Name/Title
Nathan Boone and the American FrontierEntry/Object ID
2009.3.12Description
Nathan Boone and the American Frontier is the biography of Daniel Boone's son, Nathan. His childhood spent in Kentucky and Virginia, he moved with his family to what later became Missouri. A hunter, trapper, and surveyor, Nathan Boone lead a company of rangers in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk war of 1831, after which he made a career in the military, serving in Iowa and Indian Territory. He retired to Greene County, Missouri, near Springfield, in 1848 where he had farms and was a slaveholder. He died there in October, 1856.
There are illustrations by George Catlin, Portraits of Nathan Boone, Stephen Watts Kearney, Major General Henry Dodge, the Sac chiefs, Keokuk, & Black Hawk
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Handwritten note:
Boone Hays Cemetery (Daniel Morgan Boone)
Kansas City, Mo
Oldest cemetery in K.C.
"The image of his father"
Square shoulders & blue eyes
Source?
News Clipping: St. Joseph NewsPress 4-11-00
"Group wants grave site of Boone's son made park"
Regarding the burial site of Daniel Morgan Boone, son of the famous Daniel Boone. The younger Boone was one of the first white settlers in what is now southern Kansas City, and served as an Indian agent in Missouri & Kansas. His gravestone notes "Captain of the Missouri MTD Militia War of 1812", Born: 12-23-1769, Died 6-13-1839.
The Native sons of Kansas City plan an 8 acre park around the site.
256/Hardbound/Illustrations/PhotographsCollection
Don and Maudie Reynolds CollectionLexicon
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SettlementsSearch Terms
Boone, Nathan, 1791-1856, Pioneers--Missouri--Biography, Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri, Black Hawk War, War of 1812, Boone, Daniel, Greene County, Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Slavery, Missouri History, Boone, Nathan, Biography, Indian Interaction, MilitaryBook Details
Author
R. Douglas HurtPlace Published
City
ColumbiaState/Province
MissouriDate Published
1998Call No.
Western HUISBN
0-8262-1159-3Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
ExcellentRelationships
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Person or Organization
Nathan BoonePerson or Organization
Black HawkPerson or Organization
KeokukPerson or Organization
Kearney, Stephen WattsPerson or Organization
Dodge, Henr