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Singer Ed Ames arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of the stage production "Chicago - The Musical" on January 8, 2004 at the Pantages Theatre, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Getty Images Ed Ames, a member of the Ames Brothers singing quartet who starred in TV series “Daniel Boone” in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 95. Ed Ames and his brothers Vic, Joe and Gene had a hit with their version of “Rag Mop” in 1950. As a solo artist, he had hits with “Who Will Answer?,” “My Cup...

While watching this latest production, I couldn't help but chuckle about some of the misconceptions many Americans have about Boone due, perhaps, to that old TV series. Brown explodes some of those misconceptions in this project: Boone was not the first white man to explore or settle Kentucky (then part of Virginia). He did not care for coonskin caps and never wore one. He was court-martialed, refused an attorney, defended himself, was acquitted and then promoted. He never used tobacco and though he did not totally abstain from alcohol, he was never known to abuse its use. He was red-headed...

And then, Fess Parker embarked on his second career. A winery. If you go to the Fess Parker Winery and Vineyard link, you will see the Parker families business.

Fess Parker -- who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone -- has died of natural causes ... a rep confirms with TMZ. Parker -- who also starred in "Old Yeller" -- owned the DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara and the Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos, CA. Parker married Marcella Rinehart in 1960. They had two kids. He was 85.

Today, Oct. 22, marks the 273rd anniversary of the birth of an American icon: Daniel Boone. This death-defying adventurer axed his way through the Appalachian Mountains to settle Kentucky and open the Western frontier. Stamped across his rock-hard life is the trademark of America: the pioneer spirit to cross new frontiers and control one's destiny. Back then, people ran their own lives. Today, our vastly expanded Nanny State looks after us. Is this a good thing? Imagine you're a pioneer of yesteryear. How would you fare with today's nanny on your back? As you prepare your covered wagon for journeying...

Ten months to the day after Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown to effectively validate the American Revolution, a force of British Loyalists and Indian allies mauled a contingent of Kentucky militia pursuing them. The Battle of Blue Licks was the last of the Revolutionary War in what was to become Kentucky. The bloody confrontation wiped out 70 to 80 of the militia - about 7 percent of the white male population in the territory - in 15 minutes.Although the battle was a bitter defeat for the Americans, it set the stage for the expedition less than a...

TUESDAY, MAY 8 1st Hour--? 2nd Hour David Talbot, acclaimed journalist and founder of Salon.com will be in studio with us to discuss his new book Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years sheds a dramatic new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its stunning aftermath. 3rd Hour CHUMP LINE! Call 617-779-3469 and leave Howie, Sandy or Happy a message about today's stories or anything else buzzing around your bonnet and we may play it back on the air!. TV legend Fess Parker, (Daniel Boone was a man......) will be with us. The classic...

The frontier TV series "Daniel Boone" was big in its day, but that was more than 40 years ago. No matter. The show's first two seasons, which come out Tuesday on DVD, are among the top 10 sellers for this week's releases at Amazon. Fess Parker, who starred as the famous historical figure, knows why the 1964-70 series remains popular. "The show has lots of adventure and deals with groundbreaking themes that still attract audiences," said the actor, now 82. "The writing and acting was always superb, and when you do a show that good, it always resonates with old...

Well its a question put forth from the common sense this leader of the wilderness brought on. An honest guy,unafraid of even the untamed land. Well,were the black robes out there too, in their day and age working to save souls?

MARTHASVILLE, Mo. (AP) - For sale: Portion of historic farmstead. Asking price: $1.2 million. May or may not be burial place of storied frontier explorer. No one disputes that Daniel Boone and his wife, Rebecca, were buried on the Bryan farm, near the Missouri River west of St. Louis. The 32-acre tract that is now on the market includes the original brick farmhouse and the Bryan family cemetery. But in 1845, 20 years after Daniel Boone's death, the couple's remains were supposedly reburied at Frankfort, Ky., in the state that Boone helped open to settlers. Some believe, though, that another...

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<p>HAZARD, Ky. — Descendants of Daniel Boone are furious over Kentucky's decision to drop the frontiersman's name from a mountain highway and give that honor to the area's congressman.</p> <p>"This is a slap in the face to Daniel Boone and the entire Boone family," said Rochelle Cochran, president of the Boone Society, a national group of descendants of the famous explorer. "You may as well melt down the Liberty Bell. Do we not care about our history, about our founding fathers?"</p>

<p>HAZARD, Ky. (AP) &#8212; In the eastern Kentucky mountains that Daniel Boone helped carve out for settlement two centuries ago, his name and reputation remain larger than life.</p> <p>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 area's main highway in favor of Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers'.</p>

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...