Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone appears to have ended up in two graves. Everyone agrees that Boone died at his son's home in Missouri, in 1820. Everyone also agrees that he was buried nearby in Marthasville near the grave of his wife, Rebecca. But then the story gets muddled. The folks in Frankfort, Kentucky, would have you believe that both Rebecca and Daniel were exhumed 25 years later and reinterred in Frankfort Cemetery bur apparently parts of the body remain in Missouri.

The Feud

December 19th 2015
Geo: 37.4793, -82.5188Having stopped in to visit the home of the Kentucky Derby, we had to have a look at the nearby "Horse Capital of the World", Lexington, KY- it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region (Bluegrass is not really blue--its green--but in the spring bluegrass produces bluish purple buds that when seen in large fields give a blue cast to the grass). DH's st ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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