Who was the real Daniel Boone?

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Who was Daniel Boone? Will the real Daniel Boone step up? Well, there's a lot of misinformation and mythology about him out there, so in this video Mr. Beat hopes to clear some things up. Here is the story of the most interesting man in America, Daniel Boone. #danielboone #westwardexpansion #apush
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Today, Boone is one of the most misunderstood figures in American history. This is mostly due to how he was portrayed later in books in the 19th century, and in numerous comic strips, radio shows, and films in the 20th century. Then of course, there was this TV show about him that was popular in the 1960s. The actor in that show, Fess Parker, basically acted like the same way he did in a previous role, playing Davy Crockett. Needless to say, the show was not historically accurate AT ALL.
Daniel Boone was born on November 2, 1734 in what became Berks County, Pennsylvania, today an hour’s drive from Philadelphia. His parents, Squire and Sarah Boone, were Quakers who escaped persecution for their religious beliefs back in England. Daniel was a middle child, sixth of eleven children. The family lived just down the road from future President Abraham Lincoln’s ancestors. In fact, Abraham Lincoln’s great-grandfather, also named Abraham Lincoln, married Daniel’s cousin Ann.
As a kid, Daniel spent most of his time at the edge of the frontier, often taking his family’s cattle out to graze. He loved wandering in the woods with those cows. He regularly interacted with the nearby Lenape Indians, who the Quakers as a whole had a good relationship with. Daniel actually learned how to hunt from the Lenape, in addition to other local settlers. He got his first rifle at the age of 12, and by 13 he was regularly providing meat for family meals. One time a panther leapt right at him and he calmly cocked his rifled and shot him through the heart. Yeah, that probably didn’t really happen, but the fact that that story got around is evidence Daniel had quite the reputation as a skilled hunter.
Daniel never attended school, but family members did teach him how to read and write. Later, his go-to books were The Bible and Gulliver’s Travels. In 1750, Squire Boone moved the family to North Carolina, settling in the Yadkin River valley, near what is now Davie County. This was again an area at the edge of the frontier. Daniel joined the local militia to help defend the settlements from various local American Indian tribes.
When North Carolina governor Matthew Rowan called for a militia during the French and Indian War, Boone, now 20 years old, volunteered. He served under General Edward Braddock as he led forces to attack at Fort Duquesne, a French military post located at present-day Pittsburgh. George Washington, future President but at the time a young colonial militia leader, was also on that march. Boone worked as a wagoner, meaning he was one of the dudes who drove the horse-drawn wagons. On the trip, Boone met and befriended a trader named John Findley. Findley had lots of experience trading with different groups of American Indians and had traveled quite a bit.

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@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone sneezed one time, and it caused Chuck Norris to die.

@SylviaRustyFae 5 жыл бұрын

❤💙💚💛💜

@StefanMilo 5 жыл бұрын

Lol Chuck Norris in a powdered wig.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

@@StefanMilo Not the visual that first popped in my mind, but now I can't get it out of my head.

@imverygerby 5 жыл бұрын

Stefan Milo lmao

@PierreaSweedieCat 5 жыл бұрын

But Dr McCoy brought Chuck back!

@chrisbanion 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh, the days when a politician could actually end up bankrupt instead of filthy rich.

@clintconley7785 3 жыл бұрын

The problem with trying to be a honest politician

@dannycorsaro546 2 жыл бұрын

Back then the lawyers were just as bad as today,they would come with the citizens and take whatever they could

@charliemowry774 11 ай бұрын

Your so funny, thanks for the history!!!¡

@bobkeay5773 4 жыл бұрын

My twin brother and I grew up back in the 40's, about a mile from Daniel's birth place. We hunted, trapped fur and roamed the same land / woods that Daniel did as a child. We played in his old house and swam in the streams that he did. Of course, he was my idol in my younger years!

@DebraGill 4 жыл бұрын

I live on the other side of the river in union township. :-)

@luthahvelken4653 4 жыл бұрын

Puma, also known as panthers, were definitely in that area, at that time. Hence the Nittany Lions of Penn state and Pitt Panthers.

@ritaharris6113 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with that but the picture is of a Leopard. Wtw??

@Maxbps88 3 жыл бұрын

@@ritaharris6113 The picture is of a Jaguar. Still not a panther and while Jaguars are known to have been in MidWest/Eastern US, there is no reason why they couldn't have been there. Regardless, if the story was of a panther, they certainly were in this area.

@audreyricci6383 Жыл бұрын

@@ritaharris6113 Someone must have gotten their animals mixed up.

