"By 1773 Daniel had done a considerable amount of trotting around the country. Some of those times Rebecca, and whatever amount of little Boones there were, went right along with him. If Rebecca went, I went too. After all, I am Rebecca's apron. During a lot of Daniel's travels Rebecca stayed home, at whatever place the Boones were calling home at the time.
"Also by 1773 Daniel Boone had it in his head, which never wore a coonskin hat, that Kentucky would be a fine place to settle his growing family. By now Rebecca and Daniel were the parents of eight strapping children. So Rebecca packed up their belongings, including me--her apron, and off we went. And just let me add that if Daniel had worn a coonskin hat I'd remember a good looking specimen of male attire like that--oh, yeah."
To learn more about Rebecca Boone on the Internet see:
Rebecca Boone, An Example of a True Pioneer Woman http://home.ptd.net/~ronjones/genealogy/...
To find out more about the Boone and Bryan families see:
History of the Boone, Bryan, Morgan Families http://www.data-wales.co.uk/boone2.htm
Major printed sources for this four-part series will be listed at the conclusion of part 4.
THE WILD WILD WEST HAS ARRIVED AT SUITE 101 UNIVERSITY
To get in on the action check out these two courses: THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST, 1861 to 1876, http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17161...
BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, 1872 to 1876 http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17638...
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