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The Kentucky National Guard Memorial Presents


         Daniel Boone’s
         Last Adventure
          From the pages of history…
          Through clay and bronze…
        Into the heart of the Bluegrass
Daniel Boone Portrait by Chester Harding

• Unfinished painting of
  Daniel Boone by Chester
  Harding, the only portrait of
  Boone painted from life.

• Harding painted Boone in
  June 1820 while Boone was
  living with his daughter
  Jemima Boone Callaway in
  Missouri. Boone was 84
  years old and died a few
  months later.
Why Boone
• Daniel Boone was chosen as a
  central feature of the memorial
  because he is uniquely linked to
  the establishment of Kentucky
  and his presence pays tribute to
  the roots of today's Kentucky
  National Guard in the militia that
  hacked a state from “Dark and
  Bloody Ground.”
• New Kentucky National Guard
  officer candidate school
  graduates are sworn in at Daniel
  Boone's grave site in homage to
  tradition and his place in
  Kentucky Military History.
• Boone National Guard Center, the
  state’s National Guard
  headquarters was named in his
  honor in 1962.
A Legend In His Own Time…
• A legend in his own lifetime, Daniel Boone was an explorer and
  hunter whose exploits made him one of the most famous
  frontiersmen in American history. One of 11 children raised in a
  Quaker household, he was born on November 2, 1734, in Berks
  County Pennsylvania. Little is known of his formative years, other
  than he aspired to be a woodsman rather than a farmer.
• Family “scandals” resulted in his father's expulsion from the Society
  of Friends and the family moved to the Yadkin Valley of North
  Carolina, arriving in 1751 or 1752. From there Boone explored west
  into Kentucky in the 1760s and 1770s. In 1775 he established the
  frontier outpost of Boonesborough, one of the first white
  settlements in Kentucky. When the Kentucky territory became part
  of Virginia, Boone was named an officer in the Virginia militia and
  spent the next several years trail blazing and fighting Indians. His
  “autobiography,” written by John Filson and published in
  1784, depicted Boone as wily and adventurous and made him a folk
  hero.
Legend…
• Boone tried to establish
  extensive land claims in
  Kentucky, but was unable to
  retain them and many were
  invalidated after 1780. After
  living in western
  Virginia, where he served
  three times in the state
  legislature, Boone moved in
  1799 to what is now Missouri.
  He settled there with his
  son, Daniel Morgan
  Boone, and was later granted
  land by the U.S. Congress.
• He died near St. Louis in 1820
  at the age of 85 and is now
  buried in the Frankfort
  Cemetery.
The Hat
•   Commencing in the 1820s, several
    actors have portrayed Boone in
    various buckskin costumes, all of
    which included a coonskin cap.
•   The most popular of these portrayals
    was by the actor Fess Parker in the TV
    series Daniel Boone from 1964-70.
•   The real Boone thought coonskin
    caps were silly and impractical –
    unlike these actors he always wore a
    beaver or felt hat instead, which had
    a wide brim for keeping out the sun
    and rain.
•   The Board wanted Boone’s portrayal
    on the monument to be as accurate
    as possible. It was a deliberate
    decision by the Board to portray him
    without a hat. In the end they felt the
    wide brim hat would hide the facial
    features t.
Sculptor Wyatt Gragg based
the clothing and equipment
on his Boone on period re-
enactors and the rifle on an
actual period fowling piece.
Original maquette submitted by sculptor Wyatt Gragg. A maquette is a small model of
             an intended sculpture – a first draft of the sculptor’s vision
The maquette was cast in bronze for promotional purposes.
• The next step in the process
  was the creation of a one-
  third scale model of the
  final Boone statue. The
  scale model gives the artist
  his first real opportunity to
  give detail and exacting
  attention to what will
  eventually become a larger
  than life bronze.
• Here sculptor Wyatt
  Gragg puts the
  finishing touches on
  the scale clay of
  Daniel Boone. The
  type of shoes and
  hat Daniel Boone
  would have worn
  became much
  discussed points in
  the development of
  the scale model.
•   The scale clay of Boone was cast in
    bronze by the Bright Foundry in Louisville.
    Boone was one of several items being
    cast that day. Below: Workmen pour the
    bronze. Left: Detail showing the lower
    portion of Boone after the pouring.
•   At right: Boone peaks out of the mold after the bronze has begun the cooling process
    and the molding material is being removed.
•   Below: The pieces of Boone removed from the mold and cleaned and ready for the
    assembly process.
Assembled scale bronze showing details of Boone’s clothing and equipment
• Sculptor Wyatt Gragg
  poses with his Boone
  creation after the bronzing
  process is complete.
One Last Adventure for Boone
We need your help to complete
   Boone’s last adventure through
   clay and bronze into the heart
   of the Bluegrass.
Daniel Boone's last adventure

