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03-27-2015, 08:41
A Michigan man completed a 16-day journey Thursday that aimed to retrace the trail carved through Appalachia by famed frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Curtis Penix carried a 40-pound backpack on his journey of nearly 240 miles through the so-called Boone Trace. The trail started in Tennessee, wound into Virginia and took him into Kentucky’s Fort Boonesborough, which was built after Boone and his team finished their path.
"The American dream started on this road," the 46-year-old Penix said.
Penix’s inspiration was his fifth-great grandfather, Joshua Penix, who followed Boone Trace on his way to the fort, hundreds of years prior.
See link to continue. Good article.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/27/michigan-man-retraces-daniel-boone-nearly-240-mile-trek-to-kentucky/?intcmp=latestnews (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/27/michigan-man-retraces-daniel-boone-nearly-240-mile-trek-to-kentucky/?intcmp=latestnews)
Curtis Penix carried a 40-pound backpack on his journey of nearly 240 miles through the so-called Boone Trace. The trail started in Tennessee, wound into Virginia and took him into Kentucky’s Fort Boonesborough, which was built after Boone and his team finished their path.
"The American dream started on this road," the 46-year-old Penix said.
Penix’s inspiration was his fifth-great grandfather, Joshua Penix, who followed Boone Trace on his way to the fort, hundreds of years prior.
See link to continue. Good article.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/27/michigan-man-retraces-daniel-boone-nearly-240-mile-trek-to-kentucky/?intcmp=latestnews (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/27/michigan-man-retraces-daniel-boone-nearly-240-mile-trek-to-kentucky/?intcmp=latestnews)