The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-30

DEDICATED
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NORTH CAROLINA SCENE
OF HISTORIC
EVENT
THE DANIEL BOONE
MEMORIAL AT FORD
Nineteen Years Spent at Hol-
mans d--Qualnt Inscrlp-
lion on Tombstone
(By Associated press.)

Salisbury, N c.. April SOTO the
memory Of that famous pioneer,
Daniel Boone, cyilizer or the North
Carolina and kentucky wilderness,
founder of Boonesborough, KY, and
central figure and hero in the many
oyhood stories Of Indian fighting and
hunting talcs, memorials were cers.
moniously dedicated at Holmans
ord, near here, today These promise
To become u mecca for patriotic pill
grims.
On The historic spot where Boone
spent nineteen years OF his vigorous
Young manhood, hunting and RESISTING
the skulkng Redskins, patriotic North
Gar0linians have erected on the ex-
act site OF the old homestead a few
hundred yards from the Yadkin river.
a new log cabin. Il replica Of the one
occupied by the intrepid hunter and
hls family Directly In front OF the
simple building stands a handsome
shaft OF native Rowan granite form
ing d massive base. Ornamenting this
Ii bronze tablet bearing the name
Daniel Boone and the date Of hia resir-
dence in North Carolina. Both of
these memorials were dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies In which
many Of the direct descendants OF
Boone, aud sc0'e OF others WHIP
boast of their relationship to the pio;
aeer participated.
An elaborate program Of exercises
had been arranged for the event. J.
K. McRary. president OF the Daniel
I.oone Memorial association. was mas
ter of ceremonies, and Governor Will
lam W. Kltchin, presided. The chief
sddiesses were delivered by Judge
toter, c. pritchard of the United
states circuit court of appeals, and
representative Page OF the seventh
North Carolina district.
The picturesque cabin which was
dedicated today, the relies of the great
pioneer that It contains and the
rniquc tablet designed TO perpetuate
sls memory. are fruits Of the work OF
the Daniel Boone Memorial associa-
don, incorporated by the general as
sembly OF North Carolina In 1903. The
association was created q corpora
Ton, with pcwer 10 hold lands, erect
suitable memorials collect historical
materials md such other things as
ere necessary TO perpetuate the men,
cry OF the fife of Daniel Boone in
North Carolina" The association is
composed Of eleven men, of whom j.
r McRary, OF Lexington, Is chairman.
and 1t Is vested with the power 10
perpetuate Itself.
The memorial association has only
begun ts work II 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 rip
plng waters Of the Yadkin and In the
sighing of the winds in the trees
which surround the old homestead.
Cne may linger here until he can re-
new his youth and his imagination
again run riot with visions OF stealthy
painted Indians being slain by the un-
clriug rifle of tae great Long Knife,
as Daniel Boone was known 10 them.
The first step toward the accom-
lElishment OF the wo-k was the dona-
tion of five acres Of land In Davidson
county. twelve miles from Lexington
embracing the site OF the Boone home
stead and other points of interest
made famous In the early history OF
llhe hunter Citizens OF Davidson
county subscribed funds for the erec-
ton of a replica of the cabin in which
Boone lived. Citizens of Rowan coun-
(which was formed from Davidson
county in 1927 gave the monument.
: and the Daughters of the American
) Peyolution of Salisbury contributed
: the bronze tablet for the shaft.
The memorial is one-story. double
lIoomed. log structure, With clay chin
Trey and shelter, an exact replica OF
.lffe homestead built BY Boone about
i755. Housed within n are numer-
; Gus precious relica, such as guns. hunt
ing knives. powder horns and articles
Of clothing worn by a pioneer. as well
IS cooking utensils used by his fam
ily. The cabin reposes snugly In
eroye of majestic oaks. totteFing with
pge. and nearby the ripping waters OF
tho YadkIn river, where the Boones
did their fishing dance over the rocks
] ara under the shade OF the oveghang-
ling trees. Not far distant. on the riv-
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