Famous People
Daniel Boone is one of the most famous pioneers in the United States history. He devoted his life to frontiers of his growing nation. Boone loved the Wilderness and respected the American Indians, but he lived during a time when fighting between the Indians and the frontier settlers was frequent. Daniel Boone died in 1820.
Abraham Lincoln was one of the truly great men of all time. He led the United States during the Civil war, which was the greatest crisis in U.S. history. The American people knew little about Lincoln when he became President. During the Civil War, Lincoln's first task was to win the war. Lincoln died in1865 after being shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater.