Show Plan to Restore Last Home of Daniel Boone St. St Charles Mo The The house in which Daniel Boone died is to be restored to its original appearance Colonel Francis Marion Curlee of St. St Louis a direct descendant of Boones Boone's brother John is the present present present pres pres- ent owner The stone house which changed hands many times was bought in 1904 by a farmer Henry Bollman Bollman sold it to Colonel Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- nel Curlee in 1925 Boones Boone's youngest son Major Nathan Nathan Nathan Na Na- than Boone built the house in 1810 taking almost two years to complete the job because the plaster had to tobe tobe tobe be buried during the winter to ripen rip en All cutting and finishing was done with an adze The walls are two-and-a-half two feet thick Their extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- ex- ex thickness makes the ho house se warm in and cool in summer Most of the furnishing installed by Colonel Curlee Curiae are reproductions some originals of the pioneers pioneer's pe pe- The dining room in the basement basement basement base base- ment is one of the most interesting rooms in the house The sunlight enters from the south on a room with a ceiling of huge timbers native native na na- na tive brick floor and sparse furnishings furnish furnish- ings authentic ings-authentic authentic Windsor chairs table table table ta ta- ta- ta ble and an old-fashioned old sideboard Over the fireplace hangs a Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky long rifle The long foot rifle has a sharply curved short stock fashioned to be fired from the elbow not the shoulder Besides the living li room which extends extends extends ex ex- ex- ex tends the breadth of the house along the east side there are two other chambers on the first floor Three rooms on the second floor are divided divided divided di di- vided by a hall which has been converted converted converted con con- into a library with some 2000 books There are many volumes on Boone and a quaint collection of old books on the code of dueling I |