Five Medals at The Trace presents Daniel Boone performed by direct descendant Steve Caudill. InkFreeNews photo provided by Five Medals at the Trace.

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LIGONIER—Experience this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn firsthand about the life and exploits of the real Daniel Boone. Not the 1960’s TV-coonskin-cap-wearing Fess Parker’s “Dan’l Boone was a man, yes a big man …” Boone, but the man who discovered and opened the door leading to the nation’s original western expansion, the gateway through the Appalachian Mountains called the Cumberland Gap.

Hear his life’s story personally from Steve Caudill, a direct descendent of Boone himself, who brings one of America’s first heroes to life. Caudill’s presentation begins at noon Saturday, Oct. 23.

Caudill, a native of Winchester, Ky., and former police detective, will give a not-to-be-missed first-person presentation entitled: “An exciting journey of Boone’s capture by Shawnee while on a hunting adventure,” which will also include Boone’s escape and journey back to Kentucky on foot.

Caudill has portrayed Boone for more than 15 years, but has been interested in the man versus the myth since childhood. He now lives down the road from the site of Boone’s actual Fort Boonesborough, just south of Lexington, Ky. Caudill is endorsed by the Boone family as the official Boone portrayer. The Boone family is an organization of descendants, genealogists and historians dedicated to preserving the factual history of Daniel Boone.

Five Medals at The Trace is a living history educational timeline event running 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. The event is located at Stone’s Trace, a privately-owned historical park just south of Ligonier, at the intersection of US 33 and SR 5. More than 180 reenactors and demonstrators perform and educate all weekend long and it’s a one-of-a-kind history lesson. Along with holiday shopping opportunities and early American crafts galore, visitors will find several food options, along with rest room facilities and plenty of parking.

Five Medals at The Trace is presented by Five Medals Living History, Inc. a for-public-benefit non-profit.

For more information visit Five Medals at The Trace Facebook page.