Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-15
HONORING DANIEL BOONE.

death Of Daniel Boone, foremost
among the rugged spirits who early
III the 18th century opened up to
settlement the American wilderness
between the Allegheny mountains
and the Missouri frontier. So fully
is the name of Daniel Boone con-
nected with the founding of Kentucky
:" many of his daring exploits and
astonishing feats of woodcraft form
lns conspicuous part of the early
history Of the monwealth one is
apt to lose sight of the fact that an
other State lays claim to having been
,he home for several years of the IL
ustrious ranger.
Recently there has been erected on
hc banks of the Tadkin river. IN
davidson county. =. c.. II miles from
salisbury, on the spot where Boone
:prnt many years of his young man
.ood. two mcmCriaiS. II log cabin
Quilt after the fashion of the days
Df the famous pioneer, and u shaft
If native granite. 16 feet in height.
lis summit crowned by n large slab
III the shape of an Indian arrowhead.
rhe cabin. n"iit by the Daniel Boone
Memoir. association. is IA museum
containing many valuable relics of
the old frontier days. The monu-
m'cnt vas erected by the citizens OF
Rowan county. y. G. 1t was in Row
~ county that Daniel Boone lived
with his parents. Davidson county
having been taken from Rowan i'm
lE22
The parents Of Daniel Boone moved
rom PENNSYLVANIA to North Carolina
IDl Daniel nj I'm,
10 years old. He was born near
iiristol. Bcrks county. Pa. February
-. l135. The grandmother of Abra-
nam Lincoln was Anne Boone. a cou-
lin Of Daniel Boone. and the Boones
md l.incolns in Kentucky were close
allied hy marriage.
The cabin erected by the Boone
Memorial association stands almost
on the exact spot of the one occupied
10y the parents OF Daniel Boone In
clearing away the debris of the old
cabin for tn" building of the new
large fiat rock was found. l,lieved
have been the hearthstone of the
lsuoncS. There also were discovered
portions of the old log walls, several
broken cups and saucers and pieces
II dishes of the old-time willow ware
pattern.
When Boone was u he married
Miss ltcbccca bryan of North Caro-
line. She proved Il devoted wife. fac
M with him untiinchingly the periis
II more than one journey through
he wilderness. Boones wife and
daughters were the first white women
:" stand on the banks of the Ken
ucky river.
Boone set OF on his first exploring
rip toward the Kentucky frontier i'm
''"'. with only five companions.
When he finally returned alone t.
n" hom" in North Carolina he had
hccn gone two years His wife and
children believed him dead. Despite
he hardships he had endured and
he p"rilS he had faced In l77a ne
started back with his family and
nor" than 20 other persons. They
n"dc a settlement on the Clinch
liver. in east Tennessee.
In l1I5. having gathered another
Itl" company about him, Boone
started off again for the dark AMI
bloody ground'' to blaze the way for
others. for h" was determined that
icntucky should become white mans
country. These men. with only the
'll ttSl iIpl'IliinttS. surveyed ana lllu
out Il road more than 200 miles
through the unhroken Wilderness
crossing the mountains from Cum
hcrland Gap to the Kentucky river.
There town was built. the first
"hitc settlement in Kentucky. Justly
named RooneSboro. The town still
exists. on" of Importance in Madison
county. Ky. 20 miles southeast OF
Lexington.
In his subsequent efforts to open
Gp Kentucky to white settlement
iiuOnC had Il most eventful career
me constantly heSct with peril. He
lived to the ripe age of S5 years
lying AT the home OF his son, Maj
Nathan Boone in Charlotte. Mo-. Sep
'"Inh"r 20. 1920. He and his wife
rr" buried beneath the same monu-
n"nt in the cemetery at Frankfort.
Ky. and the inscription pays honor
to him the "fat N, T. of EnutuckN -