Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-07-02
WOMEN PAY TRIBUTE TO DAN
TEL BOONE.

Cumberlnd Gap, Tenn, June 20
AS Il tribute to Daniel Boone and his
associates, William Henderson and
Richard Galloway, who led the march
of civilization westward in the pioneer
days of the south, the women of North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
Kentucky will tomorrow unveil a mon
ument on the location of the old
Boone Fort. The Governors of the
four states are expected to be pres
ent at the unwilling and deliver adj
dresses. The Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, who were identified
with the work of marking the Boone
trail, will be represented by it's re-
gents from the four states. Presid-
in COVER the exercises will be Mrs
Lindsey Patterson, of North Carolina.
Mrs. Robert Gray, of Virginia, Hiss
Mary Temple, of Tennessee, Miss
Emma Watson, of Kentucky, and Mrs
William Reynolds, of North Carolina.
The monument marks the doorway
through which American civilization
found its way westward. II was here
that Boone and his followers built
their log fort to defend the settlers.
1t marks the western end of the long
trail now remarked with tablets by
the ID. A. II. through Virginia, North
Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Boone and his associates began their
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ter they had received the grant of land
of the Pennsylvania Company from
King George III.
Many prominent men in the south
are descended from Boone and his
associates, and nearly all the women
who conducted the remarking of the
old trail during the past three years
are also descendants.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged for the unwilling. The cere-
monies will begin at IL n. m. at the
| site of the monument. After the I'M
yelling and the historical Grafton and
tributes to the pathfinders by the
| Governors and the regents an old
fashioned barbecue will be held under
the auspices of the farmers of the re-
gion.
The monument itself is a joint
marker representing the four south
ern states, with a face for each state.
Three of the States, Kentucky, Tenn
essee and Virginia, meet at one point
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from the monument, which is situated
almost on the Kentucky Virginia line.
The mountain at this point is cross
ed by n magnificent modern road.
Cumberland Gap is the center of a
great expanse of varied scenery and
natural wonders. The Pinnacle, tow
ering high above the Gap, is one of
the most rugged peaks in the Appa-
lachian ranges. King Solomon's Cave.
beneath the Pinnacle, which has been
explored for fifteen miles, is believ-
ed to be unsurpassed by any known
cavern. 1t was on that historical
spot that the Confederate and FEEDER
al troops struggled for the mastery
OF the gateway, and their rifle pits
remain today.
The thrilling story is retold again
of Boone's master leadership which
wrought the settlement Of the fertile
lands west of the mountains; of his
capture by the Indians and of his
many battles and superhuman cum
ming in overcoming the enemies that
lurked around the settlements. 1t is
also told that the daughters of the
three settlers, while out in their ca
noe one day, were captured and car
ried off by the Indians. Calloway's
daughter tore her little white apron
in threads, dropping it bit by bit to
mark the trail of the captors. In this
way the settlers, in pursuit, traced
the red men and their captives and
rescued the girls after three days.