Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

A trace first marked by the Indians. The trail followed by trappers and hunters and by Daniel Boone when he discovered the salt springs, afterwards called the Boone's Lick which gave to this road its name. The main highway out of which grew the Santa Fe Trail, the Salt Lake Trail, and the Great Oregon Trail.

[boulder of Missouri Granite, from Iron County, and Bronze tablet showing the retreat of the Buffalo and Indian as the White man appears on the scene; being looked upon by Daniel Boone.]

[This marker should have been placed at Main St. and Boone's Lick Road, where the road really begins; at the Western House. But the powers of the day, picked this location, because the car traffic would lead right to it from the new bridge across the Missouri River, and they thought tourists would not find the correct starting point.]

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