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Few places have a more storied past than Boonesborough, the Kentucky frontier outpost of the Transylvania Company. Boonesborough was a major focal point for the host of pioneers migrating West in 1775 and thereafter. This tiny settlement on the banks of Kentucky River would weather multiple Indian attacks, the capture and rescue of the daughters of Daniel Boone and Richard Callaway, the capture and captivity of Boone's salt makers, and a pro...

The purpose of this study is to chronicle the lives of African Americans who were at Fort Boonesborough. We limited the scope of our narrative to the years the fort stood, 1775 and 1784. Fort Boonesborough is one of Kentucky?s most historic places. It was the wilderness outpost of Richard Henderson?s Transylvania Company and, for a few years, was home to Daniel Boone. Due to Boone?s involvement, few places in early Kentucky have been so well d...

Fort Boonesborough is one of Kentucky's most historic places and, although seldom mentioned in popular accounts, women were there from the very beginning. This work includes 195 women whose presence at the fort can be reasonably documented by historical evidence. The time period was limited to the years between 1775, when the fort was established, and 1784, when the threat of Indian attack at Boonesborough had subsided and the fort's stockade ...