18.And I live in Boone, North Carolina. I have four children. The oldest is 9 and the youngest is 2. So, that actually made doing my job very challenging.
19.In 1773, Boone decided that he and his friends would go to an unexplored or mostly unexplored area west of the colonies, an area which we now call Kentucky.
20.Boone decided to join the local militia, the local group of soldiers, to try to fight for independence, and that included fighting the Native Americans near where he lived.