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 Boone's Lick Road - Grant’s Stage Stand - Callaway County, MO Posted by:  gparkes
N 38° 55.039 W 091° 45.752
15S E 607280 N 4308329
Grant's Stage Stand marker along the historic Boone's Lick Road. This marker represents a town that no longer exists
Waymark Code: WM5TMH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2009
Views: 10
BOONE'S LICK ROAD
Grant’s Stage Stand (1821)
Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the
State of Missouri
1913
Grants is listed as having a post office from 1830 through 1832. That being said, nothing much is mentioned other than being a stage coach stop for a short time.
Today, nothing remains of the town, save for this marker, in very good condition, sitting on top of this intersection of two gravel roads. Looking from the top you see nothing of significance. Large open farm fields, and withing hearing distance of the Interstate, but I wonder, what the scene must have looked like 180 years ago.
The road originated as an old Indian trace. In the 1764, the first part of the road was expanded by trappers through St. Louis County, Missouri. This part of the road is known as St. Charles Rock Road. The road was expanded by brothers Daniel Morgan and Nathanal Boone, sons of famous frontiersman Daniel Boone, as part of gaining access to salt springs near present day New Franklin, Missouri. The complete road from St. Louis to Franklin, Missouri takes its name from the Boone brothers. In 1821, William Becknell established a road from Franklin to Santa Fe, Mexico, there by establishing the Santa Fe Trail. The Santa Fe Trail at Kansas City splits off into other major wagon roads such as the California and Oregon Trails. The Boone's Lick road is the land route to the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail and carried many of those who would settle the west.
Road of Trail Name: Boone's Lick or Boonslick Road
State: Missouri
County: Callaway
Historical Significance:
Reading the book anotated below gave a good overview of the locations of the marker.
Years in use: 1805 to 1880's and developed into State and County roads.
How you discovered it:
Reading the book anotated below gave a good overview of the locations of the marker
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
"Historic Sites and Markers Along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails" by Stanley B. Kimball
Website Explination:
State Park information for the end of the trail can be found at: http://mostateparks.com/booneslick.htm
As well as about the spring at: http://www.nps.gov/archive/safe/fnl-sft/photos/mopages/saltspg.htm
Why?:
Initially, the Boone's Lick road was originally an Indian-hunting trace. The discovery of a saline spring near Franklin, MO, created a business oportunity for the Boone brothers. They marked the road for passage to and from the salt spring.
As westward expansion proceeded, the road was used by thousands going westward. The road was used from St. Louis to New Franklin (re-established after "old" Franklin was destroyed by a flood). From New Franklin, people would gain access to the Santa Fe Trail.
This access became the starting point for access to all the major westward expansion roads, the California, Oregon, and Santa Fe, to name a few.
Directions:
This is a difficult location to get to just using the coordnates alone!
The easiest way to get to this marker is I-70, exit 161. Go north on County Highway D for one block until the intersection of Williamsburg. Go west on County Highway D, or old US-40. When the county highway turns to the south, follow, crossing over I-70. Immediately after crossing, turn west on the outer road. Follow this road through a 90 degree turn to the south. The marker is found on the southwest corner of this intersection.
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Visit Instructions:
To post a log for this Waymark the poster must have a picture of either themselves, GPSr, or mascot. People in the picture with information about the waymark are preferred. If the waymarker can not be in the picture a picture of their GPSr or mascot will qualify. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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