Fort Boonesborough Site - Richmond, KY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Fort Boonesborough was a frontier fort in Kentucky, founded by Daniel Boone and his men following their crossing of the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775.

The Boonesborough Chapter DAR owns and maintains the orginal site of Fort Boonesborough. The site is surrounded by a stone wall and features a Memorial to the Pioneers of Kentucky. Names of the original settlers of Fort Boonesborough are inscribed on the stone memorial.

In 1987, University of Kentucky archeologist Nancy O'Malley began investigating the site of Fort Boonesborough. Before conducting the archeological investigations, she sifted through hundreds of pages of historic documents describing the fort and its location. Archeological fieldwork yielded the remains of a dry-laid stone foundation and a number of late-eighteenth- century artifacts. Investigations in 2012 uncovered more of the stone foundation, an associated hearth, and more artifacts

Street address: Fort Boonesborough State Park Richmond, Kentucky United States County / Borough / Parish: Madison Year listed: 1996 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military Periods of significance: 1750-1799 Historic function: Defense - Fortification Current function: Landscape - Kentucky State Park Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] National Historic Landmark Link: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed

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