@johnshilling2221 4 жыл бұрын

It is somewhat disputed that Daniel Boone has been quoted as saying, "There is nothing more dangerous than the good intentions of well-meaning people." If I remember correctly, it was during his political career when he opposed new taxes. He insisted that just because most of the people thought it was A-okay, it was still theft to take another's money or property. Government-sanctioned theft, in his eyes, is still theft... Truth or myth, this is a story that I really like!

@robertsnyder5149 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone was my great great, great grandfather. I am decended from Rebecca Boone.I have our family records.

@jr-xs9tf 4 жыл бұрын

My sixth grandfather married Boone's youngest sister around Yadkinville NC. He's buried in the Deep Creek Friends Cemetery

@terrysoule8441 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Snyder and I are related- distantly. I am a sixth great grandson of Daniel Boone by way of Nathaniel Boone.

@martymcmannis9121 4 жыл бұрын

But can you throw a tomahawk? If so, could we hunt together? Could you teach me?

@SBauer-rn2lj 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone was my fifth great Uncle. My Great Grandmother was Susanna Boone.

@pieluvr7362 4 жыл бұрын

He's related to my family don't know how close but family members have the research

@feltonmclaughlin3529 4 жыл бұрын

Panther was one of the names used interchangeably with Painter, Cougar, Wildcat and Mountain Lion. They were very common throughout the colonies and the Eastern United States until the mid 1860s when they were almost exterminated. They are now making a significant come back up and down the East Coast.

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

I was under the impression they are all in the same feline family but vary somewhat

@garypulliam3740 2 жыл бұрын

@@dianethulin1700 They are all in fact the very same cat. They adapt to their environments very well. So cougars/mountain lions/wildcats have a coat that blend better with the mountains and is more insulated for colder climates where the Panther's black coat hides him better in the swamps of the Southeast U.S. and is less insulated because of the heat of this area. But they are all the same cat. They can readily breed with one another and produce non-sterile offspring, that is, they are capable of making kittens as well.

@cleanixx5343 Жыл бұрын

@FoundationSS of Musickkk What? Florida Panther/Cougar, it’s just a cougar with a darker coat that is/used to be more prominent in the south US.

@danielthomas9871 7 ай бұрын

This video twisted it for sure. Panther's are simply big cats. Mountain Lion is what this video meant to say.

@randymoore4027 2 жыл бұрын

My brother, Wayne (R.I.P.), married Bonnie Boone (also a direct descendant) and they had two daughters. My oldest daughter, Laura, is currently residing in Boone, NC with her husband and four children.

@gameclips6727 Жыл бұрын

Im also related to him I believe he’s my great great something uncle possibly once removed

@excelisfun 5 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video!!! I loved Daniel Boone when I was growing up : )

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Well thank you. I worked hard on this one. It's a bit sad the video didn't end up doing better. But glad you dug it!

@tomservo5347 4 жыл бұрын

During his later years, Daniel's arthritis became so bad that Rebecca would go out with him carrying his rifle (Tick Licker was his name for it.) While wounded in the foot he kept ahead of pursuing American Indians and made it to safety over many, many miles earlier in his life. I think his honesty was what got him into trouble with financiers as he was a man of his word and paid debts, no matter how old. Everyone that knew him said his most striking feature was piercing blue eyes, and while he wasn't an actual Quaker Christianity was always a big influence in his life. Hat's off to his wife Rebecca for enduring his long absences and him dragging their family around constantly. Daniel didn't like being crowded-he called it "elbow room" and he always wanted to see what lay beyond the next hill.

@Glicksman1 3 жыл бұрын

Brought to you by "The Kentucky Public Relations Firm", telling you just what we want you to believe about things. So long.

@busterrobinson1615 2 жыл бұрын

And his angel wings were kept concealed underneath his buckskin jacket too eh?

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

I agree that Rebecca was long enduring. Daniel was my 6th Great Uncle. When Daniel Boone came back from a long absence there was a new baby when he came home- LOL! She said she thought he had died! He understood, accepted the baby and went on I always think it’s funny that yes, I do have an Aunt Jemima

@cernowaingreenman 2 жыл бұрын

I think Mr Bean would question the historicity of that statement, but you can believe whatever you want. I personally believe that when he'd go for months and years with the men of the "long hunters", he'd show off his "tick licker" skills.

@domfrommelb27 2 жыл бұрын

@@dianethulin1700 wow that’s unbelievable your lucky

@vincentbelfire2873 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up with Fess Parker as Daniel Boone. I have the complete series on DVD, I love the show, and no one claimed it was true to the real Daniel Boone. It was just a great show for family

@jameshamilton8245 2 жыл бұрын

I hated that show! There were so many untruths in it.

@tonyfrederickson6692 Жыл бұрын

better than this show LOL

@colinp2238 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's his persistence that is the most impressive quality of his character. He was a real boon to the nation.

