Nathan Boone (1780–1856) was a veteran of the War of 1812 , a delegate to the Missouri constitutional convention in 1820, and a captain in the 1st United States Regiment of Dragoons at the time of its founding, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel . Nathan was the youngest son of American explorer and frontiersman Daniel Boone .
20-520: Nathan Boone was born at Boone Station , near Athens , Fayette County, Kentucky in 1780 and moved to Spanish Missouri with the family in 1799. In 1807, he and his brother Daniel Morgan Boone first worked the salt licks in what became known as the Booneslick Country . The brothers built the Boone's Lick Road , which became a major overland route in early Missouri, linking St. Louis to
40-509: A number of Boone's Station residents were killed in the war at nearby locations. Daniel's brother Edward was killed by Shawnee in 1780 while hunting with Daniel in present-day Bourbon County . Boone's son Israel and his nephew Thomas were killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782. Boone eventually lost or sold his title to the station land as a result of the chaotic, overlapping land claim system of frontier Kentucky. Exactly when he moved away
60-508: A settler who had been killed in the original raid, but Dodge and Boone stood in the line of fire and forced the nearly mutinous troops to back down. He attained the rank of major in the militia in this war. After he was mustered out Boone retired to his farm in St. Charles County, Missouri . He built the first stone house north of the Missouri and his father died there. In 1820 he was a delegate to
80-468: Is uncertain. In 1783, he either resettled his family in a cabin at nearby Marble Creek, where he lived for a couple of years, or he relocated to Limestone (now part of Maysville ), near the Ohio River . Boone Station ceased to exist as a community by 1791. Boone moved with his family to St. Charles County, Missouri in 1799, after losing the last of his land claims. It was then under Spanish rule, but
100-622: The Missouri constitutional convention He participated in the Black Hawk War in 1832. After the conclusion of those hostilities, he entered the regular army as captain in the United States Regiment of Dragoons, direct predecessor of the 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States Army) , the regiment's first commander being Colonel Dodge. He participated in the First Dragoon Expedition , notable for making
120-503: The Native American threat persisted still. The American Rangers only suffered 2 slightly wounded. He also took part in an expedition led by Henry Dodge to relieve settlers who had been raided by Miami Indians . He and Dodge saved 150 Miamis from massacre by members of their own militia. The Miamis had agreed to surrender as prisoners of war, and certain members of the militia became angered when they found contraband belonging to
140-513: The Rangers camped. A fellow Ranger who acted as a sentry reported that he believed enemy Indian combatants were lurking in the darkness surrounding their camp. Nathan doubled his sentries, ordered his men to sleep away from the fire, and placed them behind trees around the camp. Near midnight, the Indians numbering at least 60 warriors launched a full scale surprise attack and opened heavy fire into
160-455: The camp from one side. Both the Ranger sentries were shot and wounded. The Rangers fell back firing into the darkness where they saw muzzle flashes and heard loud voices. The Rangers took cover behind the trees on the other side of camp. Nathan crouched behind a tree and realized his rangers were outnumbered. The Rangers behind their trees frantically reloaded and fired trying to see their enemy in
180-533: The darkness. Boone shouted his men to fall back from tree to tree. Nathan and his rangers ran off into the brush to safety. Nathan and his rangers rallied into a circle behind some trees. The rangers held their position behind their trees while the Indians were busy looting the camp. In the morning, the Indians had left with loot and as many ranger horses as they could take. Nathan and his rangers found only half their mounts. Nathan and his rangers withdrew back to base to inform their commander of confirmed intelligence that
200-586: The exploits of his grandfathers and father in the Revolution and the War of 1812. He developed a keen interest in the history of those times. Starting in the 1838, Lyman Draper corresponded with people who were early settlers in the Trans-Allegheny region during the second half of the 18th century. He also traveled extensively in the region to gain a better feel for the territory. Draper's professed purpose
220-511: The fall of 1851, Nathan Boone and his wife Olive were interviewed by Wisconsin Historical Society archivist Lyman C. Draper concerning his famous father. Along with the interviews, Boone presented Draper with a collection of family papers. Draper wrote a manuscript about Daniel Boone which was finally published as an edited and annotated version in 1998. Boone Station State Historic Site Boone Station State Historic Site
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#1732800908882240-767: The first contact between the United States federal government and the southern plains Indians. His army service further included participation in the Second Dragoon Expedition , surveying the boundaries between the Creek and Cherokee Indian nations, and leading his own expedition into the southwestern plains in 1843. In 1847, he was made major in the army, and lieutenant-colonel in 1853. In 1853, Nathan Boone resigned and retired to his home in Ash Grove , Greene County, Missouri , where he died in 1856. In
260-567: The fort nearby in 1776. During the American Revolution , Daniel moved to his son Israel's settlement, which consisted at its height of 15 to 20 families. Like other "stations" in frontier Kentucky, Boone's Station probably consisted of a number of cabins which shared a common outside wall to defend against American Indian raids. Unlike Boonesborough, Boone Station saw little action during the Revolutionary War, although
280-653: The region. He published 10 volumes of historical notes for the Wisconsin Historical Society, as well as a volume about the Battle of King's Mountain (1780). This featured many of the early settlers. Draper was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1877. He died on August 26, 1891, in Madison, Wisconsin. The Lyman Draper Manuscript Collection includes his extensive notes and correspondence as well as
300-608: The western frontier of the United States at that time, and later to Fort Osage and the Santa Fe Trail . Boone took part in the War of 1812 as captain of a company of United States Rangers which scouted in the country between the Mississippi and Illinois . On August 7, 1813. Boone and sixteen Rangers went on a patrol across Mississippi to gather intelligence to the north between the river and Illinois. Boone and his Rangers patrolled for 2 days but found nothing. At night,
320-627: The works and papers of a number of notable early Americans, collected by Lyman Draper on the history of the trans-Allegheny West. This area includes portions of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, the entire Ohio Valley, and the Mississippi Valley. Among the most notable of the figures whose papers he collected are Joseph Brant , Daniel Boone , George Rogers Clark , Thomas S. Hinde , John Donelson , James Robertson , General Joseph Martin , and Simon Kenton . Most materials cover
340-488: Was a 46-acre (190,000 m ) Kentucky State Historic Site on Boone's Creek near Athens in Fayette County , Kentucky , USA. Boone's Station , initially known as Boone's New Station to distinguish it from the fort which is now known as Boonesborough , was the home of Daniel Boone , the famed frontiersman, from 1779 until 1782. Athens at the time was named "Cross Plains" and Boone's son Israel established
360-529: Was a librarian and historian who served as secretary for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin . Draper also served as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin from 1858 to 1860. Lyman Copeland Draper was born on September 4, 1815, in Evans, New York , a descendant of early Massachusetts settler James Draper (1618–1694). Growing up he often heard about
380-731: Was acquired by the United States in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase. This area was east of the Missouri River in its north–south orientation. Boone lived there, in what became known as Defiance, Missouri , for the last 20 years of his life. The site was transferred to David's Fork Baptist Church in December 2018. 37°57′11″N 84°21′18″W / 37.95306°N 84.35500°W / 37.95306; -84.35500 Lyman C. Draper Lyman Copeland Draper (September 4, 1815 – August 26, 1891)
400-528: Was to shed light on the era and gain knowledge before it was completely forgotten. He planned to write a series of biographies on early settlers in the region and document the Indian Wars in the Ohio River Valley . Although Draper never finished his biographies, his correspondence with survivors of the time and their relatives provide the largest single first-hand account of the settlement of
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