Daniel Boone

A native of North Carolina, born and developed tinder conditions' that gave him physical strength and endurance beyond the average, courage, daring, and self-reliance, he was peculiarly fitted for what he declared to be the mission of his life - "ordained of God to settle the wilderness." He was the highest type of wilderness explorer. Living to the age of 86, he will continue to live throughout the annals of our history as an outstanding type of the earliest American. He exemplified in his life the value of clean living, high principles, and hard labor. Settlement of Kentucky. - Undaunted by the unknown dangers of great swamps and forests, matching wits and woodcraft with the roving bands of hostile Indians, he led the first group of settlers across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the rich country of Kentucky. Here, amidst untold hardships, privations, and danger, there was set up the beginning of what has grown to be a mighty State, rich in natural resources and richer still in the treasure of its manhood and womanhood, descendants of the sturdy stock of Daniel Boone and those who followed him. These hardy pioneers bred into the succeeding generations that strength of purpose, endurance, initiative, and determination which has contributed so much to the richness and virility of American character.