One of the most famous figures of the frontier, Daniel Boone clashed
with the Shawnee and sought to exploit the riches of a newly settled
region. Despite Boone's fame, his life remains wrapped in mystery. The
Boone legend, which began with the publication of John Filson's The
Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone and continues through modern times with
Fess Parker's Daniel Boone series, has become a hopeless mix of fact and
fiction. Born in 1815, archivist Lyman Draper was a tireless collector
of of