Boonesborough is one of America’s most historic and scenic places. 

In the spring of 1775, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone led a party of settlers to this place on the Kentucky River.  They erected Fort Boonesborough as headquarters for Richard Henderson’s Transylvania Company.  The fort withstood a siege by 400 Shawnee Indians in 1778. Two years before, the Indians had captured the daughters of Boone and Richard Callaway; Boone himself led a party on the girls’ successful rescue. The year 1779 saw establishment of the Boonesborough ferry, the first in Kentucky, which continued in operation until replaced by a bridge in 1931.

In 1905, the US Army Corps of Engineers erected a lock and dam at Boonesborough. A breaching of the dam uncovered a luxurious sand beach that became a beacon for visitors and a focal point of the Boonesborough Beach Resort, established in 1909. The resort was replaced by Fort Boonesborough State Park in 1965. That same decade saw Fess Parker bring Boonesborough to national recognition with his popular television series Daniel Boone. With the opening of the replica fort at the state park, visitors now have an opportunity to take a walk back in history—a journey to the western frontier of 1775.

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Settling Boonesborough
Journals, Letters and Other Documents, 1775
by Harry Enoch & Anne Crabb

Few places have a more storied past than Boonesborough, the Kentucky frontier outpost of the Transylvania Company. Boonesborough was a major focal point for the host of pioneers migrating West in 1775 and thereafter. This tiny settlement on the banks of Kentucky River would weather multiple Indian attacks, the capture and rescue of the daughters of Daniel Boone and Richard Callaway, the capture and captivity of Boone's salt makers, and a protracted siege of the fort by more the 400 Shawnee Indians. This work tells the story of Boonesborough's first year from journals, letters and other documents of 1775.

Boone’s role in recovering his daughter Jemima and Betsy and Fanny Callaway contributed to his becoming the most celebrated Kentuckian of the 18th century. His part in the capture and rescue was the subject of endless telling and retelling of the events

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Chalfant also includes background on the family that found and donated the antler, in addition to a look at the time line that would have put Daniel Boone in the area in 1778 (the date scribed on the antler.

Proceeds from this book bebefit The Fort Boonesborough Foundation.

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Boonesborough Unearthed by Nancy O’Malley

After more than 30 years of research, Nancy O'Malley has compiled her research in the new book Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort. This groundbreaking book presents new information and fresh insights about Fort Boonesborough and life in frontier Kentucky. O'Malley examines the story of this historical landmark from its founding during a time of war into the nineteenth century.

O'Malley also delves into the lives of the settlers who lived there and explores the Transylvania Company's dashed hopes of forming a fourteenth colony at the fort. This insightful and informative work is a fascinating exploration into Kentucky's frontier past.

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African Americans at Fort Boonesborough 1775-1784

by Harry Enoch and Anne Crabb

Boonesborough is one of Kentucky’s most historic places.  It was the wilderness outpost of Richard Henderson’s Transylvania Company and, for a few years, home to Daniel Boone.Although African Americans arrived at Boonesborough literally at the same time as whites, there is scant reference to them in contemporary letters, depositions, interviews, or memoirs.  On the rare occasions they are mentioned, they are usually referred to not by name but as someone’s “servant” or “negro.”  Over the next two centuries very little was added to the story of blacks at Boonesborough.

Boone Trace - Opening the Western Frontier by George Chalfant

A Historical Perspective of Boone Trace in Kentucky 1775-1795
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Firearms and Ammunition Used by Fort Defenders and Native Americans at Fort Boonesborough 1777-1778

by George Chalfant
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 Women at Fort Boonesborough

Fort Boonesborough is one of Kentucky's most historic places and, although seldom mentioned in popular accounts, women were present from the very beginning. This work includes women whose presence at the fort can be reasonably documented by historical evidence. The time period was limited to the years between 1774, when the fort was established, and 1784, when the threat of Indian attacks had subsided and the fort's stockade walls were taken down.
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And the Battle Began Like Claps of Thunder

The Siege  of Fort Boonesborough 1778- As Told by The Pioneers. Compiled and edited by Anne Crabb

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The Fort Boonesborough Foundation is pleased to add a DVD entitled The 1778 Siege of Fort Boonesborough. Telling the story of the great Siege the film was produced by Graphic Enterprises/Pioneer Times in 2008 and shot live at The Fort Boonesborough Siege Re-Enactment. It also includes a section from Fort Manager Bill Farmer about the historic significance of The Siege. A portion of the proceeds to support the Foundations mission.

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 William Calk’s Journal of a Trip to Boonesborough in 1775

Edited By Harry Enoch with all proceeds supporting the Fort Boonesborough Foundation.
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On April 15, 2017 Fort Boonesborough State Park will have the official opening of The Daniel Boone Memorabilia Collection.  After a lifetime of collecting, Mr. Ray Buckberry of Bowling Green, Kentucky has donated his memorabilia collection to the Fort Boonesborough Foundation. The Foundation has placed the collection on loan to the State Park. Mr. Buckberry along with members of the foundation will be present at the opening at 1:30 pm inside the fort.

Mr. Buckberry collected everything Daniel Boone including a large assortment of items featuring Fess Parker and the TV Series of the same name. Items included are books, art prints and everything from lunch boxes to lamps. The Foundation members have found cases, catalogued, and set up the item displays. One cabin at the fort will be devoted to the Memorabilia, both in the cases, along with prints, photos and framed items on the walls. In addition, a case has been added to the campground store where visitors to the campground can also view items.

A whole generation grew up with Daniel Boone on television and a new younger generation is now being exposed to those shows on western and retro cable channels. Although the Foundation acknowledges that not all the items are correct to the time period, it is still a wonderful look at the impact Daniel Boone had on the American public.

The Fort is open 9-5 Wednesday to Sunday, April thru October. Other cabins are staffed with period dressed personal who can talk with visitors about life in the 18th century.

Fort Boonesborough Foundation, Inc.
4375 Boonesborough Road
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
859-527-3131