American explorer and frontiersman Daniel Boone shooting a bear while pioneering the Wilderness Road through the Appalachian Mountains, c1775. Nothing could deter pathfinder Daniel Boone from pushing iinto the unexplored West. Alone in the untamed countryside now known as Kentucky, Boone had to learn to fend for himself against wild animals and Indians alike. At the end of two years, all the dangers he had met had only made him more eager to return there with his family and settle down for good. Original artwork.