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Daniel Boone Home MO657
Daniel Boone Home The Daniel Boon home, Defiance, Missouri, stands in an enchanting wooded hillside setting. surrounded by stately elms, including the 16 1//2 ft girth Judgment Tree. this four-story Georgian style structure is a staunch and solid as the remarkable man who conceived it. Begun in 1803, completed in 1810, the home is build of Blue Limestone with a 2 1/2 foot thick walls. All beams and woodwork are black walnut and the five walnut fireplaces were carved by Boone himself. the Small bedroom next to the north entrance is where Daniel Boone died on September 26, 1820 at age 86.
Blanchette Creek and the Spanish Commandant MO618
Louis Blanchette, a French Canadian fur trader and hunter, first came to this very spot, where the creek forms a small waterfall, in 1764. Nearby he found a salt spring. He was so delighted with the location and with the excellent hunting and fishing that when he returned to his home in St. Louis de Lauzon, a small town near the capitol city of Quebec, Canada, he gathered supplies and a few followers, who were also fur traders, and returned here in April 1769, to establish a settlement. He called the settlement "Les Petites Côtes" (The Little Hills). In the immediate vicinity of this creek and under Blanchette's leadership the settlers erected three log houses, a log church (the first Catholic Church in the St. Charles area) and a grist mill to provide for the souls and bodies of the settlers. The Spanish Governor of the Upper Louisiana gave Blanchette authority to establish a post here and appointed him to be the first Civil and Military Spanish Commandant. Blanchette operated a successful fur trading business ans served as Commandant until his death in 1793. The first Catholic Church which had been built by Louis Blanchette in 1769 was replaced in 1791 and the new church was dedicated on Nov. 7, 1791 by Don Manuel DePerez, Lt Governor of Upper Louisiana Territory, under the invocation of San Carlos Borromeo, 16th Century Archbishop of Milan. On the same day the name of the settlement was changed from "Les Petites Côtes" to "San Carlos". A census taken in December, 1791 and signed by Manuel DePerez, shows the population was 225 persons. Blanchette's successor as Commandant was Don Carlos Tayon, who remained in command until 1801. It was Don Carlos Tayon, in 1799, as Spanish Commandant for the area, who denied Daniel Boone the right to take possession of the Land Grant he had been carrying issued by the Governor of the Territory. Don Carlos Taylon was of the opinion, Daniel Boone was not physically able to farm and/or protect his property. Daniel Boone was 65 years old. All other grant holders brought here by Daniel Morgan Boone (Daniel's son) were granted leave to take possession of their grants. In 1801, James Mackay took office and served as Commandant until March 9, 1804. In 1800 Napoleon forced and cajoled the King of Spain to give back the Louisiana Territory to France by secret treaty. However, since no formal transfer was made here, the French officials did not take charge and the Spanish officials remained. On April 10, 1803, James Monroe was sent to Paris as an "Envoy Extraordinary" in conjunction with Robert R. Livingston, the American Minister to France, with instructions to purchase the Louisiana Territory, or if not, to "insure ourselves a course of perpetual peace and friendship with all nations." On April 30, 1803, a Treat of Cession was signed by representatives of the United States and France. This is the largest single real estate transaction ever made in the world, comprising the present states of Arkansas, Missouri, North and South Dakota, and the greater part of the states of Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Minnesota, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The purchase price was $15,000,000. On March 9, 1804, the formal transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States was made at St. Louis and at San Carlos. On that historic day the people living here were summoned to the Commandants Headquarters on what is now Main Street near Blanchette Creek. They were told that they were now living in the United States. The Spanish flag was lowered from the flag pole, the French flag was raised and lowered, then the Stars and Stripes were raised. This was followed by a celebration. Also in 1804, shortly after the Louisiana purchase, the name of the tiny settlement was changed from the Spanish "San Carlos" to its English equivalent, "Saint Charles".
