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
• 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. Marker 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Public Library (approx. ¼ mile away); City of Elizabethton Bicentennial (approx. ¼ mile away); Samuel Tipton (approx. ¼ mile away); Betsy Walkway (approx. ¼ mile away); Burgie Drug (approx. ¼ mile away); Barnes Boring Hardware (approx. ¼ mile away); Old Post Office (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Court West of the Alleghenies (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethton.
Also see . . . Boone Trail.
Between 1913 and 1938, Joseph Hampton Rich, a resident of Mocksville, North Carolina, placed 358 metal tablets between Virginia Beach, Virginia and San Francisco, California, in honor of(Submitted on February 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)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.
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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
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 187 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
