed over to the Virginia colonial militia.

• When he turned 18, Monroe left college to help in the struggle against Britain. Late in the year, his Army regiment joined up with George Washington’s troops. He was one of the men that General Washington famously led across the Delaware River in 1776. Then, a year later, he survived through the brutal winter at Valley Forge.

• After promotions took him away from the battlefi eld, James Monroe took an unusual step: he resigned from the Army in order to return to military action. He returned home and tried to put together a volunteer regiment, but found that few able-bodied men were left behind. In 1780, Thomas Jefferson (then governor) appointed Monroe commissioner of Virginia’s armed forces.

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Nov. 21, 2008 Mark your calendars and be sure to join us for a pre-holiday event of food, fun and live auction. Southside Virginia Association of Realtors® will once again follow tradition to help worthy families in our area realize the “American Dream” of homeownership by making “Tri-Cities Habitat for Humanity” the benefactor of the auction proceeds. The event will be held at the Civic Center in Petersburg. Call SVAR at (804) 520-4496 for ticket prices and more information.

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