Boone Station State Historic Site was a
Kentucky State Historic Site on
Boone's Creek near
Athens
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in
Fayette County,
Kentucky
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, USA.
Boone's New Station
Boone's Station, initially known as Boone's New Station to distinguish it from the fort which is now known as
Boonesborough, was the home of
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (, 1734September 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 beyo ...
, the famed frontiersman, from 1779 until 1782. Athens at the time was named "Cross Plains"
and Boone's son Israel established the fort nearby in 1776.
During the
American Revolution
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, Daniel moved to his son Israel's settlement, which consisted at its height of 15 to 20 families. Like other "stations" in frontier Kentucky, Boone's Station probably consisted of a number of cabins which shared a common outside wall to defend against
American Indian raids. Unlike Boonesborough, Boone Station saw little action during the Revolutionary War, although a number of Boone's Station residents were killed in the war at nearby locations. Daniel's brother Edward was killed by
Shawnee
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Their precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed through Ohi ...
in 1780 while hunting with Daniel in present-day
Bourbon County. Boone's son Israel and his nephew Thomas were killed at the
Battle of Blue Licks
The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. O ...
in 1782.
Boone eventually lost or sold his title to the station land as a result of the chaotic, overlapping land claim system of frontier Kentucky. Exactly when he moved away is uncertain. In 1783, he either resettled his family in a cabin at nearby Marble Creek, where he lived for a couple of years, or he relocated to Limestone (now part of
Maysville), near the
Ohio River
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. Boone Station ceased to exist as a community by 1791.
Boone moved with his family to
St. Charles County, Missouri
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in 1799, after losing the last of his land claims. It was then under Spanish rule, but was acquired by the United States in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase. This area was east of the Missouri River in its north–south orientation. Boone lived there, in what became known as
Defiance, Missouri
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, for the last 20 years of his life.
The site was transferred to David's Fork Baptist Church in December 2018.
Further reading
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See also
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Boonesborough, the original Boone's Station
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Fort Boonesborough State Park, the recreated stockade nearby
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Booneville, also known as Boone's Station in the 19th century
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Squire Boone's Station
Squire Boone's Station, also known as Painted Stone Station, was an 18th-century settlement in Kentucky in the United States. It was established in late 1779 or in the spring of 1780 by Squire Boone, Daniel Boone's pioneer brother, on the Clear ...
, a settlement established by Daniel's brother
References
External links
Boone Station State Historical Site from the Kentucky Department of Parks
Boone Station map
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Former populated places in Kentucky
Kentucky in the American Revolution