North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail, Inc.

26/01/2021

In 1756, when Daniel's brother, Israel, was gravely ill with tuberculosis, he was transported by Daniel and his mother to Bethabara to the only doctor around. To see a different doctor would have required a trip of hundreds of miles.

After the Moravians arrived in Wachovia, they began the construction of their first town, called Bethabara. This town would grow and thrive until it hit its peak in 1766 and the town of Salem became the major trade center in the area.

Thanks to archaeology efforts, the foundations of the original settlement can still be seen today. With this new interactive map as your guide, you can travel back to 18th century Bethabara to see what it was like when it was a bustling town. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5792daa3531e42c3a38004a317295e9b

Special thanks to Stuart Marshall for creating this map for us!

MOBILE VIEWERS: explore each building on the map by swiping (at the bottom of the screen) and touching the blue “i” icon at the top right for more info and images. A dropdown list is in the top left. Zoom in and out as preferred.

Image of Bethabara courtesy of Moravian Archives in Herrnhut

19/01/2021

Antler from extinct elk found with Daniel Boone Inscription

“In the late 1800s, this elk antler was found in a tributary of Stoner Creek in Bourbon County, KY. The inscription on the antler reads ‘D.Boon 1778.’”

Read more: https://www.thehuntingnews.com/antler-from-extinct-elk-found-with-daniel-boone-inscription/

Photo by Andrea Chioldin on Unsplash

25/12/2020

Old fashioned Happy Christmas greetings to all our friends and supporters from the North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail.
Keep in touch.

25/12/2020

One of my favorite places to visit. Daniel Boone knew of the Moravians.

01/12/2020

More good stuff.

The North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail is a private organization of volunteers started in 2011 to help educate the public about the years Boone spent in North Carolina and

01/12/2020

Sharing the story of Boone in North Carolina.

Famed frontiersman Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania and is perhaps most closely associated with Kentucky, but he spent about 20 years of his life in North Carolina. All across

12/11/2020

Enjoy our efforts to highlight Daniel Boone in North Carolina.

24/09/2020

Telling the story of Daniel Boone. This press release went out to about 30 news outlets across NC from our media team. Thanks Michelle.

BOONE — A one-time resident of North Carolina for more than 20 years, the elderly Daniel Boone gave his last words of encouragement to two of his adult children —

17/09/2020

https://youtu.be/erdr6b-iHQw
This is a sample of the up coming Boone Project created by Carl White exploring the life of Daniel Boone in North Carolina. Stay tuned for more updates. This segment filmed on Cub Creek in Wilkesboro, NC. with Doug Mitchell and RG Absher.

15/09/2020

Great story about Boone by Ma**ca Phillips, Mocksville Enterprise.

www.ourdavie.com/2020/09/10/daniel-boone-the-rest-of-the-story/

By Marcia Phillips For the Enterprise Sept. 26 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Daniel Boone at age 85. Davie County has every right to be Boonish and proud of the fact that it was here the young teen grew into a man and the legend of early American exploration. When he left …

04/09/2020

Flowers this week at the Daniel Boone Native Gardens at Boone, NC Nice place to stroll and relax for free. Located on Horn Rd. near Hickory Ridge Museum.

04/09/2020

This monument marks the nearby Boone cabin site that Daniel used while he was hunting in the area that is now ASU in downtown Boone, NC

02/09/2020

For more summer fun check out one of our sister organizations, the NC Daniel Boone Heritage Canoe Trail website. See Boone's view point from the Yadkin River.

01/09/2020

Boone Cave Park, belived to be the place Daniel and his family first settled when they came to Carolina. Great place to visit. Trails, nature walks, cave, Yadkin River views and State's oldest Cottonwood tree. 3552 Boone's Cave Rd, Lexington, NC. Open 8-5 M-S. 1-5, Sun.

13/08/2020

Boone Summer Sampler Ideas. Visit Hickory Ridge Museum. See and learn the history of the era of Boone in North Carolina. Located in Boone, NC. For tour information log onto Horninthewest.com/about-tours

13/08/2020

Another Boone Summer Sampler Idea. Free and safe distancing.
Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Horn Road, Boone, NC

13/08/2020

Look for our Boone Summer Sampler Ideas. Places to go.
Best country breakfast at Daniel Boone Inn, Boone, NC

17/07/2020

Shallow Ford walk a chance to walk in the footsteps of pioneers
Story and photo by Jim
Buice | Clemmons Courier
March 14, 2019

https://www.clemmonscourier.net/2019/03/14/shallow-ford-walk-a-chance-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-pioneers/

15/07/2020

Good news about the Sugar Tree Creek Boone Homestead, Davie Co., NC

The Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the completion of a project permanently protecting 82 acres of farmland in Davie County.

