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A Moment in Kentucky History: Daniel Boone

WEKU | By wendy barnett
Published July 19, 2019 at 5:48 AM EDT
Kentucky Humanities
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Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Daniel Boone, America's favorite frontiersman.

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