| Show Plan to Restore Last Home of Daniel Boone St Charles Mo MoThe The The house In which Daniel Boone died is lS to be restored to its original appearance Colonel Francis Marion Curlee ol of olSt St Louis a direct descendant of Boone s brother John is the pres present ent eat owner The stone house which changed hands many times was bought in 1904 1804 by a farmer Henry BoUman Bollman Bollman BoUman sold it to Colo Colonel net nel Curlee in 1925 1825 Boone s youngest son Major Na Nathan Na- Na Nathan Nathan than Boone Boons built the house in 1 1810 takIng almost two years to complete the job because the plaster hid had to tobe tobe tobe be burled buried during the winter to rip ripen ripen ripen en All AU cutting and finishing was done with an adze The walls are two and a half halt feet thick Their ex- ex ex extraordinary thickness makes the house warm In and cool in summer Most of the furnishing installed by Colonel Curlee are reproductions some originals of at the pioneers pioneer's period pee pe- period The dining room In the base base- basement basement ment is li one of the most interesting rooms in the house The sunlight enters from the south on a room with a ceiling of ot huge timbers na- na native native na native tive brick floor and sparse furnish furnish- furnishings ings Ings authentic authentic Windsor chairs ta- ta table ta table ble and an eon old fashioned sideboard Over the fireplace hangs a Ken Ken- Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky tucky long rifle rille The five toot foot long rifle has a sharply curved short stock fashioned to be fired from the elbow not the shoulder Besides the living room which ex- ex extends ex extends tends the breadth of ot the house along the east cast side there are two other chambers on the first floor Three rooms on the second floor are di divided di- di divided divided vided by a hall haU which has been con con- converted converted converted into a library with some 2 books There are many volumes on Boone and a quaint collection of old books on the code of dueling |
