The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-05-06
MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO
MEMORY OF DANIEL BOONE

Daniel Boone. civillzer of the North
Carolina and Kentucky wilderness,
founder of Boonesborough, KY and
central figure and here in the many
boyhood stories of Indian fighting and
hunting tales memorials were oere-
moniously dedicated at Holman's
Ford, near here. today These prom
ise to become a mecca for patriotic
pilgrims.
On the historic spot where Boone
spent nineteen years OF his vigorous
young manhood hunting and resist
ing the skulking redskin, patriotic
North Carolinians have erected on the
exact site of the old homestead. a
few hundred yards from the Yadkin
river new log cabin, a replica Of
the one occupied by the intrepid hunt
er and his family. Directly In front
OF the simple building stands hand
some shaft of native Rowan granite
forming an Indian arrow head fifteen
feet high and mounted upon mas
sive base Ornamenting this Is a
bronze tablet bearing the name Daniel
Boone and the date of his residence
in North Carolina. Both Of these
memorials were dedicated with ap-
propriate ceremonies In which many
OF the direct descendants OF Boone,
and score Of others who boast of
their relationship to the pioneer par
ticipated
An elaborate program of exercises
had been arranged for the event. j.
r. McRary, president Of the Daniel
Boone Memorial Association, was
master Of ceremonies, and Governor
William w. Kitchin, presiding. The
chief addresses we're delivered by
Judge Peter c. Prltchard of the Unit
ed States circuit court OF appeals, and
Representative Page, of the seventh
North Carolina district
The picturesque cabin which was
dedicated today the relics Of the
great pioneer that it contains and the
unique tablet designed to perpetu-
ate his memory, are fruits of the
work of the Daniel Boone Memorial
Association, incorporated by the gen
eral assembly Of North Carolina In
1909 The association was created a
corporation, with power to hold
lands, erect suitable memorials, col.
lect historical materials and such
other things as are necessary to per
petuate the memory of the life OF
Daniel Boone in North Carolina" The
association is composed of eleven
men. of whom J. R. McPary Of Lex
ington, is chairman, and it is vested
with the power to perpetuate itself
The memorial association has only
begun its work. It intends to make
of this beautiful and picturesque spot
a Mecca for pilgrims from every.
where. II is about twelve miles from
Lexington in one direction and an
equal distance from Salisbury In the
other The very spirit of the mighty
hunter and hero seems to hover in
the air itself and echoes from the dis
tant past can be heard in the ripping
waters Of the Yadkln and in the sigh.
ing OF the winds in the trees which
surround the old homestead. One
may linger here until he can renew
his youth and his imagination again
run riot with visions Of stealthy paint
ed Indians being slain by the unerr.
ing rife Of the great Long Knife as
Daniel Boone was known to them
The first step toward the ae-
complishment OF the work was the |
donation OF i've acres of land in David. !
son county, twelve miles from Lexing. |
ton, embracing the site of the Boone
homestead and other points of inter /
est made famous In the early history |
OF the hunter Citizens of Davidson |
county subscribed funds for erection
Of a replica of the cabin In which |
Boone lived Citizens OF Rowan eoun-
~ (Which was formed from Davidson
county in 1922 gave the monument.
and the Daughters OF the American
Revolution Of Salisbury contributed
the bronze tablet for the shaft.
The memorial is a one-story. double
roomed log structure with clay
chimney and shelter an exact replica
Of the homestead built by Boone about
1755. Housed within II are nnmer.
Gus relics, such as guns, hunting
knives. powder horns. and articles OF
worn BY the pioneer. as we'll
Bs cooking utensils used by his family.
The cabin reposes snugly In a grove
Of majestic oaks. totterlng with age
and nearby the rippllng waters Of the
Yadkin river. where the Boones did
their fishing. dance over the rocks
and under the shade Of the overhang
Ing trees. Not far distant. on the
river hank. ls Boone's cave. or Devils
Den. which the family Is presumed to