@Glicksman1 3 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@freewill1114 4 жыл бұрын

In the journals of Lewis and Clark there is an account of them visiting with Daniel Boone, who had the last settled land on the way up the Missouri River. I think they also visited him on the return trip. He was described as an old man.

@lennieslye2355 10 ай бұрын

I remember reading in Francis Parkman's book, THE OREGON TRAIL, that he encountered some of Daniel Boone's grandsons at Fort Laramie. They were with a wagon train headed west. Later, that train separated with some of them, the Boone grandsons included, heading up to Oregon, while the other half continued towards Sacramento, with many of them perishing in the deep early snows of Donner Pass.

@ricky99la 5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Boone's home run in the post season was one of the best moments in baseball history. Interesting fact to learn that Daniel and Aaron are related.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot about that!

@praxlandy Жыл бұрын

that’s crazy cause i’m a direct descendant of Samuel Boone, Daniel’s brother so somehow i’m related to Aaron Boone

@Wow-xp9dp Жыл бұрын

@@praxlandy hey me too!

@praxlandy Жыл бұрын

@@Wow-xp9dp sup cousin

@pmccoy8924 Жыл бұрын

@@praxlandy Same. Through James, Squire his dads brother. Meaning his grandfather George is all our dude. Sup

@Jugivadi 4 жыл бұрын

The best part was when Daniel had his TV show and threw that hatchet and split a tree right down the middle. That was pretty cool. I also liked the part about his twin brother Davey Crocket.

@bengall2872 4 жыл бұрын

As someone finishing their MA in history and who works at the house you used as your background researching and interpreting the Boones, you did a pretty good job. Only a few dates were off. Thank you for working to tell the honest history.

@egorvongorr5209 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this immensely ! I never realized in my own life I lived in many places Daniel Boone had been ! Pittsburgh, central Virginia and North Carolina to name a few . Great video ! Thank you ! 🙏🏻

@KentuckyHistoryChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Simon Kenton is the frontiersman everyone needs to know about. Great video!

@paulgabbidon8350 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he was, he even had encounter with Tecumseh!

@Taikamuna 5 жыл бұрын

Please wear this hat in every video

@TBONESIDEOFLIFE 5 жыл бұрын

Another well done and very informative video sir. bravo!

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I spent wayy toooo looong making this one. :)

@francesrude3007 3 жыл бұрын

@@iammrbeat I'M happy you did it.

@taytcowell3633 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Beat!!!! Great video! Daniel Boone certainly was an interesting man who did a lot before he was 80. I am writing a college history research paper of his life and your video has defensively helped me guide through the facts and fiction of his legendary life.

@excelisfun 5 жыл бұрын

You videos are the best : )

@climberly 5 жыл бұрын

I've spent a good bit of time exploring the red river gorge in the Boone Forest in Kentucky where he first started exploring. And let me tell you that's really impressive cause the forest there is so thick it's almost like a jungle. It's amazing he managed to find any game at all!

@HigherPowerWorldWide 2 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone has been a hero since I was learning to read, and the Television Show helped me to remember his name. I considered Daniel Boone to be a true inspiration for Davey Crockett. Enjoyed this biography on Daniel Boone and has followed many of his descendants for many years, including the singer and the Major League Baseball Players.

@lewisarmstrongjr 3 жыл бұрын

I Knew Most Of This Already , But You Made A Great Presentation Of It! Very Well Done! :)

@pbcoop62 4 жыл бұрын

Some other fun facts about Daniel Boone: 1. One of the families that followed him to Missouri was the family of another great Western explorer Kit Carson. 2. He was such a celebrity even the English poet Lord Byron wrote about him. 3. Nobody is 100% sure where he's buried, Kentucky says he is in a huge memorial they built for him in Frankfort, but he is probably in a small family cemetery near Marthasville, Missouri.

@auletjohnast03638 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Cooper, I saw he's big fence in memorial in Frankfort.

@stevecampbell7620 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in St. Charles County Missouri. ( Where Boone Settled Spanish Land) The wherabouts of Boones remains are certainly in doubt. That is another sordid tale of how Kentucky suddenly became interested in relocating Boones remains 25 years after his death. Once His legend grew big enough. The still marked Missouri graves of Daniel and His wife are on Private Property as stated in Marthasville Mo.

@darrelllne2136 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to see this, Thank You....My family is related through Daniel's Youngest Sister Hanna, her 1st Husband was Stuart that was killed while with Daniel, her 2nd Husband was Richard Pennington (our Line, my Father's). On my Mom's ancestral family Lines, our great, ggg Grandpappy was James Trabue of whom was a Surveyor with Daniel Boone.

