Was Daniel Boone the first to be somewhere out in the wilderness and proclaim, "Guys, we're in the Boonies!"?

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No!!! The word is from the Philippines and American troops stationed there early in the 20th century brought the word home!! Actually the word Boonies is slang for the Philippine word Boondocks. Daniel Boone had nothing to do with it, but I like thinking that he did! It means "mountainous".

Ironically, Daniel Boone, the Man- The BIG Man, is a part of my Family Tree...I think your logic sounds great, despite the lack of any 'Family' Evidence...Probably where the term came from, don't you think?

Have a great rest of the Week.

Heck, no. I'm sure that must have been the "city slicker" prisoner who many years back escaped from our local, nearby prison and hid in the woods. He turned himself in after the mosquitoes bit him to death. I'm sure at some point he said a colorful version of "guys we're in the boonies!". ( the prison is gone now)

Daniel boone was a man, a big man. He fought for america and made all americans freeeee.... but we weren't america then, so go figure. Boone the Goon jiggin to a tune.

No, I'd say Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, explored the Mississippi.

Now don't you make fun of my distant cousin even though he could not lay a straight wagon trail. But, I thought the expression was, "We're in the Boone docks."

Down in the boondocks down in the boondocks

People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in

I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society

Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks

Well every night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill

I love a girl who lives up there and I guess I always will

I don't dare knock on her door her daddy is my boss man

I wait to try to be content just to see her wherever I can

Down in the boondocks...

[ guitar - steel ]

One find day I'll find a way to move from this old shack

Hold my head up like a king and never never never go back

Until that day I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime

But tonight she'll have to steal away to see me one more time

Down in the boondocks...

Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks

Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks

He was. And everything he did has been a real boon to our society.

twas in the yellow wood on the road less traveled by, following Ol' Yeller, huntin coon.....that has made all the difference

Smart question.

In those days, there had been no Daniel Boone.

So, there could have been no boonies.

I'm so old, I was with him. And what he said that first time out that far was, "Guys, we're f----ing lost!"

Thanks for asking.