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In 1914, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a marker for "Daniel Boone Trail" at the Scott County Courthouse. Elizabeth Preston Gray of Bristol, VA, was in charge of the project for the Virginia Society, NSDAR. She was a member of the…

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…

In 1915, the Kentucky DAR placed a cast iron tablet across the street from the Historic Boone Tavern Hotel to commemorate the Boone Trace. Today that marker remains at the corner of Main Street South and Prospect St. in Berea. (This marker is one of…

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…

US 25 crosses from Rockcastle County into Madison County at Boone Gap. This crest divides the waters of the Rockcastle River basin from the Kentucky River basin. The DAR placed a marker here in 1915.

With an inscription in the concrete base on…

Traditional stories claim that Daniel Boone hid in this cave while being pursued by Indians. That is not likely true, because the dominant tribe of the region at that time, the Catawba, welcomed and eagerly traded with the new settlers. But, Daniel…

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…

Twenty miles north of Cumberland Gap, the Boone Trace crossed the Cumberland River at a shallow ford at today's Pineville. The Cumberland Ford is about 500 feet north (downstream) of the bridge for Kentucky Hwy 66.

The Thomas Walker Narrows…

Founded as a national park in 1959, Cumberland Gap NHP protects and interprets the geological and cultural history of this natural pass through the barrier scarp of the Cumberland Mountains.

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,…