Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - PLAQUE
Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
Famous pioneer and wilderness scout, who lived in this area his first 16 years. Born 3 miles northwest on site of Daniel Boone Homestead, State historical shrine.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
This plaque honors Daniel Boone (1734-1820), the famed pioneer and scout who was born just a few miles away in the Oley Valley and spent his earliest years there. The area's rolling Berks County farmland was Boone's first world before the family migrated south, launching the life of wandering and trailblazing that made him a household name. The nearby birthplace survives as a state historic shrine.
Why it matters
It anchors the origins of a national frontier legend in southeastern Pennsylvania, a reminder that the story of westward expansion began in long-settled colonial country.
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Daniel Boone
Exeter Township, PA · est. 1957
Daniel Boone, born here in the Oley Valley in 1734, spent his first sixteen years on the family homestead before the Boones pushed south and west into the Carolina and Kentucky backcountry. Long before he became the legendary blazer of the Wilderness Road and a symbol of American frontier daring, he was a Pennsylvania farm boy hunting the woods of Berks County. The homestead a few miles north is preserved today as a state historic site.
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Anthony Sadowski
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Daniel Boone
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