History of Clinton - 1836 MO585
1836
Largest City in Henry County County Commissioners chose the site of Clinton in 1836. Daniel Morgan Boone, first son of the famous Daniel Boone, was one of these commissioners. The following year, when the population of the town had yet to reach 50, construction of the courthouse began on the last high ground heading west. Although the original courthouse was razed in 1887, the current one (built in 1892) is located on the same site. Both courthouses served as focal point for the largest public square in Missouri, and one of the largest in the nation.
The Golden Valley Golden Valley settlers were primarily agrarian, but within a generation, Clinton boosted of a brick courthouse, a two-story log tavern, a stagecoach depot and a two-story brick residence known as the Judge Dorman home (Now in the National Register of Historic Places). As was true in many rural towns, the Civil War kept prosperity at bay. Three separate skirmishes were fought in Clinton between 1862 and 1864. Henry County's position in the war is reflected in the fact that it supplied over 10 men to the Confederate Army for every one man to the Union.
[Upper Photo: Henry County's first courthouse was built in 1837 on the last high ground heading west, as shown in this 1880's photo.]
[Middle Photo: Judge Jurubial Gideon Dorman, a leading Clinton businessman and representative to Missouri's 27th General Assembly, was the first passenger off the first Katy train into Clinton, Aug. 23, 1870.]
[Bottom Photo: The Judge Dorman residence was the largest home in Clinton at the time it was built in 1852. The house is in the National Register of Historic Places.]
Henry County MO578
Henry County, in the prairie region of west central Missouri, was organized in 1834 and named for Va. statesman William C. Rives. It was renamed for Patrick Henry in 1841, after Rives changed from Democrat to Whig. Through the county, which lies in the 1808 Osage Indian land cession, ran the old Harmony (Osage) Mission Trail and the Texas-Sedalia Cattle Trail. Pioneers, mainly from Ky., and Tenn., came in the early 1830's, and a number of Germans in the 1950's. Clinton, the county seat, named for N.Y. Gov. DeWitt Clinton, is on a site chosen in 1836 by county commissioners Daniel McDowell, Henderson Young, and Daniel M. Boone, the eldest son of Daniel Boone. In Clinton was a U.S. Land Office, 1843-55. Early schools were E.P. Lamkin's Academy, 1879-96, and Baird (Female) College, 1885-1910, founded by H.T. and Priscilla Baird. In the Civil War, Henry County supplied troops to the Confederacy at the rate of about 10 to 1 for the Federals. The area suffered troop movement, guerrilla raids, skirmishes, two occurring at Clinton. The M.K.T.R.R., dates from 1870; the Frisco, 1885. One of Missouri's leading coal producing counties, Henry is also noted for poultry, dairy, and livestock farms. Among county towns are Calhoun, founded 1835, home of a U.S. Land Office, 1861-63; Windsor, laid out 1855; Brownington, 1869; Urich, La Due, Montrose, founded in early 1870's; Hartwell, Blairstown, Deepwater, in early 1880's. Among points of interest are the scenic Chalybeate Springs, near Clinton, and the city's Artesian Park on South Grand River. In Englewood Cemetery in Clinton is the lovely McLane Chapel, Catherine McBeth's memorial to memory of her grandfather, pioneer W.H. McLane. In the cemetery are buried H.W. Salmon, State Treas., 1873-75; B.G. Boone, State Att'y Gen., 1885-89; J.B. Gantt, Judge Mo. Supreme Court, 1890-1900; James Lindsay, Mo. Supreme Court Comm., 1923-30; John H. Britts, noted amateur geologist; and C.C. Dickinson, long-time congressman. Soprano Gladys Swarthout was born in Deepwater; W.T. Thornton, Terr. Gov., New Mex., 1893-97, in Calhoun. In Clinton, for a time lived soprano Vera Courtenay Thomas; singer Jane Froman; educator U.W. Lamkin.
