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The salt spring known as "Boon's Lick" in Howard County, Missouri. The Boone's Lick Road or Boonslick Trail was an early 1800s transportation route from eastern to central Missouri in the United States. Running east–west on the north side and roughly parallel to the Missouri River the trail began in the river port of St. Charles. The trail ...
Franklin, Missouri, founded in 1816, became a large port on the Missouri River and an early center of settlement and economic activity. There, the Boone's Lick Trail ended and William Becknell (c.1787/88-1856), blazed the Santa Fe Trail further to the southwest to the adjacent Spanish Empire's colonial territories in its province of New Mexico.
Pigtown is one of the many stops on the Gwynn Falls trail connecting more than thirty Baltimore neighborhoods. It is home to the historic Carroll Park that consists of baseball fields, football fields, basketball courts, a skate park, playgrounds, and Mount Clare. The area also consists of a multitude of warehouses and industrial areas.
1980 U.S. Geological Survey Topographical map of a portion of Independence Missouri with a blurry red line superimposed, showing the route of the ancient "Great Osage Trail" which after 1825 was known as the first section of the Santa Fe Trail, destination New Mexico and Mexico.
Route 87 north / Lewis and Clark Trail west – Glasgow, Boone's Lick Historic Site: Northern end of Route 87 overlap; southern end of Lewis and Clark Trail overlap 209.495: 337.150: US 40 east / Lewis and Clark Trail east – Midway: Northern end of US 40 / Lewis and Clark Trail overlap: Fayette: 221.876: 357.075: Route 240 east to I-70 / US 40
Boone's Lick State Historic Site is located in Missouri, United States, four miles east of Arrow Rock. [4] The park was established in 1960 around one of the saltwater springs that was used in the early 19th century.
Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Missouri" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began at the confluence in 1804, and the explorers returned there at the end of their journey. [4] Following the purchase of the site through the aid of a grant from the Danforth Foundation, the Western Rivers Conservancy conveyed the land to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District in 2001. [6]