Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Daniel Boone is famous for his exploration and settlement of which state?"
Daniel Boone was a pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In the late 18th century, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, a natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains, which opened up the western frontiers for settlement. Boone's adventures in Kentucky became legendary, embodying the spirit of American pioneering and expansion during that era.