Alphonso Boone

Alphonso Boone (November 7, 1796 – February 27, 1850) was an American pioneer in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Kentucky, he was the grandson of Daniel Boone, and lived much of his life in Missouri. After immigrating to the Oregon Country, he established Boones Ferry across the Willamette River south of Portland near the present city of Wilsonville. The grandson of famed frontiersman Daniel Boone, he moved to Missouri where he lived in the mid-1820s in Montgomery County. After reaching the valley, Boone took up a land claim along the Willamette River on the south bank between Oregon City and Champoeg. His son Jesse continued to operate the ferry until he was murdered in 1872. The ferry continued in operation until 1954.