GRACE is my 13 year old GRANDNIECE. Each summer for the past several years, she's come to my house for a week to attend the local YMCA DAY CAMP. She loved camp, but at age 13, she decided she'd rather just visit with me instead.
She is a such a DELIGHT to be with. She didn't want to do any "ROAD TRIPS", but was excited to visit two local points of interest with me.
She arrived on Wednesday. On Thursday we drove about 35 minutes to Birdsboro, PA to the DANIEL BOONE HOMESTEAD. This has been on my bucket list for some time now because my grandmother used to say to me all the time "You know, you're a KIN to DANIEL BOONE!!". I'm just starting genealogy, so I hope to find out what she was talking about. I have two friends who are also related to Daniel Boone - I just might find more cousins than I ever expected!
Born in 1734, DANIEL was raised here before he headed off to KENTUCKY. What a beautiful HOMESTEAD!! I recommend a visit, and especially to all who love the look of CHESTER COUNTY STONE buildings (although the property is in Berks County).
In the next two pictures, look closely at the bottom section of stone - how it's so closely knit together. This is the original base of DANIEL BOONE'S home - a log house built in 1730. The larger stones above that, were added later by subsequent owners as additions.
Below was their SMOKEHOUSE for meats and fish.
A local, historic, water-powered SAWMILL was moved to this property in 1972.
In 1777, the DE TURK FAMILY (Pennsylvania Germans) bought this property and are buried in the cemetery there. As you can see, two headstones remain. Their family lived at this Homestead into the 1820's.
The BOONE HOUSE interior is decorated with pieces from that time period, not from the BOONE FAMILY. Here are the 3 rooms on the FIRST FLOOR.
A WORK ROOM (wool spinning) and BEDROOMS are on the second floor.
What a SLAVE'S ROOM would have looked like.
And the ORIGINAL BOONE HOUSE CELLAR - for food storage and their natural SPRING for fresh water.
Notice the large slice of tree in the left corner - the RINGS were counted and prove that this tree was on the property when DANIEL BOONE lived here.
Notice the large slice of tree in the left corner - the RINGS were counted and prove that this tree was on the property when DANIEL BOONE lived here.
And naturally I had to have GRACE pose with the tour guides.......
LUNCH at PEDDLER'S VILLAGE BAKERY ended our outing. If you are local and haven't eaten here, I HIGHLY recommend it. Closed on Mondays.
Stay tuned for my next Blog post - about another local outing - a visit to the WHARTON ESHERICK STUDIO in CHESTER SPRINGS, PA.
JOAN
This post is wonderful and does such a great job of showing how nice this historic location truly is. Happy you brought your family there! I don't think we are cousins after all. I kept researching to find that after Sarah Boone Stover died, her husband migrated to VA and I think that is where my ancestors "blossomed." Close though, Joan! What a beautiful setting for Daniel's PA home. ~Carla & Dave
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Carla and Dave. I'm so sorry to hear that we aren't "cousins"!! Oh well. Are you related to Gini? Great countryside in Chester County, isn't it?! xoxo
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