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Simon Kenton

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Simon Kenton, a hero of the Virginia and Kentucky borders, camped on Elk River with George Strader and John Yeager from 1771 to 1773. When Indians attacked them, Yeager was killed, but Kenton and Strader, though wounded, escaped.
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