[DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 498 - "F" TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY ... [PAR] GO WEST: In 1784 John Filson wrote an exciting bio of this pioneer to get people 
interested in buying land out west in Kentucky  UNITS OF MEASURE: The... [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky [PAR] A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: ... By John 
Filson. ... 1747-1788) was born in Pennsylvania about 1747 and sent as a 
teenager to ... He settled in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1784, where he returned to 
teaching ... to come to the region (and buy his land), Filson wrote the book given 
here. [DOC] [TLE] Daniel Boone - Wikipedia [PAR] Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, 
whose frontier ... Through this occupational interest, Boone first learned the easy 
routes to the area. ... of his adventures was published in 1784 by John Filson, 
making him famous ... Daniel Boone was born there, the sixth of eleven children. [DOC] [TLE] John Filson - Wikipedia [PAR] John Filson (c. 1747  October 1788) was an American author, historian of 
Kentucky, pioneer, surveyor and one of the founders of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Contents. [hide]. 1 Biography; 2 See also; 3 Notes; 4 References; 5 Further 
reading ... He wrote The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke 
during this period, and... [DOC] [TLE] Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John ... [PAR] Nov 28, 1993 ... In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than .... Boone's 
fame was John Filson, a thirty-year-old schoolmaster from ... in the postwar 
excitement about the West and set out for Pittsburgh, ... Like nearly everyone else 
in Kentucky, including Daniel Boone, Filson was speculating in land. [DOC] [TLE] History as a profession is relatively young - Kentucky Secretary of ... [PAR] wrote much of the existing history of the Commonwealth. ... people viewed history 
as a noble pursuit, something to amuse and hopefully enlighten, .... Land-hungry 
settlers looked to the West for the fulfillment of their desire to ... 8 For an overview 
of Filson's life and work, see, John Walton, John Filson of Kentucke (Lexington,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 11 [PAR] Here nature opens her broad lap to receive the perpetual ... exciting for 
nineteenth-century Americans to contemplate the pioneer army ... this stage the 
vision of the future empire in the West resembles something out of ... of land still 
covered by the great forest of the interior would every year attract ... We are a 
people of culti- [DOC] [TLE] Historic Sullivan, Archives and Tourism | Boone Massacre [PAR] Daniel Boone cabin, W. Dale Carter Papers, Manuscripts and Artifacts ... 
Chronology: (according to John Filson's biography published in 1784) (Filson 
died in ... 1773, September 25, Daniel set out for Kentucky with 5 other families. ... 
One can find evidence that the Hunters trace came down Wallins creek in the 
land grants... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky. An account of ... [PAR] John Filson, the historian, the second son of Davison Filson, was born and raised 
on .... the return of the old pioneer from the Chillicothe expedition, in the fall of 
that year. .... On the old roads leading out from Louisville to Lexington and to 
Bards- town are .... He then selected for himself a tract of land on the Ohio 
opposite to... [DOC] [TLE] Essay: John Bradford, Kentucky's pioneer journalist The Bluegrass ... [PAR] Jun 11, 2013 ... Most of his type had been jumbled on its way to Lexington, he wrote. ... John 
Bradford was a Renaissance man of the early Western frontier: a land ... Meeting 
in convention at Danville on December 30, 1784, these ... With this assurance, 
the Bradford brothers went to Philadelphia to buy a printing press. [DOC] [TLE] Kentucky facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Get information, facts,

Question: In 1784 John Filson wrote an exciting bio of this pioneer to get people interested in buying land out west in Kentucky
Answer: Daniel Boone