The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO
MEMORY OF DANIEL BOONE

SALISBURY, N. ~ Apfl oV.-lO lns
memory of that famous pioneer
Daniel Boone, civilizer of the Nortf
Carolina and Kentucky wilderness
founder Of Boonesborough. KY, and
central figure and here in the many
Doyhood stories OF Indian fighting and
hunting tales. memorials were cere
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 CaroInians have erected on the
exact site of the old homestead, a
few hundred yards from the Yadkin
river, a new log cabin, 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 a 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 a score of others who boast Of
their relationship to the pioneer par
ticipated.
An elaborate program OF exercises
had been arranged for the event, ].
r. McRary, president of the Daniel
Boone Memorial Association, was
master of ceremonies, and Governor
William w. Kitchin. presiding. The
chief addresses were delivered by
Judge Peter G. Pritchard, Of the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals, and
Representative Page. Of the seventh
North Carolina dirtrict.
The picturesque cabin which was
dedicated today, the relics of the
great pioneer that it contains and the
unique tablet designed to perpetus
nte 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 ]. r. McPary, of Lex
ington, Is chairman, and it is vested
with the power to perpetuate itself
The memorial association has only
begun it's work, 1t intends to make
of this beautiful and picturesque spot
Mecca for pilgrims from every
where 1t 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 Yadlxin 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 rifle of the great Long Knife as
Daniel Boone was known TO them.
The first step toward the ac
complishment of the work was the
donation of five 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
VI tic HuutEls Si1tSnc W DA'ANooA
county subscribed funds for erection
of a replica of the cabin in which
Boone lived. Citizens of Rowan coun
ty (Which was formed from Davidson
county in 1929 gave the monument
and the Daughters Of the American
Revolution Of Salisbury contributed
the bronze tablet for the shaft
The memorial is one-story, double
roomed, log structure. with clal
chimney and shelter, an exact replies
of the homestead built by Boone abou
1866. Housed within 1t are numer
Gus relics, such as guns, hunting
knives, powder horns, and articles o
clothing worn by the pioneer, as vel
as cooking utensils used by his family
The cabin reposes snugIy in grow
Of majestic oaks, tottering with age
and nearby the rippling waters of th'
Yadkin river, where the Boolies di'
their fishing. dance over the rock
and under the shade Of the overhane
ing trees. Not far distant, on tn
river bank, is Boone's cave, or Devil