The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-30
HONOR MEMORY Of
DANIEL BOONE TODAY
Four States Unite In Erection OF
Worthy Monument at Cumber-
land Gap.
ELABORATE PROGRAM MADE
Thrilling Events OF Settling of Ken
lucky BY Daring Pathfinders Re-
calIed-D. A. r.. Marks Original
Trail.

Cumberland Gap. Tenn. June 2s.--
As 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 unveiI a
monument on the location of old
Boone Fort. The governors of the
four States are expected to be present
at the unwilling and deliver addresses.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olntion, who were identified with the
work of marking the Boone trail. will
be represented by It's regents from the
four States. Presiding over the exer-
cises will be Mrs. Lindsey Patterson.
of North Carolina; Mrs. Robert Gray,
of Virginia. Miss Mary Temple, of
Tennessee; Miss Emma Watson. of
Kentucky, and Mrs. william Rey-
nolds, of North Carolina.
The monument marks the doorway
through which American civilization
found its way westward. 1t was here
that Boone and his followers built
their log fort to defend the settlers.
It marks the western end OF the long
trail now remarked with tablets by
LHit L. "a h. IL EIildT AWE RAJ
Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Boone and his associates began their
long march from North Carolina,
after 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.
An elaborate program has been ar
The ceremonies will begin at IL A.
NJ, at the site of the monument.
After the unwilling and the historical
Grafton and tributes to the pathffnd-
ers by the governors and the regents.
an old fashioned barbecue will be
held. under the auspices of the farm
ers OF the region.
The monument itself is joint
marker representing the four South
ern tates. with a face for each tate.
Three of States, Kentucky. Ten
nessee and Virginia, meet at point In
the mountain q few hi ndred yards
ated almost on the Kentucky-Virginia
line.
The mountain at this point Is crossed
by modern road. Cumberland
Gap is the center of great expanse
of varied scenery and natural won
ders The Pinnacle. towering high
above the Gapl, is one of the most
rugged peaks In the Appalachian
Range. King Solomon's Cave. be-
meath the Pinnacle, which has been
explored for fifteen miles. lie believed
to be unsurpassed by any known cav
ern. It was on this historic spot hat
the Federal and Confederate troops
struggled for the mastery Of the gate
way, and their rifle pits remain to-
day.
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 of his many
battles and snperhuman cunning in
overcoming the enemies that lurked
around the settlements. 1t is also told
that the daughters OF the three set
tiers, while out in their canoes one
day, were captured and carried off
by the Indians. Calloway's daughter
tore her little white apron in shreds.
dropping bit by bit to mark the trail
of the captors. In this way the set
tiers, in pursuit. traced the red men
and their captives and rescued the
girls after three days