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Daniel Boone's last adventure

  • 1. The Kentucky National Guard Memorial Presents Daniel Boone’s Last Adventure From the pages of history… Through clay and bronze… Into the heart of the Bluegrass
  • 2. Daniel Boone Portrait by Chester Harding • Unfinished painting of Daniel Boone by Chester Harding, the only portrait of Boone painted from life. • Harding painted Boone in June 1820 while Boone was living with his daughter Jemima Boone Callaway in Missouri. Boone was 84 years old and died a few months later.
  • 3. Why Boone • Daniel Boone was chosen as a central feature of the memorial because he is uniquely linked to the establishment of Kentucky and his presence pays tribute to the roots of today's Kentucky National Guard in the militia that hacked a state from “Dark and Bloody Ground.” • New Kentucky National Guard officer candidate school graduates are sworn in at Daniel Boone's grave site in homage to tradition and his place in Kentucky Military History. • Boone National Guard Center, the state’s National Guard headquarters was named in his honor in 1962.
  • 4. A Legend In His Own Time… • A legend in his own lifetime, Daniel Boone was an explorer and hunter whose exploits made him one of the most famous frontiersmen in American history. One of 11 children raised in a Quaker household, he was born on November 2, 1734, in Berks County Pennsylvania. Little is known of his formative years, other than he aspired to be a woodsman rather than a farmer. • Family “scandals” resulted in his father's expulsion from the Society of Friends and the family moved to the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina, arriving in 1751 or 1752. From there Boone explored west into Kentucky in the 1760s and 1770s. In 1775 he established the frontier outpost of Boonesborough, one of the first white settlements in Kentucky. When the Kentucky territory became part of Virginia, Boone was named an officer in the Virginia militia and spent the next several years trail blazing and fighting Indians. His “autobiography,” written by John Filson and published in 1784, depicted Boone as wily and adventurous and made him a folk hero.
  • 5. Legend… • Boone tried to establish extensive land claims in Kentucky, but was unable to retain them and many were invalidated after 1780. After living in western Virginia, where he served three times in the state legislature, Boone moved in 1799 to what is now Missouri. He settled there with his son, Daniel Morgan Boone, and was later granted land by the U.S. Congress. • He died near St. Louis in 1820 at the age of 85 and is now buried in the Frankfort Cemetery.
  • 6. The Hat • Commencing in the 1820s, several actors have portrayed Boone in various buckskin costumes, all of which included a coonskin cap. • The most popular of these portrayals was by the actor Fess Parker in the TV series Daniel Boone from 1964-70. • The real Boone thought coonskin caps were silly and impractical – unlike these actors he always wore a beaver or felt hat instead, which had a wide brim for keeping out the sun and rain. • The Board wanted Boone’s portrayal on the monument to be as accurate as possible. It was a deliberate decision by the Board to portray him without a hat. In the end they felt the wide brim hat would hide the facial features t.
  • 7. Sculptor Wyatt Gragg based the clothing and equipment on his Boone on period re- enactors and the rifle on an actual period fowling piece.
  • 8. Original maquette submitted by sculptor Wyatt Gragg. A maquette is a small model of an intended sculpture – a first draft of the sculptor’s vision
  • 9. The maquette was cast in bronze for promotional purposes.
  • 10. • The next step in the process was the creation of a one- third scale model of the final Boone statue. The scale model gives the artist his first real opportunity to give detail and exacting attention to what will eventually become a larger than life bronze.
  • 11. • Here sculptor Wyatt Gragg puts the finishing touches on the scale clay of Daniel Boone. The type of shoes and hat Daniel Boone would have worn became much discussed points in the development of the scale model.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15. The scale clay of Boone was cast in bronze by the Bright Foundry in Louisville. Boone was one of several items being cast that day. Below: Workmen pour the bronze. Left: Detail showing the lower portion of Boone after the pouring.
  • 16. At right: Boone peaks out of the mold after the bronze has begun the cooling process and the molding material is being removed. • Below: The pieces of Boone removed from the mold and cleaned and ready for the assembly process.
  • 17. Assembled scale bronze showing details of Boone’s clothing and equipment
  • 18. • Sculptor Wyatt Gragg poses with his Boone creation after the bronzing process is complete.
  • 19. One Last Adventure for Boone We need your help to complete Boone’s last adventure through clay and bronze into the heart of the Bluegrass.