What were Daniel Boone's characteristics?

Daniel Boone's greatest characteristic was his wanderlust. Boone was involved in land speculation; in the latter part of the eighteenth century, this was a big business in which many prominent statesmen dabbled. While Boone was a horrible speculator in that he sometimes sold the same plot of land to more than one person, he was one of the few people in the wilderness actively exploring. Boone guided frontier families through the Cumberland Gap to settle in Kentucky and Tennessee. Boone also assisted with the building of towns. Many places in the Southeast still bear Daniel Boone's name.
Daniel Boone's wanderlust led him to keep traveling west. Boone eventually settled down as a farmer in Missouri. His eyesight failed him in his latter years. Boone represents the pioneer ethos of early America: opportunities abounded, provided one was willing to take big risks to get them. Boone was the precursor to the mountain men who helped settle the West and blazed the trails for Oregon and California.