Col. Daniel Boone

In memory of

Col. Daniel Boone and 27 salt makers, taken prisoners at Blue Licks, KY., by the Shawnees, Feb. 7, 1778 and brought to Old Chillicothe.

Boone and eleven were adopted by the Shawnees. Ten were taken, over the Bullskin Trail, to Detroit and held for ransom. The fate of six is unknown.

                            Boone 1787 Narrative

Marker is on U.S. 68 0.1 miles south of Brush Row Road, on the right when traveling south.

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