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Early in 1775 Daniel Boone, the famous hunter and Indian fighter, with thirty other backwoodsmen, set out from the Holston settlements to clear the first trail, or bridle path, to what is now Kentucky. In the spring of the same year, George Rogers Clark, although a young fellow of only twenty-three years, tramped through the wilderness alone. When he reached the frontier settlements, he at once became the leader of the little band of pioneers. One evening in the autumn of 1775, Clark and his companions were sitting round their camp fire in the wilderness. They had just drawn the lines for a fort, and were. | Hero Stories from American History by 1 Hero Stories from American History by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Author Albert F. Blaisdell Francis K. Ball Release Date January 26 2010 EBook 31092 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HERO STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY Produced by Ron Swanson Frontispiece Tis the star-spangled banner O long may it wave O er the land of the free and the home of the brave HERO STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Hero Stories from American History by BY 2 ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AUTHOR OF STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY THE STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORY ETC. ETC. AND FRANCIS K. BALL INSTRUCTOR IN THE PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY GINN AND COMPANY BOSTON . NEW YORK . CHICAGO . LONDON ATLANTA . DALLAS . COLUMBUS . SAN FRANCISCO ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL COPYRIGHT 1903 BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS K. BALL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Athenaeum Press GINN AND COMPANY . PROPRIETORS . BOSTON . U.S.A. TO Edwin Ginn FINANCIER EDUCATOR PHILANTHROPIST PREFACE This book is intended to be used as a supplementary historical reader for the sixth and seventh grades of our public schools or for any other pupils from twelve to fifteen years of age. It is also designed for collateral reading in connection with the study of a formal text-book on American history. The period here included is the first fifty years of our national life. No attempt has been made however to present a connected account or to furnish a bird s-eye view of this half century. It is the universal testimony of experienced teachers that such materials as are pervaded with reality serve