The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-30
Big BOONE MEMORIAL
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circuit court of appeals and Repre-
sentative Page Of the 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 perpetuate his
memory, are fruits of the work of
Daniel Boone Memorial association, in
c0rporated by the general assembly
of North Carolina in 1909. The as
ISOLATION was created a corporation
with power to hold lands, erect suit
able memorials, collect historical ma
terials and such other things as are
necessary to perpetuate the memory
of the life of Daniel Boone in North
Carolina" The association is COM
posed Of eleven men of whom. ]. r.
McRary of Lexington, is chairman and
it is vested with the power to per-
petuate itself.
The memorial association has only
begun it's work. 1t intends to make
of this beautiful and picturesque
spot a mecca for pilgrims from every
where. 1t is about IL miles from Lex
ington 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 distant past
can be heard in the ripping waters
of the Yadkin and in the signing 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 painted In
dams being slain by the unerring rifle
of the great Long Knife as Daniel
Boone was known to them.
The first step toward the accomp-
lishment of the work was the donation
ct five acres of land in Davidson cOun-
ty, IL miles from Lexington, en-
bracing the site of the Boone home
stead and other points of interest
made famous in the early history of
the hunter. Citizens Of Davidson
county subscribed funds for the cree
ton of a replica of the cabin in which
Boone lived. Citizens of Rowan coun-
t. (Which was formed from Davidson
county in 1929 gave the monument,
and the Daughters Of the American
Revolution of Salisbury contributed
Tic JIOllH6 ldDlGL IUE the SHdLL.
The memorial is one story, double
roomed, log structure, with clay Chin
ney and shelter, an exact replica of the
homestead built about 1855. Housed
within it are numerous precious relics,
such as guns, hunting knives, powder
horns, and articles Of clothing worn by
the pioneer, as we'll as cooking utensils
used by his family. The cabin re-
poses snugly in a grove Of majestic
oaks, lettering with age, and nearby
the ripping waters of the Yadkin riv-
er, where the Boone's did their fishing
dance over the rocks and under the
shade of the overhanging trees. Not
far distant, on the river bank, is
Boone's cave, or Devils's Den, which
| the family is presumed to have used
as a retreat when pressed by skulking
Indians The surrounding grounds
have been artistically laid out to make
the spot attractive
The exercises today took place on a
| temporary stand erected near the cab
in. The music was furnished by the
Pilgrim string band, augmented by a
4 large choir from the Churchland
! school, while sixteen male students
/ from the same school acted as marsh
/ ais. Picnic dinner was served the
I visitors on the grounds.
( The significance of the selection of
| the date for the dedication lies in the
fact that April 80 os the 16Oth anniver-
sary of the departure of the Boone
family from Bucks county, Pennsyl-
| vania, for their new home on the
banks of the Yadkin river, and the
141st anniversary Of the departure Of
the departure of the Boone family
from North Carolina for Kentucky.
| 1t is a little known fact that not
many miles away, in the old Joppa
| cemetery, near Mocksville, Davio
county, repose the remains of Daniel
Boone's father and mother. The grave
Of Squire Boone is marked by a simple
headstone which has been enclosed
in a steel cage, to save it from relic
hunters, which bears this literal in
scription:
Squire Boone departed this life in
| thay year sixty ninth year of his life
in thay year Of our Lord 1855 Geneary