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In 1912, William Lewis Bryan, the first mayor of Boone, decided to erect a monument on the site of a hunting cabin in which Daniel Boone frequently hunted on the Blue Ridge Plateau. Although he did get some contributions for the project, he decided…

In 1999, Appalachian State University was celebrating its 150th anniversary. An alumnus from Kentucky presented the school with this bronze statue of Daniel Boone in camp with his hunting dogs. The sculpture was modeled and cast by Sherry Edwards,…

Daniel Boone arrived in North Carolina with his parents in 1752. He was 18. The Moravians migrated into the area the following year establishing Bethabara. When Daniel's younger brother, Israel, was ill with consumption (i.e., tuberculosis), Daniel …

In 1766, Daniel and Rebecca Boone moved their family from the Forks of the Yadkin to the Upper Yadkin River, building several cabins in the area. The cabin site along the Yadkin River at Holman's Ford lies beneath the surface of W. Kerr Scott…

Daniel Boone ascended the Blue Ridge Mountains along Elk Creek from his cabin at Beaver Creek. Grandview Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway affords visitors a view of the Elk Creek Valley.

A marker for Boone's Trace sits along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Mile Marker 285. This area is a gap through which Daniel Boone passed after ascending from Elk Creek valley. North of this marker is Cook's Gap, the general name for this area through…

Kingsport, Tennessee, is home to several sites of interest for Daniel Boone. The Netherland Inn developed along a later stage road and serves as the trailhead of the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail. At the Netherland Inn is a cabin, relocated to this…

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 1914, the Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution erected nine cast iron tablets to commemorate "Daniel Boone's Trail" though the northeast corner of that state. One marker was placed at Austin Springs along the Watauga River.

In 1914, Mary Boyce Temple placed nine cast iron markers across the northeast corner of Tennessee. In mid-August, probably Sunday, Aug. 16, she placed one in the grave yard at the Baptist Church in Butler. After World War II, the Tennessee Valley…