On Thu, 19 May 2005 17:15:14 GMT, "Tashi"
wrote:
>MS. , did Daniel Boone start all the Boonesvilles in the states? I thought
>he was from Mississippi, same with Davey Crockett.
Daniel Boone was a Virginian who explored Kentucky (then part of
Virginia). Boone County KY is named for Daniel Boone.
Davey Crockett was from Tennessee.
There are Boonvilles in, e.g., Missouri, New York and Indiana.
But generally places named for Daniel Boone are spelled
Booneville. Even then one can't be certain old Dan'l was
involved. For instance for Booneville Arkansas,
"There is no clear, authenticated record of how Booneville got
its name, but a romantic blending of fact and legends leads one
to believe that it was named for Lt. B. L. E. DeBonneville, and
that the spelling was inadvertently changed. Another belief is
that the city is named in honor of Daniel Boone, since Boone was
accompanied from the east to Kentucky by his cousin, Gen.
Benjamin Logan, one member of the Logan family for whom the
county was named."
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