Squire Boone's Station, 1779 - Shelbyville, Kentucky
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member BluegrassCache
N 38° 12.664 W 085° 12.940
16S E 656215 N 4230738
This marks the area that Pioneer Daniel Boone's brother, Squire, brought settlers to in 1776.
Waymark Code: WM54W3
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
Views: 17

Marker reads:

"Painted Stone" 2½ miles north on Eminence Road, thence, ½ mile west to site on Clear Creek. For nearly 2 years only large station on the Wilderness Road between Harrodstown and the Falls of the Ohio River. Ground plan found among papers of Gen. George Rogers Clark. Disastrous attack by Indians 1781-re-occupied by the whites. First improved 1775-called "Painted Stone Tract" 1776.


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Marker Name: Squire Boone's Station, 1779

Marker Location: City

Type of Marker: Battle (war)

Marker Number (for official markers): 28

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