Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Boone Trail Highway

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 15, 2021

1. Boone Trail Highway Marker

Inscription. Metal from Battleship Maine in Tablet
• Daniel Boone •

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, Spanish-American. In addition, it is included in the U.S.S. Maine Memorial Markers series list.

Location. 36° 20.799′ N, 82° 13.099′ W. Marker is in Elizabethton, Tennessee, in Carter County. It is on State Highway 67 W 0.1 miles east of East Elk Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elizabethton TN 37643, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Tri-Cities Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: S.H. Kress Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Walkway and Monument (about 700 feet away); Elizabethton Carter County Veterans Walk of Honor (about 700 feet away); Distinguished Service Cross Recipients from Carter County (approx. 0.2 miles away); 60 Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from Carter County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ritz Theater (approx. 0.2 miles away); Public Library (approx. ¼ mile away); City of Elizabethton Bicentennial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethton.

Also see . . . Boone Trail.

Between 1913 and 1938, Joseph Hampton
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Rich, a resident of Mocksville, North Carolina, placed 358 metal tablets between Virginia Beach, Virginia and San Francisco, California, in honor of Daniel Boone and his travels. This was an effort to help promote coast to coast highway improvement, tourist travel, patriotism, remembrance of the Battleship Maine, education, memorializing pioneer hero Daniel Boone, and community unity and spirit. The tablets were (at least partially) constructed from metal salvaged from the battleship USS Maine sunk during the Spanish–American War in 1898. The tablets were typically located near schools, government buildings, or along old highway routes.

(Submitted on February 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Boone Trail Highway Marker & Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 15, 2021

2. Boone Trail Highway Marker & Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 15, 2021

3. Boone Trail Highway Marker & Monument

(Marker and monument are located about 10 yards uphill from the sidewalk on a grassy knoll.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.