Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Although he also became a businessman, soldier and politician who represented three different counties in the Virginia General Assembly following the American Revolutionary War, Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky. Although on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains from most European-American settlements, Kentucky remained part of Virginia until it became a state in 1791.
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,916. Its county seat is Richmond. The county is named for Virginia statesman James Madison, who later became the fourth President of the United States.
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,742. Its county seat is Stanford. Lincoln is a prohibition or "dry county."
Florence is a home rule-class city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. Florence is one of the larger cities of Northern Kentucky, and part of the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Area. The population was 29,951 at the 2010 census.
Crab Orchard is a home rule-class city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 841 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Hustonville is a home rule-class city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Stanford is a home rule-class city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. It is one of the oldest settlements in Kentucky, having been founded in 1775. Its population was 3,487 at the 2010 census and an estimated 3,686 in 2018. It is the county seat of Lincoln County. Stanford is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 8,340 at the 2010 census.
Blue Ball is a community in Butler and Warren counties, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The community was established in 1820 at the intersection of the Dixie Highway. Blue Ball was annexed by nearby Middletown in 1994.
The Red River is a 97.2-mile-long (156.4 km) tributary of the Kentucky River in east-central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
Boonesborough is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. It lies in the central part of the state along the Kentucky River and is the site of Fort Boonesborough State Park, which includes the Kentucky River Museum. The park site has been rebuilt to look like a working fort of the days when Boone resided there.
Kentucky County was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the western portion of Fincastle County effective December 31, 1776. During the three and one-half years of Kentucky County's existence, its seat of government was Harrodstown.
The Sheltowee Trace Trail is a 333-mile (535.91 km) National Recreation Trail that was created in 1979 and stretches from the Burnt Mill Bridge Trail Head in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Tennessee to northern Rowan County, Kentucky. The trail is named after Daniel Boone, who was given the name Sheltowee when he was adopted as the son of the great warrior Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee tribe.
Boone County High School is located in Florence, Kentucky, United States. The school was opened in 1954, consolidating Burlington, Florence, New Haven and Hebron High Schools. The school mascot is the Rebel.
Boone Station State Historic Site was a 46-acre (190,000 m2) Kentucky State Historic Site on Boone's Creek near Athens in Fayette County, Kentucky, USA.
The Siege of Boonesborough took place in September 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. The attack on the Kentucky settlement of Boonesborough was led by Chief Blackfish, a Shawnee leader allied to the British. Months before the battle, Blackfish had captured and adopted Daniel Boone, the founder of Boonesborough. Boone escaped the Shawnees in time to lead the defense of the settlement. Blackfish's siege was unsuccessful and was lifted after ten days. Boone was then court-martialed by fellow officers who suspected him of having British sympathies. Boone was acquitted, but he soon moved away from Boonesborough.
Garrard County High School is a high school located in Lancaster, Kentucky, United States.
Richwood is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
The Mews is an unincorporated community in Richmond, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Wilderness Trail Distillery is a family-owned by Shane Baker and Pat Heist distillery in Danville, Kentucky that started operation in 2013 after spending over 10 years in the industry as consultants and yeast and optimization services to most of the industry, Wilderness Trail has three whiskies on the market, a Single Barrel Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon made with small grain wheat, another Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon small batch of 12 barrels made with rye small grain and a Kentucky straight Rye Whiskey single barrel cask strength. All of the whiskies are high quality and aged between 5-7 years and calls itself the city's "oldest legal distillery", the brand is distributed in. It restored the Willis Grimes House AN 1869 HISTORIC Home used for their offices and moved its main distilling and warehousing operations there in 2015 and rest on 163 beautiful acres in Boyle County.
