Was the section of trunk with the carving preserved? If so, where is it now?
For instance, a popular iconic image portrays Boone carving his name into the bark of a tree, celebrating the shooting of a black bear. Faragher notes that a beech tree along the Watauga River was found with the carving, “D. Boon CillED A. BAr on tree in the YEAR 1760.” The inscription was discovered in the 1770s and was almost certainly not carved by Boone. While tree carvings were not unusual among hunters, Boone always spelled his name with the “e” on the end. Boone was famous enough among hunters that it was probably the work of some early forger who was impressed with Boone’s reputation. A replica on display in the Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum in NC is probably a copy of a later imitation as well. That version reads “D. Boon Killd BAR o this tre 1775.”
–from here.
This subject just makes me want to break out into song.
Danial Boone was a man! Yes a big man! He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a mighty oak tree! What a boon, what a doer, what a dream come a truer was he! Danial Boone! Danial Boone! Danial Boone!
Did he fight for America to make all Americans free?
Jebus, was that on before or after “Profiles in Courage?” Yeah, I care so little I’m not looking it up. Screw it! I was 10 and errors are bound to crop up after 43 years.
Yes he did, but it wasn’t high on my priorty list to confirm either. That is until I ran across this.
This guy thinks about Danial Boone everyday and had dedicated his life to him. :eek: The least I can do is bump the thread for him.
T’warn’t Dan’l kilt the bar. Twas Wilford Brimley.
“Killed him a b’ar when he was only three,
Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier”
Crockett could whip Boone’s ass in a New York minute. Besides, Crockett was:
Born in a Cadallac in Beverly Hills, and raised on bourbon and vitamin pills!
Kilt HIM a bar when he was only three!
Oh, thank Jebus. I was afraid it was time for another round of Chuck Norris jokes.
nobody screws with Wilford Brimley. He was listed as the most dangerous weapon in a horror movies on some show (the name escapes me).
Fess Parker played them both – Davy Crockett on Disneyland on TV in 1954-5 (and the subsequent film release, and two later episodes )Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955) - Trivia - IMDb and Daniel Boone in 74 episodes of the NBC TV series 1964-1970 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955) - Trivia - IMDb Could he whip his own ass? And why would a California Actor playing A Tenesseean and Pennsylvanian/midwesterner care about how long a minute is in New York?
You mean … it wasn’t “Killed IN a bar when he was only 3” ???
I’m no longer confused. Thanks, folks.