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  • Daniel Boone's Name Dropped From Ky. Road

    08/06/2003 6:05:08 AM PDT · by Brian S · 42 replies · 504+ views
    By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press Writer HAZARD, Ky. (AP)--In the eastern Kentucky mountains that Daniel Boone helped carve out for settlement two centuries ago, his name and reputation remain larger than life. Festivals honor the rugged, buckskin-clad frontiersman. Businesses, towns, even a national forest are named after him. But to the chagrin of some, Boone's name is being stripped from the main highway through his adopted homeland in favor of congressman Hal Rogers. ``Nothing against Hal Rogers, but I think we're getting a little carried away naming things after politicians,'' said Mike Mullins, head of the Hindman Settlement School in...