The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-06-30

Fifteen Boone Trail Mark
erS Are Located
Three States to Join in Ceremon-
les at Cumberland Gap.
EXERCISES JUNE 80

Invitations TO attend the ceremonies
incident to the unveili1g of marker No.
of the Interstate Boone Trail which
will be held Wednesday. June 80, at
Cumberland Gap, Tenn, are being re-
ceived by the Lexington Daughters of
American Revolution and other distin-
guis b ed persons of the city and State.
Many of those in receipt of these invita-
tons from the Interstate Boone Trail
Committee of North Carolina, Tennes-
see, Virginia and Kentucky are making
preparations to attend, and those re-
naming at home will make arrange
ments to be present at succeeding un-
yelling exercises at one more of the fif-
teen markers located to indicate the toll
some way the first Kentucky settler
trod with his party into the Ozark and
Blood Grounds"
Credit for the ultimate success of the
venture is given to Miss Erna Watson,
chairman of the Interstate Boone Trail
Committee, and for years an instructor
at Hamilton College. Miss Watson.
with others from the two Lexington
Chapters of the Daughters of the Revo-
luton, under whose auspices the work
of the committee has been accomplished
will return from vacation trip to Mis-
souri, in time to attend the first unveil-
ing exercises.
Fifteen markers along the irregular
way will distinguish the pioneer took
in the year of IT'S into the perils and
wilds of Kentucky on his first excursion
here Volumes of evidence that these
places to be marked are the Identical
ones at which Boone stopped, or where
he crossed, and folk lore and legends
have been offered as-convincing argu-
ment for the location of the monuments
to the intrepidity of the explorer. The
spots chosen have been made as anthem
tic as definite information, traced
through months of labor and delving in.
to old records, could locate them.
Inscriptions on the markers will read:
Daniel Boone's Trail from North
Carolina TO Kentucky, IT'S, marked by
bllO hOhbdOhJ vi InO
can Revolution. 1915"
Two Roads Distinguished
While in many places they are linden
teal, there is no connection between
the Boone Trail for which the markers
have been prepared and erected and the
Boone Highway. The Boone Trail, the
Boone Highway, and the Dixie High
way, too, at many points converge and
become one continuous route until the
dictations of history divert the Boone
Trail another way.
Bryan Station Chapter of the Daugh-
tiers and the Lexington Chapter. both Of
Lexington, each will have charge oil
ceremonies to be held perhaps during
the summer but more likely next fall
Under the direction of Mrs. W. II
Thompson, the BRYAN Station Chapter
will unveil the Boone's Gap Marker
some time next fall and the Lexington
Chapter will be led by their regent,
Miss Jennie Hanson Helm, to the un-
yelling and dedication of the marker al
the mberland River ford. Dates fol
these events are yet TO be announced
and their programs are unarranged
The Boone's Gap marker lies on line
between Rockcastle and Madison coun-
ties.
The locations of the fifteen markers
ollow:
1 Joint monument at Cumberland
Gap. erected by the four states of North
Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and Ten
nessee.
IndianRock3 marked by St. Asaph
Chapter of Danville. A great rock that
was used as place of defense by the
pioneers and faces the present roadway
Cumberland River ford, at Pine.
vile. by the Lexington Chapter, Licking
ton.
Elye Knox County, by the Paducah
Chapter, Paducah.
Jarvis Store farm of G. B. Miller,
by John Fitch Chapter, Bardstown.
6 Knox and Laurel line, by the
Henry Cluggett Chapter, Shelbyville.
Fariston, by General Evan Shelby
Chapter, Greensboro.
8 Near Mershons, where there are
remains of an old fort The marker is
placed on a stone on which Boone cut
his name. Unveiled on May 30 by the
Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris.
9 Farm of Philip Allen near Living
ston, by the John Marshall Chapter,
Louisville.
10 Boone's Hollow, near Brush Greek
Station, by the Big Spring Chapter,
Georgetown.
IL Round Stone Creek, by the Sus-
anne Hart Shelby Chapter, Frankfort
IL Boone's Gap, by the Bryan Sta
tion Chapter, Lexington.
Ii Berea by the Fincastle Chapter,
Louisville.
IA Estill Staff on, site of Fort EstilI,
by the Hart Chapter. Winchester