Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-02
To Place Memorial
For Boone Here
Tablet To Be Placed In Court House
Square With Exercises By Fitz-
gerald School Children
CIV M C. Thon1as)


The Boone Trail Highway Asso-
cations Special Representative. Mr.
J. II. Rich has been kind enough to
explain to the writer the aims and
purposes of the Association that is
COMMUNICATING in such tangible
way the memory of one of the most
famous pioneers of American history.
Daniel Boone.
One OF the mos pressing needs OF
the United States today is more and
better roads, and the Association was
organized with the intention of build
ing highways from coas to coast with
connecting legs tapping the richest
sections OF the United States and the
World. anu ''e
The Boone Trail starts at the Yad-
kin River where Daniel Boone is bur-
led and the Georgia Florida Division
starts IN the mountains of North Car
DINA where Boone lived in 1865 and
comes south following the trail of he
and his companions on a special mis-
sion for the British government. This
mission was in connection with the re-
capture OF PENSACOLA from the Spanish
and the details of the trip is told in
:; l. nwaIt Life of Daniel Boone" pub
lished by D. Appleton.
Inns trail is now being marked with
bronze tablets that are presented bv
the ASSOCIATION to the school children
or the different cities along the route
and these tablets are dedicated with ap-
proprlate ceremonies by the children
At these ceremonies the stirliig anal.
ltles OF this pioneer are strerssed
Three weeks ago a memorial tablet
was dedicated by the school children
OF Jacksonville, and the road north
from this city through Waycross fol-
lows much travelled road to Fitz-
gerald. From Fitzgerald on north II
goes through Rochelle. Macon and
Atlanta. -
Later an alternate route will he
available marking the route of Booness
gong as well as his return.
Mr.. Rich on Thursday arranged
with the County authorities for the
placing of the local Memorial Tablet
The exact location has not yet been
decided but it will be somewhere in
the. Court House square.
A local unit of the Association is
being formed here to cooperate with
other units in Asheville, Atlanta, lack
sonvllle, Waycross and elsewhere to-
ward the securing of State and Fed
eral aid, making available large aD-
preparations for the furthering the
building of roads.
Seventy-nine memorial tablets have
already been placed and dedicated, ev-
en- as far as Kansas City, Missouri
Recently thirty-two miles of ex-
cellent road on the Boone trail, lit
orally dug out of the mountains was
dedicated The formal opening of
the road taking place on September
9TH.
According to Mr.. Rich the Boone
Trail 7lAlows closely the proposed
Parcel Post Truck Roads that are
contemplated by the Post Office De
partment.
Every school child is more or less
familiar with the life and exploits of
Daniel Boone There is hardly a
school boy who has not wished him
self possessed of coon-skin cap, buck
skin suit and long barreled muzzle-
loading rifle and an environment that
would enable him to shoot Indians
from early in the morning util late
at night without any one offering any
objection, except the Indian. and he
would ignore these to be sure. Some
times he would like to build fire and
roast Red Skin-and in playing In
dian you will always find any number
of the youngsters who crave to be
cast in the part of Daniel, but the
Red Skin parts are passed up just as
long as there is any chance.