Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site, located two miles north of
Ash Grove,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
, is a state-owned property that preserves the home built in 1837 by
Nathan Boone
Nathan Boone (1780–1856) was a veteran of the War of 1812, a delegate to the Missouri constitutional convention in 1820, and a captain in the 1st United States Regiment of Dragoons at the time of its founding, eventually rising to the rank of lie ...
, the youngest child of
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the we ...
.
[ The Nathan Boone House, which was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1969, is a -story "classic" saddle-bag pioneer log house, constructed of hand-hewn oak log walls that rest on a stone foundation.[
]
See also
*Boone's Lick State Historic Site
Boone's Lick State Historic Site is located in Missouri, United States, four miles east of Arrow Rock. The park was established in 1960 around one of the saltwater springs that was used in the early 19th century. It was named after Nathan and D ...
References
External links
Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Missouri State Historic Sites
Historic house museums in Missouri
Protected areas established in 1991
Museums in Greene County, Missouri
Boone
Protected areas of Greene County, Missouri
1991 establishments in Missouri
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Houses completed in 1837
National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Missouri
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