Boone Expedition for Kentucky
Boone Highway / The Trading Path
From this spot where stood the
Old State House
was started an expedition of
frontiersmen under
Col. Richard Henderson,
for Kentucky, led by
Daniel Boone
March 17, 1776
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“And they marched away solemnly as
if going to the ends of the world”
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Near by are buried:
1 Signer of Declaration of Independence
2 Governors, 2 Chief Justices
In tablet is metal of U.S.S.Maine
Marker is at the intersection of S Churton Street and King Street, on the right when traveling north on S Churton Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
