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Show DANIEL BOONE HOME DESERTED Birthplace of Famous Kentucky Ken-tucky Pioneer Is Falling Fall-ing to Ruin H LADING, Pa,, .Maraji 1 ..Deteriorated ..Dete-riorated by the elements it lias with- : stood for 192 years, tho stone house in the foothills of Lxctor township. Berks county, where Daniel Boono. tho Kentucky pioneer, wus born, is slowly fulling to ruin from lack of c ir. Until two years ago the house en ten .tiled and tho necessary repaid I IS IS, but now it is deserted the cellar full of water, windows broken, floor decaying ind the I6t I acres of estate are unci red for. Th. farm is situated about one and a half miles from Stonersville. The I lane leading ti the premises is marked I by a large white rock placed by the Historical Society of He rgs county, on which is iho inscription: "One quarter ; mile ta the birthplace of Daniel Lioone, Oct. -'.'. 1 733. ' in this connection lt may be said thai sonv authorities give the date of his birth as 173 1 and 1 735, and his I birthplace Lucks, county, Pennsyl- ' viinlu. According to history Hoone stayed here until he- was 17 years of age. Wh ii hn went to Kentucky. Tradition i has II that It wits nearby that he killed hi- i i r bear when he was 14 years I old, and he was so proud of his I achievement that he carved an in-orlptlon in-orlptlon on tree with his hunting knife, reading: ' D Boone killod a bur near here." Tho house has four rooms on th first floor, six on the second and an Sttli Th "i .filial Boone dwelling had two rooms On the first floor and three ol the 1 bul an addition .i ilur to the original In every" respct 'was he family migrated Ono of tho original rooms contains a large fireplace made of stone and I still in good condition. JIer? It was : on the muntlepieco, according to tradition, tra-dition, that young Boone carved a notch indicating his height when he Went to Kentucky, and upon his re-i re-i turn in middle-ago waa interested tO sec how much he had grown. However' the historic notch cannot bo discovered discov-ered on the inantlcpioce. The shutters and doors oi the dwell-' dwell-' ing are hung on wrought iron hinge land still are in good condition, but ! man) of the windows are broken, per-! per-! mltting rain and snow to enter and 1 causing the floor to decay. Efforts have been made to have th i state purchase the bouse where the I pioneer was born, and btlll more re-1 re-1 c-ntly, there have been reports tha j the Historical Society of Clarke county, coun-ty, Ky.. has Interested itself in ih I possible purchase of the farm for his ; torlcal purposes. Tho farm is valued at $15,000 according to late estimates. n.i |