Daniel Carter Beard Home, Kenton County

ID: 1562
This file appears in: Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941

The boyhood of Daniel Carter Beard in Covington was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Beard was a forerunner of the Boy Scouts of America. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941

By McKenzie Martin
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,…