@bobsherry954 4 жыл бұрын

Great info! Would love to to one on Simon Kenton. He was every bit as interesting as Daniel Boone. He even saved Boones life once. He also was one of the few men on the frontier that could run while loading and firing his rifle. Something that saved his own life.

@davidpeters4129 Жыл бұрын

Simon Kenton was quite a frontiersman.

@sdnlawrence5640 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: we were cleaning out my mom's attic and found my brother's Fess Parker Daniel Boone lunch box from 4th grade lunchbox, from about 1965.

@Buy_Scratchers_Til_I_Win 4 жыл бұрын

That wasn't fun

@robertwalker6584 4 жыл бұрын

That was a fun fact. Did it still have the thermos?

@wendyhaase4401 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I love history

@berg6964 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@sharonallen6921 4 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful history lesson. Sometimes I think people get so caught up in believing the myth that it holds them back in the future. Some people seem to want a hero - a knight in shining amour to charge in and "fix things". You know, like heroes did in history. However, truth is those heroes were human just like us and they made mistakes or had missteps - just like us. Heroes are the same today as they were back then - they stood up when it counted, did the best they could with what they had and when life knocked them down they got up again. ~Sherrie in South Carolina

@KatInHerKat 5 жыл бұрын

I'm directly related to his brother, and through this line found a lot of Norman nobility that were Barons of Hereford in England. Very interesting line!

@josepholsen9831 5 жыл бұрын

I’m related to his uncle George IV. The Hereford nobility line is dependent on proving the Boone’s changed their name from Bohun somewhere along the line and the controversy is in a lack of written proof. Of course I would love it, if it were so, but I remain skeptical.

@theartempress6100 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a direct descendant one of his siblings to! I don't remember who though

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

I’m related through his brother Squire Jr. cousins? Yes a lot of nobility including The Norms and the first Anglo Saxon King

@4thamendment237 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and informative, presented in a clear and entertaining way. Strong work.

@donstoddard8458 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks that was really well done. I'll be checking your stuff out I love stuff like this thank you again

@sundayze 4 жыл бұрын

My family descended from the "Longhunters" (the Wallen family) who liked to say they taught Daniel Boone all he knew about hunting and trapping. My husband's ancestors lived in Boonesborough and several are listed as having been born there.

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting! I’m descended through Squire Boone and Squire Jr. On the other side of my moms family they are Cherokees. We had two Sachems in the family. We ended up in Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears

@ToyYoungLeeCosmicSol8133 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome ♥️ As a kid my grandfather told me Daniel Boone was a Native American. Is he part of the Cherokee ? There was always stories of him being so unlike what history portrays.

@ToyYoungLeeCosmicSol8133 Жыл бұрын

I’m decadent of Boone,Bass, Weaver , Anderson , Hall , Pierce, Bizzell, Chavis and Scott. I always wondered if he was part of the family.

@custerkiller7670 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Fascinating History. You should make video on the battle of the Monongahela. It is a fascinating battle that I enjoy studying

@bettymiller1929 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thx for the info on the books you recommend

@Guinness1836 4 жыл бұрын

they called mountain lions , panthers in those days

@doncarlton4858 4 жыл бұрын

And the were plentiful in the Appalachian Mountains in those days.

@AltaMirage 4 жыл бұрын

@@doncarlton4858 Until folk like Boone showed up...

@troyezell5841 4 жыл бұрын

AltaMirage the cat or your family and livestock? Cat any day, no matter what you say.

@AltaMirage 4 жыл бұрын

@@troyezell5841 Depends on how many families and how much livestock... there's kinda a lot now, you know. Bit more than in his time. Plus hunting with semiauto black rifles and scopes.

@troyezell5841 4 жыл бұрын

AltaMirage I follow what you are saying but the principle remains the same. I certainly take no pleasure in killing, never have, even when hunting.

@smokiemtn.tarheel6515 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone's great, great, great grandson actually lived in Burnsville NC. His name was Daniel Boone also. He built a small scale train on his property. He was a metal worker by trade. Alot of us kids would go and ride it from time to time. I went to school with and dated his granddaughter. She still lives in a nearby town. She was and still is drop dead gorgeous.

@nancyross3964 4 жыл бұрын

That was fun thank you so much I enjoyed it :) More please

@iammrbeat 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nancy!

@elismith7599 5 жыл бұрын

kinda failed at the whole quaker thing

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

lol I thought about that while making this, too

@raydavison4288 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Richard Nixon was a Quaker.

@AltaMirage 4 жыл бұрын

@@raydavison4288 Also failed

@09sethman 4 жыл бұрын

i wouldnt say FAILED i would say Rebeled,,he was a smart man capable of critical thought,,not a hive minded drone like so many people are

@lindawalker7031 4 жыл бұрын

Our family lore was that the Squire Boone's kids "married out" and that caused trouble with the Society. The oldest girl is part of my family line. When the second one married out the Society was not happy with the family and eventually they moved away. They philosophy of being fair and respectful, I think stayed with Daniel Boone throughout his life. So..not a fail.

