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Occupying the former 1902 Courthouse for Wilkes County, the Wilkes Heritage Museum interprets centuries of history for this part of the Yadkin River valley, including Daniel Boone, the backcountry patriots on their way to the Battle of Kings…

Before dawn on March 25, 1775, Boone’s party was attacked by Shawnee warriors. Some axe men were killed, others wounded. Boone and the men fought off the attackers and then hurriedly built small cabins to protect themselves over the following week…

The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association built a replica blockhouse around which to interpret life on the frontier of southwest Virginia during the late 18th century. The structure helps recall the Anderson Blockhouse along the Holston River at…

The history of Fort Watauga and the overmountain settlement around Sycamore Shoals is interpreted today at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area in Elizabethton, TN.

The complex includes a replica of Fort Watauga, a visitor center with new exhibits…

Nearby that beautiful marker is the Rocky Mount Living History Museum in Piney Flats, Tennessee. The museum includes the farmstead of William Cobb from the 1770s. The Cobb home served as the seat of government and residence of Governor William Blunt…

In March 1775, Daniel Boone departed the Long Island of the Holston, in today's Kingsport, TN, along with 30 axe men to begin marking a trail for others to follow into the Kentucky lands across the Cumberland Gap. He departed on this expedition under…

Salem was established by Moravian settlers in 1766 after 13 years living in Bethabara and seven years in Bethania. Those communities were farming communities and then continued as such. Salem was to become a community of artisans and craftsmen and…

Old Hazel Patch was a campsite at the conjunction of two old paths, Boone Trace and Skagg’s Trace. A historical marker for “The Hazel Patch” is on KY 490 about six miles east of US 25E. A marker placed in 1942 sits nearby on private property in…

Old Flat Lick is the historic point where three trails (Wilderness Road, Boone’s Trace, and Warrior’s Path) merged to follow Yellow Creek toward Cumberland Gap. Daniel Boone Memorial Park commemorates this spot today along Evergreen Road at Old…

Natural Tunnel State Park includes the railroad tunnel along Stock Creek which was enlarged from the "natural tunnel" that originally pierced through the mountain. Daniel Boone and the 30 axemen marking Boone's Trace in 1775 came up Stock Creek. Just…