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Squire
Boone Room
Room #6 -- $79-$99 |
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BEDS - Rope, Pencil Post Cherry Wood
(reproductions) with hand crocheted coverlet
BRASS BED WARMER - Holds hot coals to warm bed
CHEST - Birdseye Maple, circa 1800 from Rowe Estate, Corydon, IN
ARMOIRE - Walnut 7' tall - Used in "old days" as a closet
PICTURE - Squire Boone Mill
GAME TABLE - Inlaid Star Pattern
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Of the early pioneers in Southern Indiana, the most well
remembered was Squire Boone, the brother of Daniel Boone. The
Boone family were natives of Pennsylvania, but moved to North
Carolina in 1750 when Squire was about six years old. At the
age of sixteen, young Squire was sent back to Pennsylvania to
learn the gunsmith trade. On his return to North Carolina, he
married Jane VanCleve and subsequently produced four sons and
one daughter.
Like Daniel, Squire was a noted hunter, explorer, trail
blazer, and Indian fighter. In November, 1769, Squire and
another frontiersman, John Stuart, followed the famous
Warrior's Path through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky in
search of Daniel, who was on an exploring journey. The two
Boones met and were immediately engaged in a fight with a band
of Indians. John Stuart was killed, but the Boone brothers
escaped and returned to their families.
Early in 1776, Squire and his family joined his brother
Daniel and other settlers in Kentucky. Squire, who was an
ordained Baptist minister, performed the first marriage
ceremony in Kentucky. Also, his youngest son Enoch was the
first white male child born in Kentucky. During his
twenty-eight years in Kentucky, Squire Boone took an active
part in the defense of the area settlements against Indian
raids. Several times he was wounded during the attacks. He was
a well respected man and participated in many hunting and
exploring expeditions in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
In 1804, Squire Boone moved his family to present day
Harrison County, Indiana. On a previous hunting trip, he had
discovered a small cave near Buck Creek where he had hidden
from hostile Indians during an attack. He remembered the cave
and spring, and that particular section of land became the
Boone's new Indian home. Squire and his sons cleared the land
for farming, built a large log cabin, and near the spring,
built the first grist mill in Harrison County.
As the old pioneer entered his twilight years, he called
his sons together and left instructions for his burial. He
requested that they place his body in the small cavern which
he had used in escaping the Indian war party. He had already
built a large walnut coffin for his remains, and when he died
in August of 1815, at the age of 71, his sons buried him as he
requested. A huge stone was placed over the entrance of the
small cave and his remains lay undisturbed for many years.
Eventually, relic hunters began removing parts of the coffin
and even some bones of the old pioneer. Finally, the remaining
bones were removed by Squire Boone's relatives to a secret
burial place in the Bluegrass State.
As for the Boone farm along Buck Creek, progress eluded
the area, and it is once again a primitive, peaceful valley
with very few residences where the grist mill used to grind
corn for the early pioneers of Harrison County. Boone's Mill
and Village have been authentically restored in recent years. |
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