@earlcollinsworth4914 2 жыл бұрын

As a descendant of the Boone family( Daniel's elder brother Samuel) I'd like to thank you for the great job you did on this!

@sericat Жыл бұрын

Family 💜

@neilfrank1726 4 жыл бұрын

Great job. I’ll read your book recommendation. Thanks, a new subscriber.

@iammrbeat 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Neil!

@marktombazian6490 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

@odysseusrex5908 4 жыл бұрын

Very good video. When I was in fourth grade, one of my favorite books was about Daniel Boone. For what it's worth, many of the details you mention here were in that book. I remember that when he got back from the two year long hunting trip, his wife presented him with a baby only a few months old. Even I could do the math on that one. I was surprised they included that detail in an elementary school library book. The book gave a tremendously exciting account of the siege of Boonesborough. Boone has been one of my heroes ever since.

@superbee-di5tp 4 жыл бұрын

Odysseus Rex, are you saying his wife wasn’t very faithful? lol

@odysseusrex5908 4 жыл бұрын

@@superbee-di5tp I reckon she got lonely after an entire year. He seems to have understood and not held any grudges.

@nickphillips2125 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Please do a film on George Rogers Clark, especially concerning the founding of Louisville, Ky and Clark county Indiana. Thank you

@patrioticconservative422 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Mr. Beat. 👍

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@SafeChefCookware 10 ай бұрын

No doubt the man is a legend. The video is just awesome. The best video overall I have ever watched and can attest to that. Just amazing, remarkable, and just can't say enough how much I enjoyed it. Well done! Thank you Mr Beat

@peterhickman9082 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Boone, N.C., and we were OBSESSED with Daniel Boone. I remember we went on a field trip to some museum and the teacher was super into it. Like, SUPER, into it.

@dinojay8410 4 жыл бұрын

Who was Daniel Boone? Shucks, he was the brother of Squire Boone Jr. who in turn was the familial line of Boones from which Paladin was descended ... or rather the actor (Richard Boone) who portrayed Paladin in "Have Gun Will Travel" 😉😀

@whotyjones 5 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up as soon as I heard the shade thrown at the History Channel haha!

@ryanx9372 5 жыл бұрын

Did they do the "Vikings" series?

@whotyjones 5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanx9372 They did! I haven't seen it though

@ryanx9372 5 жыл бұрын

@@whotyjones I gave up after episode 1 of season 3. Season one was great as it seemed closely linked to historical facts. Season 2 became very dramatic, shocking and more fantasy-like. S3E1 was about boobs if I recall correctly, so I gave up. I prefer realism to cool stories, but....a lot of people dig it. I think it has 5 or 6 completed seasons now /shrug

@raydavison4288 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Mr. Beat. Thanks. A couple observations, in no particular order: Boone maybe didn't make it to the Rockies, but did get as far as the Platte river on his last "Long hunt" at age 82 (I have no citation for that). The first successful "settlement" in Ky. was Harrodsburg. Groups of longhunters under Henry Skaggs made several journeys to Kentucky in the 1750s & 1760s, eventually settling there. Hundreds of his descendants still live in Ky. Ol' Dan'l seemed to only come home long enough to knock up Rebecca & then headin' fer the hills as soon as the task was completed. Kentucky history is a tragic story. It was once a Heaven on earth & a refuge for the long suffering Scots-Irish, English, Welsh, & Germans who defied the British ban on colonies west of the mountains. But all the timber was cut, the game wiped out, & the mountains leveled. Now it is one of the poorest, most backward states in the Union. See John Prines song, "Paradise".

@trisgilmour 4 жыл бұрын

My ancestors were close friends with him and because of that we got to be the first settlers to Tennessee

@michaelgreen4183 4 жыл бұрын

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@billycampbell854 4 жыл бұрын

Mine also, 10th generation East Tennessee.

@bonkloud8182 5 жыл бұрын

cool and hilarious video💛

@rumplerug8937 5 жыл бұрын

I was told Daniel Boone killed a bear by choking it. I was lied to!

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

That was John Cena.

@phoenixalvarado651 5 жыл бұрын

Did you mean: Jebediah Springfield?

@davetrompeter1172 5 жыл бұрын

More bad news. No Santa Claus or Easter Bunny.

@PierreaSweedieCat 5 жыл бұрын

@@davetrompeter1172 Daaaaaammmm! This is destroying my childhood!!!!

@ryanx9372 5 жыл бұрын

That was Leo DiCaprio goofball.

