Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

[Boone's Lick Trail was a "road" built by Nathan and Daniel Morgan Boone from current Saint Charles to current Franklin in Missouri. The "road" was identified with a marker every few miles. These markers were "replaced" with Missouri Marble markers approximately the same locations by the DAR in 1913.]

[A lick is a natural deposit of salts in the soil. Animals lick the soil to acquire the necessary minerals for their dietary needs. Humans would dig up the soil and in a process of mixing with water, boiling and evaporation would extract the salt from the soil.]

[This "road" was built to allow land holders in the Femme Osage region access to the salts. It became the main road during the War of 1812, and later because the link from the Missouri River to the Santa Fe Trail which started just outside Frankiln, Missouri.]

[Danville, this marker is on Old Main Street and other than the building in the background, no other buildings exist today. The town, originally a county seat, was burned to the ground in 1864 by "Bloody" Bill Anderson and his Kansas raiders during the Civil War.]

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