10/07/2020

Our brand new website opens today. Visit us at https://ncdanielboonetrail.org
Dave Davis and Mike Campbell of Hickory Ridge Museum in Boone, NC are some of our best Boone story tellers.

07/06/2020

07/06/2020

Y’all come!

07/06/2020

It’s a beautiful National Daniel Boone Day at Whippoorwill Academy and Village!
🎟 Free admission today until closing at 5pm.

04/06/2020

This Boone Event is Saturday June 6th. Limited seating.

21/05/2020

Milepost 285.1 on Blue Ridge Parkway near Deep Gap, NC

17/05/2020

Did you know the the US Mint put out silver half dollars in 1934-37 for Boone's 200th Birthday? These coins are still available through coin shops, antique dealers and eBay. Some reasonably priced and some out of the roof. Boone and Chief Black Fish are images on back.

05/05/2020

This is a sketch of the Boone Cabin on the Yadkin River at Boone Cave Park, near Lexington, NC

04/05/2020

Inscription on Marker on Highway 268 west of Wilkesboro, NC

This historical marker placed near Edminston Store records two homesteads of the Daniel Boone Family in Wilkes County during the 1760s.
Site Number One is located one-half mile south of this spot, near Beaver Creek.
The Boone Family later moved to Site Number Two one-half mile North of here and across the Yadkin River.
Presented by Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society 1974

03/05/2020

This Daniel Boone Highway marker is in downtown North Wilkesboro on Highway 268 within one block to the Public Library.

01/05/2020

This is at Joppa Cemetery on Highway 601 in Mocksville, NC. It is an exact transcription of the grave marker of Daniel Boone's parents.

01/05/2020

This sign was at the bronze marker mentioned in the previous post but has fallen into disrepair. We are reaching out to Woodmen of the World to have it replaced. This sign was a significant landmark in our area.

01/05/2020

This is a Woodmen of the World bronze marker at the corner of NC highway 268 and Payne Foster Road near west of Wilkesboro, NC. It is not very noticeable and easily missed. We hope the NCDBHT can change that.

01/05/2020

We regret to inform you that the Daniel Boone Family Festival scheduled for June 6, 2020 in Mocksville, NC has been cancelled for this year. We'll keep you posted about plans for 2021.

28/04/2020

To request membership form please leave us a message

Membership Category:
___ Level 1 Pioneer $10
___ Level 2 Hunter $25
___ Level 3 Trapper $50
___ Level 4 Explorer $100

NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail, Inc is 501(c)(3) tax exempt.

28/04/2020

This is who we are. We invite you to join with us. See future post.

“The purpose of the North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail, Inc. is to identify and celebrate the life, journeys, and cultural heritage of frontiersman Daniel Boone from 1751 -1799 throughout the region of the upper Yadkin River Valley through educational and historical interpretation, while promoting heritage and cultural tourism.” NCDBHT Bylaws

27/04/2020

Cover photo of replica Boone cabin is at Whippoorwill Village, highway 268, Ferguson, NC. Check website for opening dates due to the Coronavirus.

26/04/2020

Boone Marker is in Boonville, NC at NC Highways 67 & 601

Tradition says that the town of Boonville was built where two Indian trails crossed. It is believed that the east and west trail was used by the Cherokees, and the north and south trail was used by the Catawbas.
Daniel Boone made many visits to this section after his family moved from Pennsylvania to Bear Creek, which is near Mocksville, NC in 1750.
In 1768, when he was twenty-two years old, Daniel Boone came to this area to bear and deer hunt on the Yadkin River, tradition says, in the area from Crutchfield to the Wilkesboros.
Some of the older people have heard stories passed down from other generations, that Daniel Boone camped frequently in Boonville a short distance west of Boonville Baptist Church where there was a large spring. Near this spring there was large, hollow, poplar tree. Early residents of Boonville said that Daniel Boone slept in this tree at night. The spring and tree were located on land owned by Mr. W.R. Frye and later by his daughter Mrs. Carmen Frye Richardson. The tree stood until 1928 when it was struck by lightning and destroyed.
It is believed that Dr. Nathan B. Dozier built the first house in Boonville. Tradition says that either Dr. Nathan B. Dozier or William H. Rodwell named the town of Boonville after Daniel Boone.
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25/04/2020

Boone trivia. Anybody know where this marker is located and why it was placed at this location? It is in the Yadkin Valley region of NC.

23/04/2020

Beaver Creek Baptist Church founded 1779,
Ferguson, NC. Historical records located at Wake Forest University Special Collections and Archives. It is possible that some of the early Boone family were associated with this congregation.

23/04/2020

Beaver Creek, Ferguson, North Carolina near the homestead of Rebecca and Daniel Boone in the Upper Yadkin Valley. Taken 4/23/20.