@Paladin1873 4 жыл бұрын

My wife still has her American Heritage History of the United States, originally published in the early 1960s. It is a fantastic series and we used it to teach American history to our children. Several years ago I found a biography of Daniel Boone in an antique store. It is a 1949 print of a book copyrighted by the Boy Scouts of America in 1921 and 1922. It was written by Stewart Edward White and titled "Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout". It follows closely the description you gave in your video.

@iammrbeat 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I enjoyed this and will check out the book! My 6X Great Grandfather was Squire, then Squire Jr., Sarah and so on. My Great Grandfather was buried in Missouri in the 1980’s. My grandfather was a cowboy and reminded me of Daniel Boone the way he would follow Indian ways and the way he was forward thinking.

@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

@@iammrbeat 😊

@heronimousbrapson863 5 жыл бұрын

I imagine not learning to read or write was quite common in the 18th century.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah. We live in literate times. It's great.

@martymcmannis9121 4 жыл бұрын

Depending on who you are. Abe Lincoln taught his mother. Perhaps she was doing some recipes all wrong.

@Glicksman1 3 жыл бұрын

Not being able to read or write well, or to think very well either is common in America in the 21st century.

@garyshinn4626 3 жыл бұрын

I have known people in the 20th century who couldn't read or write in Kentucky and Arkansas. They were smart just uneducated.

@Glicksman1 3 жыл бұрын

@@garyshinn4626 No, not smart, just possessing native but dormant intelligence which, if applied, might make them smart. After all, just how smart can a person be who does not seek even basic education?

@dukkha62 4 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: Daniel Boone was actually born with three ears. A left ear, a right ear and a wild front ear.

@charlesmoffitt4811 4 жыл бұрын

Ted Franklin Beleu's book on Boone is awesome. He was a history professor at Murray State in western Kentucky.

@troubledsole9104 4 жыл бұрын

That joke was so bad I will use it.

@DudeFromDust 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@kuiama23 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Great history.. new subscriber..glad I found u

@belair57lowriders34 4 жыл бұрын

I love Danial Boone no matter what. The show brings back so many memories with my bother and mom watching the show as a child. I always wondered if Pat Boone was a relative of Danial Boone.

@jamesarnett1767 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Boone's first trip into Kentucky was a journey down the big Sandy River in Eastern Kentucky. I have a book written by his son and it depicts late in life Daniel Boone traveled through Eastern Kentucky and into West Virginia to go on a bear hunt

@heatherbecerra2108 3 жыл бұрын

Showed this to my 5th graders. Thank you so much!

@iammrbeat 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@odysseusrex5908 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in elementary school, my school library had a terrific book about daniel Boone, which included a gripping account of the siege of Boonesborough. I became a big Daniel Boone fan after reading that book, again, and again, and again. I never could appreciate the TV show, because it was too different from the book. Later on, as an adult, I liked it better. Anyway, I wish you had gone into more detail about the siege. Other than that, very good video.

@LandNfan 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve always been told my mother’s family is related to Daniel Boone. My mother was a Miller, her mother was a Hudson, and her mother was a Boone. Exactly where the connection goes from there, I’ve never been able to trace, but family oral history has always insisted the link was there.

@dianethulin1700 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed your name Morgan. Squire Boone Jr. married Sarah Morgan

@alanprather8399 5 жыл бұрын

If I remember right from elementary school field trip there is a Squire Boone rock (now housed in the Richmond KY courthouse) that Squire carved on to communicate with Daniel on the cumberland gap trail when their party got seperated. Just thought it was interesting that's how they left messages then.

@nickj3368 4 жыл бұрын

Love the way you teach, excellent.

@hatfieldmain 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks for posting

@deogratiaskatabalo7612 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Beat, good job. Congratulations. Some of us are following from Tanzania, East Africa. I would like you do video about the history of Africa particularly Tanzania or heroes so to speak of Africa or Tanzania. Once again thanks

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

If you could compare Tanzania in a video, which country would you compare it to?

@deogratiaskatabalo7612 5 жыл бұрын

I would compare it to Kenya. Same history, some number of population

@tombrewsaugh1399 4 жыл бұрын

The actor Richard Boone was also related. My great grandmother on my dad's side was a Boone born and raised in Kentucky. I have been told my father and Pat Boone were 4th cousins.

@garyteague4480 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this I pass near his Missouri home sometimes

@oddlizard1 4 жыл бұрын

Great job. Thx. I enjoyed this video.

@soapftw96 5 жыл бұрын

Have you read The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Beat? Its one of the most interesting series on western expansion in my opinion with Roosevelt's writing style.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

No, but I will gladly add that to my reading list for the summer. :)

@wargriffin5 4 жыл бұрын

@2:40 Why couldn't that have happened? The Eastern Cougar was native to the entire Appalachian mountain range which includes Pennsylvania.

