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Title
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A Cherokee Thanksgiving
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Description
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Article tracing Nathan Boone's role in mediating a conflict between two factions of the Cherokee Nation and preventing a civil war. Son of frontiersman Daniel Boone, Nathan Boone was the captain of the First Dragoon Regiment assigned to investigating and curtailing the violence between the followers of the Treaty Faction and those of Principal Chief John Ross that began in 1843 and was finally resolved in 1846. The article includes an overview of events, the factions involved, and changes in U.S. policy towards the Cherokee Nation.
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Date
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2014-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Nathan Boone: The Forgotten Hero of Missouri
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Description
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Extensive article about Captain Nathan Boone (1781-1856), the youngest son of pioneer Daniel Boone. Article discusses Nathan's career of trapping, exploring, and military surveying of territory in Missouri starting in 1799, going from Saint Charles County to Fort Osage and Fort Leavenworth, including Boonslick Road or Boone's Lick Road. He traversed the state, gaining both peacemaking and war-making efforts with the Indians, especially the Osages, with illustrations, photos, and map.
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Date
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1979-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Daniel Boone's Sons in Missouri
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Description
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Biographical article about the sons of trailblazer Daniel Boone in Missouri, including Daniel Morgan Boone and Nathan Boone, both active in the Kansas City area in the early 1800s.
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Date
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1947-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The History of Kansas City: Daniel Morgan Boone
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Description
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Portrait and biographical article about Daniel Morgan Boone (1769-1839), the third son of frontiersman Daniel Boone and called here "the first settler of Kansas City" for his exploration of this area (along the Big Blue River and the Little Blue River) as early as the late 1780s. Later a true settler in Kansas City, arriving from around the late 1810s to the 1820s in Jackson County by wagon train with other members of his family, including brother Nathan Boone. Locally an Indian agent and government surveyor, buried in the Boone-Hays Cemetery at about 63rd and Paseo Boulevards.
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Date
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1964-05-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
