The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-26
MARKING THE OLD TRAI1
OF DANIEL BOON, PIONEER
Mrs. w N. Reynolds, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Mrs. c. V.
Henkel and Major London Speak at dwelling Of
Marker at Wilkesboro

the soul Rome had its Appian Way;
Greece the Temple. Crowned path TO
Marathon; Egypt her sandy highway
to the Pyramids. Equaling them in
historical interest-Surpassing them
in loneliness of vale and river and
hill is our own peerless road-Boonel
Trail-The Wilderness ROAD first trod-
den by the PiOneer for whom 1t is
named who established law and or
der, civilization and religion-that is
the highway we mark today. 1t shall
be Wilkes county's Historic Highway
the Wilderness Road, one of the great
roads OF the world
Mrs. G. V. Henkel, of Statesville,
then being introduced, said:
"Honored Confederate Veterans,
Daughters Of the Co~nfederacy:
Ladies and Gentlemen: | have the
honor to represent Fort Dobbs Chap
ter on his occasion when the Boone
Trail Marker allotted to us is to be
unveiled, and here I wish to acknowl-
edge our indebtedness to u State
Regent and to our State chairman
for the success of the undertaking.
Twelve markers have been erected
along the trail of n hundred and
fifty mile to the Tennessee border.
"Our chapter deems it a great priv
| ilege to have erected the memorial
in Wilkesboro. Eight Of IL num-
Der have the honor"of being descend
cIllS VI 1lCNOiullOIldI 1 1IOlS II
sleep upon your quiet hillsides, while
three other members nave been citi-
Zens Of our county.
1--WE treasure as our own you glo-
riOus Revolutionary record-the bra
very of you sons at Kings Mountain
your Clevelands. your General Lenoir,
your Herndons, Browns, Gordons,
Galloways. Witherspoons, Barton
Meredith. Reynolds, your Governor
Montford Stokes.
mot less dear to us are the names
of your heroes of the Civil War. Gen
James B. Gordon, Of the Bloody
First" Col. Hamilton Brown, Col
A. Parks and Col. w. H. H. Cowles
your adopted son; Maj. A. B. Car.
michael. Maj. W. w. Vannoy, Capt
A. H. Horton, Capt. Thos. Bouchelle
Capt. T. c. Ferguson, Capt. Augusta.
III. Martin, Capt Oliver Parks, Capt
William J. Miller, and Capt y. A
Foster: Lieutenants Larkin Curtis
Filler, Horton, and Chaplain Spain
hour and Gwaltney. Your hundreds O
{ private soldiers noted for their brav
, cry on every battlefield. We shar
your pride in the wilkes Vale
! Guards who served from the sprini
Of rs until they helped to fire tn
last volley at Appomattox.
4 las brave as your warriors wer
your hardy pioneers who left tn
Q beautiful hills and valleys Of the Yad
kin for the Ozark and Blood
Grounds there to lay the foundatio
of another great State.
The names Of Findley Stuar
Holden, Monay and Cool will ever b
e associated with that of Daniel Boon
and the name Of Boone will live a
long as our nation exists I canno
n do justice to his character. l leav
e that the u fellow-townsmen, a dc
y scendant Of one who accompanie
Boone.
ut is our pleasure II privilege
have the Marker unveiled by Miss
A. Allen, who for fOur-scOre veal
has lived among you, a worthy d.
|" scendant of your Colonel Richard A
len, that gallant soldier of the Revolt
- ton who also attained distinction
the first sheriff of Wilkes county, ar
- as a member of the House of Con
"A mons.
10 I'm the name of Fort Dobbs Chal
ter / present this Marker to the cit
10 zenS Of the grand old county
Wilkes. and to. the people of The 0
in North State.
70 An address bristling with hume
local history, patriotism and inform;
l. ton was here delivered by Hon. 7.
at Finley, of the local bar.
Inc CIOSlnS OIL tIlS eloquent AZURE
st. brought the crucial moment VIII
everyone stood on the tiptOe of e
pectancy and watched for the lightil
Of the flag of the nation from the ia
ed let which had been shrouded fro
view all day as if Old Glory w
its hugging her son to her breast f
&c protection amongst a savage trit
We such as infested these hills and Va
ng leys II hundred and fifty years ae
ng With words more appropriate al
ur fitting than any heard in all her e
De perience.' as expressed by the Sta
n Regent, Miss Ad.< Allen. granddaug
ter of Capt. Richard Allen, of RevOl
tionary fame. with the grace of h
youth. and the pride of her ancest
regardless of her almost ninety yea
S. being assisted by Mrs. J. I. Hubba1
a direct descendant of Daniel Boo
ecu lifted the flag and the exercises clos.
At II Tory Oak.
Still another important ceremo
IN. was on the program for the day.
all the crowd shifted a undred feet
mt the east side of the courthouse soua
80.