@billmason497 4 жыл бұрын

Cougar yes, jaguars no.

@zspens44 3 жыл бұрын

My only issue with a well done video. His diary says panther, which is a common name for Eastern Mountain Lion. This absolutely happened to him or at least plenty of people he knew.

@devincanada9523 5 жыл бұрын

I have a book called "My Father, Daniel Boone." it is a book of interviews with Nathan Boone his son. A man named Lyman Draper did the interview in 1851.

@TeethToothman Жыл бұрын

Wow, Mr. Beat, you're the best!

@sifewords6123 5 жыл бұрын

Well hello mr beat!

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

What's goin' on

@heronimousbrapson863 3 жыл бұрын

Considering the size of his family, I can sort of guess what one of the chief recreational activites of the frontier was...

@familytreenutshistorygenealogy 2 жыл бұрын

Great show. He has become so much more than he really was but he is still one of the most interesting folks in our history.

@allenwilliams1129 4 жыл бұрын

I used to love to watch that in the sixties that was pretty cool

@CynicalHistorian 5 жыл бұрын

"let's just jump right into it" -PhillyD

@shannonbeat 5 жыл бұрын

The Cynical Historian He almost said that. Hesitated.

@skyden24195 Жыл бұрын

Great informative video! I developed an interest in Daniel Boone when I was a kid due to the fact that I share the same first name as the historic figure. (I'll bet you didn't know that his full name was actually "Sky Daniel Boone." lol, j/k of course.) -A short anecdote from my childhood that features this name association: during my 3rd grade school year, my class was instructed to split into small groups for an in-class assignment. I ended up in a group with two other boys, and when asked (at some point) who was in our group, a boy in our group named David quickly responded, "Davey Crocket, Daniel Boone, and Paul Bunyan." in reference to our first names (the third boy's name obviously being "Paul,") and their American history connections.

@danielmalloy6093 4 жыл бұрын

Great book. I learned many similarities I had with Boone. A must read.

@RavinderDahiyard 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely explained. The thing i like ur video is that there is no extra bullshit.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. I try not to ever add filler. Which is why I was surprised when this thing ended up being more than 17 minutes. :)

@RavinderDahiyard 5 жыл бұрын

@@iammrbeat i rarely subscribe any channel mr. Beat. Before subscribing ur channel i went thru more videos of you. Seriously u r good. Keep going nd stay blessed.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

You too and thanks so much!

@zabaleta66 4 жыл бұрын

..... just the usual bullshit!

@coldandaloof7166 4 жыл бұрын

"Panther cat" is a common name in Appalachia for the American Mountain Lion, or cougar. Mostly exterpated from the area now, they are still reported occasionally in remote areas of thier historical range. The story of the panther is not that far fetched.

@grassroot011 4 жыл бұрын

Far fetched to today's "eddycated," youth schooled in our gummint run schools. Denigrating all our heroes of the past even George Washington who went through hell and high water to help us gain the freedoms,, we used to have. Getting rather eroded up to now.

@johnshilling2221 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! The narrator says panther, shows a picture of a jaguar, and then caption say the Jaguars don't exist in the USA? Young, dumb and full of --- "something" --- editors...

@wasntmeXYZ 4 жыл бұрын

Eli Bourne : I don’t recall anything in Faragher’s book about Daniel doing that, it is however somewhat plausible.

@smokiemtn.tarheel6515 4 жыл бұрын

A panther and a mountain lion are two different animals. And yes Panthers are black. And they do sound like a woman screaming. Makes chills run up and down your spine. And yes I have seen them. Saw one sunning on a hillside and another cross the road in front of my car. This one had a cub with it.

@musafawundu6718 3 жыл бұрын

@@smokiemtn.tarheel6515 Pumas/cougars are often called panthers.

@acerdw 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. One quibble: Boone wasn’t the first to discover the Cumberland Gap. It was surveyed and reported on by a land speculator company. See plaque at the Cumberland Gap museum.

@angeliaboone9896 4 жыл бұрын

Wow very accurate about Pat Boone, and the baseball players. I'm a descendent! Thank you for your great video😀

@BamBamBigelow.. 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Beat, a Historian for the future.

@663rainmaker 4 жыл бұрын

BamBam Bigelow ! Mr Bigalow , Sir I like your work! Would you like to do more ! Debts ? Wyoming History and part of the Louisiana Purchase

@jesse8699 5 жыл бұрын

Love the channel and enjoy your presentation to our great, bad, weird America history

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much :D

@hangin-in-thereawesome4245 2 жыл бұрын

My mother gave me a tin type of a woman whose name was Daisy Boone. She said we were distantly related to the Boone family! Good video!

