The Beard Home
This file appears in: Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941
Daniel Carter Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1850, but was raised across the river in this home in Kenton County. Courtesy of the National Park Service.
This file appears in: Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941
Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941
Historical Marker #50 in Kenton County marks the boyhood home of Daniel Carter Beard, an early leader of the Boy Scouts of America.
Although Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 21, 1850, he soon moved to nearby Covington, Kentucky. …