Greene County - Springfield MO462
Queen City of the Ozarks, settled in1830 by Tennessee pioneers on what had been a Kickapoo, Osage, and Delaware Indian camping ground. Springfield was first called Campbell and Fulbright Springs after its first settlers. Rivalry over location of the railroad in 1870 led to founding of North Springfield. The two towns were joined in 1887. Through here came Cherokee Indians on their "Trail of Tears" removal to Oklahoma, 1837. In 1858 the first westbound Butterfield Overland Mail coach stopped at its station here. It is of interest that Springfield was home on Missouri Governor John S. Phelps. Here were established Drury College, 1873, on campus is Shepard Museum; Southwest Mo. State College, 1906; Central Bible Institute, 1922; and Baptist Bible College, 1950. The U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners is here. Near Ash Grove, 21 miles northwest, is the Greene County Home of Nathan Boone, noted surveyor, legislator, soldier, and son of Daniel Boone. Nathan came here with his family in mid-1830's. On farm are graves of Nathan and his wife Olive Van Bibber Boone. Springfield was a military prize held by both sides during the Civil War. At Wilson's Creek Battlefield, 3 miles southwest, on Aug. 10, 1861, one of Missouri's bloodiest battles was fought, ending in an important Confederate victory. Union General Nathaniel Lyon was killed leading his outnumbered troops against the combined force of the Confederate and General Sterling Price's Missouri State Guard, both under command of Gen. Ben McCulloch. The Confederates left Springfield at the approach of the Federals under General S. R. Curtis, Feb. 1862. For the duration of the war Springfield was under Union control. In Jan. 1863 a Confederate attack under General John S. Marmaduke was repulsed with the help of a "Quinine Brigade" of convalescent soldiers. "Wild Bill" Hickok served as Union scout here. On a 1300-foot Ozark plateau, Springfield, county seat of Greene Co., is an industrial, rail, dairy center. One of the many historic markers in the area identify Fort Ancient, the work of early mound builders. Also of interest are Wilson's Creek Battlefield, now a memorial park; the National Cemetery; and the City Art Museum.
Bean Station 1B59
One of Tennessee's earliest settlements. This valley was a warpath for the Cherokees, was followed by Daniel Boone to Cumberland Gap, and was traveled by Davy Crockett. To the right of Highway 11W stood Bean Fort, built by William Bean, one of the first permanent white settlers in Tennessee. In front of the fort was Bean Station Tavern, largest tavern between Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. It lodged Presidents Polk, Johnson, and Jackson. During the Civil War, battles were fought around this site.
Boone County WV895
Formed, 1847, from Cabell, Kanawha and Logan, Named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, who made his home in the Great Kanawha Valley, 1788-1795. In 1791, he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha.
Boone County WV894
Formed, 1847, from Cabell, Kanawha and Logan, Named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, who made his home in the Great Kanawha Valley, 1788-1795. In 1791, he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha.
The Life of Daniel Boone - Part II MO416
Life of Daniel Boone {continued from Part I} In 1782, while Daniel and Boone's second son, Israel, took part in the Battle of Blue Lick against the Shawnee Indians in eastern Kentucky, Israel was killed. Daniel also took part in a number of other Indian skirmishes and campaigns during this period. The following year Daniel was appointed to the highest position in Fayette County, County Lieutenant (in charge of a whole county, both civil and military). Several years later he and Rebecca moved to the town of Limestone in northeastern Kentucky where they operated an inn, and where Daniel was elected to the Virginia legislature for a second time. Several years later he moved to the Kanawha Valley of present West Virginia, where he was elected in 1791 to the Virginia Legislature for the third time. He was also appointed Lt. Colonel of the Kanawha County militia. During this time Daniel rescued six year old Chloe Flinn from an Indian village. In the mid-1790s the Boones moved back to Kentucky. Daniel Morgan Boone, the oldest living son, began exploring in Spanish Louisiana (today's Missouri) where he obtained a Spanish Land Grant in 1797. The next year the Spanish Lt. Governor sent a letter via Daniel Morgan Boone, asking Daniel to move from Kentucky to become the head of a colony of emigrants in Spanish Louisiana. The invitation was accepted in 1799, and the Boone family left Kentucky, the men going overland with the animals, and the women going by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River. They arrived in Spanish Upper Louisiana (Missouri) in October, and settled along the Missouri River and nearby Femme Osage Creek, being the westernmost settlement of Americans (temporarily as Spanish subjects) west of the Mississippi River. In 1806 Daniel was appointed the Commandant of the Spanish Femme Osage District, making him civil administrator, military leader, and judge. Rebeccca passed away in 1813, after becoming ill while making sugar maple at their daughters Jemima Callaway's place, near present day Marthasville. In 1820 Daniel became ill and passed away at the home of his son Nathan. And was buried next to his wife at the Bryan Farm Cemetery. Daniel had lived in Missouri 21 years, longer than the time spent in any other of the present states. He never returned to Kentucky to visit as sometimes stated. Missouri was his chosen home.