@davestrasburg408 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in faraway Finland, as a proud American, Daniel Boone has always been a true hero of mine; l learned that he wore a "coonskin" cap from the song JOHNNY FREEDOM by Johnny Horton (1959), released long before l was born. The history and settlement of the "near West" has always been of interest to me; a great movie is MANY RIVERS TO CROSS (1955).

@SylviaRustyFae 5 жыл бұрын

Great video all around. Love that you mentioned Alphonso Boone's legacy. Also surprised to learn that he tried to fight even at the age of 77.

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

He would have been the only one to fight in both the French and Indian War and War of 1812 if I recall correctly. And yeah, shout out to Alphonso! Glad you dug the video. :)

@AncientAccounts 5 жыл бұрын

As a brit, this is someone I've never heard of, but I'm glad I did

@daniellewilson8527 5 жыл бұрын

I am an American and I having heard of him until this video

@odysseusrex5908 4 жыл бұрын

@@daniellewilson8527 That's incredible. May I ask how old you are and where you're from?

@AltaMirage 4 жыл бұрын

As a Brit born in Africa and grown up in Canada... it is part of the problem that we don't hear stories like this. A tamed, patronised, pet people we have become.

@danielmalloy6093 4 жыл бұрын

Boone was incarcerated by Banastre Tarleton, for treason, but eventually released.

@odysseusrex5908 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielmalloy6093 That's very interesting. Do you know the whole story?

@TeethToothman Жыл бұрын

Wonderful job with the Monongahela pronunciation, Mr. beat!! Fun fact, where I live in West Virginia is called Monongalia county which is along the Monongahela river, however, no one calls them that. It's the Mon river in Mon county. Kinda silly, huh? I always thought it was pretty interesting.

@jamesarnett1767 4 жыл бұрын

It would have been nice if this video included the mention of Simon Kenton who helped Daniel Boone and the people of fort boonsboro

@terrysoule8441 4 жыл бұрын

I am a 6th great grandson of Daniel Boone, through Nathaniel Boone and DNA verified with his daughter Susanna Boone. I've done a lot of my own research on Daniel Boone and the video is pretty accurate as far as I can tell and I thank you for that. Sure wish you expounded on Rebecca a little more or maybe do a separate video on her. Such a rich history there. Also, the Boone's had their own noble background in England worth discussing.

@pieluvr7362 4 жыл бұрын

He's related to my family don't know how close but family has the research

@gameclips6727 Жыл бұрын

Same I believe he’s my great great uncle but I have to go check the records

@rosswebster7877 5 жыл бұрын

Great and fascinating video as always! I’ll take the real Boone over the fantasy any day. I have an ancestor named David Chadwell, who’s life was quite similar to Boone’s. Born in England in 1732, settled in Virginia, exams a captain of the militia during the Revolutionary War, went west into Tennessee, founded Chadwell Station and died in 1832. Sorry to say he also owned 6 slaves(3 escaped after a dispute between Chadwell and the overseer) but such was the socio-economic landscape back then. To balance that out I haven’t have found a single Confederate ancestor.

@600lwp 4 жыл бұрын

you need a couple, I have a bunch I'll give you

@heimlershistory 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, I never knew much about Boone, but the guy is a stud. No wonder there’s so much mythology around him...

@iammrbeat 5 жыл бұрын

The truth is better than the mythology

@dsmith4140 6 ай бұрын

Daniel Boone was my hero as a kid. My mom took me to his graveyard tombstone in Frankfurt Kentucky. I must’ve watched every Daniel Boone TV show twice anyway I really like your history lesson I learned stuff I never knew before.

@jaytrace1006 4 жыл бұрын

I am not related to Daniel Boone it any of his kin. However, I drank plenty of Boone’s Farm back in the day.

@09sethman 4 жыл бұрын

one person had to drink a lot of Boones farm..that was some weak ass shit wine..ive drank kool aid stronger than that stuff! you could drink a whole bottle and not be drunk at all.

@robertrousseau5080 4 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@j.luisserrano516 4 жыл бұрын

LOL So did I Jay as a matter of fact I wish I had a bottle right now

@Pridegriffin 3 жыл бұрын

@LYLE KNISLEY oh yeah. I'm 64 and that was my first alcoholic drink. Strawberry Fields or something like that. I have a bottle Iin my refrigerator right now. Bought it in Dec . In case I get an urge to have a drink I want it there. I usually make my own wine now, but I'll make this year's batch this next month. Didn't make any last year and drank up that batch on Thanksgiving Day 2020.

@Paulscottrock 3 жыл бұрын

@@09sethman well when your 14 , it’s just the ticket