He just may be one of the most misremembered figures in American history, so together, let’s sort out the tall tales from the true details. So far, we’ve been concentrating on a fairly small geographical area of the United States. And even though much of the political action was happening in the East, Americans were beginning to spread out; they began to move Westward. So let’s talk about one of these early pioneers; a man whose exploration of Kentucky paved the way for new European settlements: His name was Daniel Boone.