Daniel Carter Beard Home, Kenton County
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
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. …