The Life of Daniel Boone - Part I MO415
LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE Daniel Boone was born six miles east of present Reading, in the colony of Pennsylvania, on October 22 (by the Julian Calender), and November 2nd (New Gregorian calender), 1734. He was the 6th of 10 children of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone. He learned how to hunt and became an excellent marksman at a very early age. He also lived near Indians and learned their ways and how to survive in the wilderness. In 1750 when Daniel was 15 years old his family left Pennsylvania, going down through the Shenandoah in Virginia, to settle near the forks of the Yadkin River in North Carolina. The French and Indian War started in 1754, and the next year, Daniel became a wagon driver during General Edward Braddock's ill-fated campaign against the French. In 1756 Daniel married 17 year old Rebecca Bryan. During their marriage they would have ten children. When Cherokee Indians attacked the settlements in the Yadkin River Valley in 1759, Daniel moved his family to the safety of Virginia. During the next couple of years Daniel took part in the frontier war against the Cherokee Indians, hunted some in Tennessee, and then returned with his family to North Carolina in 1762. Once back in North Carolina, Daniel explored and hunted in present Georgia, Florida, southwest Virginia and Kentucky. In 1769 he blazed the earliest known trail from North Carolina over the mountains to Tennessee. During this year he went into Kentucky with six other men. All of the men, except Daniel returned to North Carolina, after Daniel was captured twice and escaped and one of the other men was killed by Indians. Daniel remained and spent two years hunting and exploring. Following his return, Daniel, in 1773, with a group of families made a failed attempt at establishing the first white settlement in Kentucky. During this attempt, some of the group was ambushed by Indians and the Boone's oldest son James was killed. Only part way into Kentucky at the time, the party turned back to the safety of the settlements. Daniel was involved in Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, was commissioned as a Lieutenant, then a Captain. During the war he was put in charge of three forts in southwest Virginia along the Clinch River. In 1775, much of the area of present Kentucky was purchased from the Cherokee Indians by a group of North Carolina businessmen. They named the purchase area Transylvania, the 14th colony. Soon after the purchase, Daniel Boone led the cutting of Boone's Wilderness Trail from Tennessee into the center of Kentucky, where Fort Boonesborough was built and named in Daniel's honor. The Next year Daniel's daughter Jemima, and two other girls were captured by Indians. Daniel led the successful rescue effort. The following year he was wounded in an Indian attack, and during the next year Daniel was captured by Shawnee Indians, and taken to their villages in Ohio, where he was adopted as a son of a Shawnee War Chief. He escaped after five months. Soon after his escape the Indians attacked Fort Boonesborough, where Daniel played a main role in the successful defense. He was afterward raised in rank to Major, and within the next several years to Lieutenant Colonel, and then to full Colonel in the Virginia militia. During this time he was elected to the Virginia legislature. Captured by the British while in Virginia, and appointed to many Kentucky positions, including, Lt. Colonel, then Colonel of the county militias, Sheriff, Deputy Surveyor, Coroner, and Trustee for the earliest towns of Kentucky. Display # 1 - 10 of 59 |