Duffield, Virginia

Restored 1914 DAR Daniel Boone Trail marker in Duffield<br />
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Photograph by Randell Jones
Duff-Patt Ruritan Club marker for Daniel Bone's Trail<br />
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photograph by Randell Jones
View of Kane Gap<br />
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from "The Wilderness Road to Kentucky: Its Locations and Features" by William Allen Pusey, 1921
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Duffield, Virginia

Description

Duffield was known during the pioneer era as "Little Flat Lick" for a salt spring in the area. And from this open area, visitors can see a notch in Powell Mountain. This is Kane Gap, the pass through which Daniel Boone and the axemen crossed into the Powell River valley and Wallen Creek.

In 1914 the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a marker for Daniel Boone Trail along the main road at the time, parallel to today's US Hwy 23. That marker was later moved and placed along US Hwy 23 at Railroad Ave., north of the intersection of US Hwys 23 and 58.

A similar marker was placed at some time during the mid-20th century by the Duff-Patt Ruritan Club at the intersection of US Hwy 23 and 58 in Duffield.

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Citation

“Duffield, Virginia,” Daniel Boone's Trail, accessed April 8, 2025, https://boonetour.com/items/show/9.