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Daniel Boone Home Historic Site
Daniel Boone Historic Home
Daniel Boone Historic Village
We visited the Daniel Boone Home Historic Site and toured the home on May 6, 2023. The site is owned by the St. Charles County park system, which is unique to this type of historic site. It seems they are continuing to grow the mock village all the time by moving buildings within a 50 mile radius on location. The hard work and efforts are really showing. It is located at 1868 Highway F, Defiance, Missouri, and we discovered while driving home that it is not far from the Katy Trail State Park and a winery route on Highway 94.
This is a photo of the house as seen from the main road into the village.
This is where Daniel Boone and his wife built a small cabin next to the house which was later destroyed.
The following are photos of the inside of the house. Watch the video above to learn a lot more about this house and the owners.
The parlor
I found the plat map on the wall in the living room interesting. The land Daniel Boone originally owned was too close to the Missouri River and flooded. He ended up living in this home which was his son Nathan Boone's home. See the video for other discussions about the plat map.
The sitting room.
Daniel Boone's bedroom where he died.
He did not die in this bed, but the bed was in this location.
This is a view from the deck on th eback of the house as it overlooks the village.
Nathan and Olive Boone's bedroom
The girl's room.
The dining room in the basement.
The kitchen in the basement.
The curn was execavated and "may' have been owned by Daniel Boon.
This is below the deck as we left to head to the next house in the distance.
From the far back of the village I zoomed in and got this photo of the back of the house with the garden in front of it.
This is another photo of the back of the house.
The give you a map for a self-guided tour of the rest of the village which consists of buildings that were moved here from within a 50 mile radious to create an 1800s village.
This was at the entrance as we walked in and intrigued me.
I found this timeline interesting. I am trying to learn more about my ancestors who were in the area at the same time as Daniel Boone. For instance, one of my ancestors in the area died in 1811 and during the tour he mentioned that is much more dangerous here before the War of 1812.
Many of the people who traveled to Missouri followed the same path as the Boones, so this map is of interest. I know several of mine were in the same path of Pennsalvania to North Carolina to Kentucky to Missouri.
I am thinking that this just hides a shed of tools to maintain the gardens and whatnot, but I just loved how it looked and it is the first thing you see when you walk through the gates from the gift shop.
2. Squire Boone home (1802)
Squire Boone was a younger brother of Daniel Boone who had acquired land near Old Monroe (then Upper Louisiana) and started building this house, but never finished it, which is why it is so small. His sons convinced him to go back to Kentucky and he never returned. It was moved here.
2b. The Gardens next to the Squire Boone home
I took a lot of photos of the gardens and I stopped by each thing growing in the above video, but there is not room to put them all on this page. I just love old 1800's gardens and wish mine could be more like them.
3. Mount Hope School
This school was original in St. Paul, Missouri.
4. Sappington Dressel House (1806/1808)
We found this house interesting. It was moved from Gravois Road in St. Louis and it is hard to imagine moving a house this big that far. It was built between 1806 and 1808 by Zephaniah Sappington and if you have every lived in the St. Louis area you know the road named Sappington and I guess I have never thought about why it was named as such. The house was next to the home of President Ulysses S. Grant. The home was purchased by Henry Dressel in 1887.
5. Milliner and Dressmaker Shop
This was originally in St. Charles County and was formerly a detached kitchen.
We missed the Pottery Shop (6) which was behind the dressmaker shop.
7. Carpenter Shop
The carpenter shop was moved here from Flint Hill, Missouri and contains hand hewn walnut logs.
8. Old Peace Chapel (mid-1800's)
They did a great job of making the church the center of the village. No matter which building you are at, the church stands out. It even stands out from the covered bridge. Old Peace Chapel was moved here from just 5 miles away in New Melle, Missouri, as Friedens Church. It was originally a general store and dance hall but became a church in 1904.
There was a wedding to begin in a hour or so and folks were gathering at the church, but I was allowed to sneak in and take a peak from the back of the church.
9. Stake House (1828)
I am assuming Stake is the last name of an owner of this home which was moved from a quarter mile away.
10. Detached Kitchen (circa 1836)
To the side and behind the Stake House is a detached kitchen which was first part of the Benedict Warmbrodt Home on Lemay Ferry Road in South County, St. Louis, Missouri. It is now interpreted as a detached kitchen.
10b.
This building is next to the Stake House and the detached kitchen and is not labeled or included in the book that we could find.
Sugar Camp and Canebrake was next at the end of the field and it seems I did not take photos of it. The Sugar Camp is where Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca set up a three-sided cabin their first winter spent here on Nathan's property to make maple sugar. There were three kettles that were kept going day and night. The Canebrake is an example of what existed all along this area back in the day.
11. Ingledew and Hays-Coshow House (circa 1830's)
This house was moved here from Robersville, Missouri and is a dog-trot style home. It was donated by Velma Ingledew, but belonged to Boone descendants of the Hays-Coshow family.
12. Blacksmith Shop
The blacksmith shop was built by volunteers in 2012.
13. Gunsmith Shop (mid-1800's)
The Gunsmith Shop was built by volunteers.
14. Surveyor Shop (1860's)
The Surveyor Shop was a post office moved from nearby Schluersburg, Missouri. It is interpreted as a Surveyor Shop because Daniel Boone and his sons Nathan and Daniel Morgan were all surveyors.
15. General Store (1840)
The general store was moved here from Schluersburg, Missouri, as the Surveyor Shop was as well.
16. Grist Mill (1846)
The Grist Mill was moved here from Warren County, Missouri, and is a horizontal walking wheel mill powered by animals.
16B. Covered Bridge
The covered bridge is not mentioned in the phamplet we received.
I really liked how the bridge was far from the loop of the village and yet the church was still the center of attention.
17. Callaway House (1822/1812)
He talked a lot about the Callaway House in the tour of the Boone home, so when you listen to that video above, you will know which house he is talking about. This house was moved here from Marthasville, Missouri and often visited by Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca because their daughter Jemima lived here with her husband Flanders Callaway. The visitations for both Daniel and Rebecca were held in this home in Robertsville where both were originally buried.
18. Newton Howell House (circa 1820)
This home was moved here from Montgomery County, Missouri and belonged to Newton Howell. The Boone and Howell families were connected by marriage and knew each other out east as well.
