Historic Daniel Boone Home

Historic Daniel Boone Home
Highway F
Defiance, MO
636-798-2005

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Journey West at Historic Daniel Boone Home
DEFIANCE, MO, (SLFP.com), March 27, 2013 - The Historic Daniel Boone Home and Heritage Center's Journey West event on April 20, 2013, will provide an opportunity for visitors to travel back in time and learn about the history of westward travel.

In the 19th century, the West beckoned people with its prime land, prosperous trading, and the chance for a new life. Small towns would fill with visitors needing food, goods, and livestock. Travel back in time and learn first-hand what it took to prepare for this journey and make it in the land of opportunity.

As visitors make their way through the village, they will negotiate for goods, trade livestock, purchase material, and discuss the voyage ahead, just as people did in the past. The site's historic pioneer village will be transformed into a living history town with men and women preparing for travel. Visitors will be able to view the many historic buildings and live animals, including horses and sheep. Guests to the event will also be able to see the Historic Daniel Boone Home brought to life as well. Visitors will be able to meet the family and glimpse at what life in the home was really like.

The event begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (55 and older), and $6 for children (age 4-11). The price includes admission to the event as well as seeing the Daniel Boone Home. Group rates are available with a two-week prior reservation. For more information, call 636-798-2005.

The Daniel Boone Home, located in Defiance, MO, was hand-built with limestone from a nearby Missouri quarry and black walnut. See feature page on Pioneer Days at Daniel Boone Home

The drawing room features Daniel's writing desk. His famous portrait hangs over one of seven black walnut mantels hand-carved by Boone. The couch, cc. 1650, is made of apple wood hand carved by Daniel's grandfather.

Experience Missouri's Frontier at Daniel Boone Home
ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com) - Step back in time to experience the Missouri frontier of the early 1800s at the historic Daniel Boone Home, in the Femme Osage Valley at Defiance, MO. Visitors can see museum pieces including explorer and statesman Boone's writing desk, "Long Rifles," family dishes and period furniture in a special guided tour.

The four-story Georgian-style structure was hand-built with quarried Missouri limestone and black walnut by the Boone family over seven years. The house resembles Daniel's birthplace in Pennsylvania and ancestral residences in Devon, England. The house was home to Daniel, his wife Rebecca and their ten children.

"Our goal is to preserve our Early American heritage and make it real for children," said Barb Stum, who is a period hearth cook. Stum delights in explaining how families lived in the early 1800s to school children.

"We want people to get the feel of the way things were back then," she noted. "When you talk history with dates, places and people, it can get very boring. However, when children can some in and see first hand someone spinning or making candles, it really makes an impression." The Boonesfield Village features seven buildings including a one-room school house, a chairmaker's shop, chapel and a wealthy merchant's home.

Strum related a story that Daniel traded his bridle, saddle and horse for 650 acres of land. In 1813, when Daniel was 80, he sent his youngest son, Nathan, to New Orleans to register the property to serve as a "living will." New Orleans was the seat of government at the time for the Louisiana territory. "So that is why the house is referred to as the Nathan Boone home even though Daniel lived in this house longer than any other home and help build it."

Historic Marker at the Daniel Boone Home.

The house features a private apartment for Daniel and Rebecca so they could have peace and quite, noted Stum. She added that when the house was put back together in the early sixties as a touring home, many of the original family furniture pieces were donated by Boone's family. Recently, the historic home and village was merged with Lindenwood University. Funds will be used to continue the restoration of the Boone Home, maintain the gardens, restore and put up more old buildings in the village.

The hour and one half tour includes a 25-minute movie, Daniel Boone in Missouri, filmed on location with re-enactors and volunteers. This historical site is located on Highway F, 35 miles west of St. Louis. For directions, group tour rates or information on wedding chapel bookings, call (636) 798-2005.

Special Events:
Pioneer Days (archived feature of fall event)
Christmas Candlelight Tour (December)

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