Boone's Lick Trail
MOIn 1799, Daniel Boone moved to Missouri and he blazed a trail west from what is now St. Charles. When Lewis and Clark noted the presence of a salt lick along the Missouri River, Nathan and Daniel M. Boone (sons of Daniel) improved the trail from Saint Charles to a point just northwest of present day Boonville. The road terminated at the Boones' salt lick. A few years later, there was a movement to make the trail a wagon road and in 1827 this was done. The salt lick was used up until 1833; a state historic site now preserve's the Boones' small settlement.
Route 40 roughly parallels the Boone's Lick Train from Saint Charles to Franklin, Missouri.
View user comments below.
|
 |
 |
Santa Fe Trail and Boone's Lick Trail (1912). Click here for a larger display.
|
|
 |
|
Boone's Lick Trail. Click here for a larger display.
|
For more information:
No comments have been posted.
Feedback: Do you have corrections or contributions for this page? Want to make a suggestion? Click here to send me an e-mail. I am espcially interested in memories, stories, postcards and photographs. Thanks!
Last updated: 2010-10-22 20:22:57 |
