Montreat in Buncombe County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Boone Trail Highway

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 8, 2023

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 • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the U.S.S. Maine Memorial Markers series list.

Location. 35° 38.79′ N, 82° 17.945′ W. Marker is in Montreat, North Carolina, in Buncombe County. It is on Lookout Road just east of Assembly Drive, on the right when traveling east. This marker is located between the sidewalk and the north side of the Anderson Auditorium parking lot, and directly across Lookout Road from the Moore Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 303 Lookout Road, Montreat NC 28757, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mountains and in Greater Asheville.

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

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itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Montreat's Rich Heritage is a Place of Renewal (within shouting distance of this marker); Lake Susan (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Beetles Bring Hope for Hemlock Survival (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mount Mitchell Railroad (approx. 1.9 miles away); Billy Graham Statue (approx. 2.1 miles away); Stoneman's Raid (approx. 2.1 miles away); Wind Blowed Cold, Babe: The Swannanoa Stockade (approx. 2.3 miles away); Somebody's Dead: Swannanoa Tunnel (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montreat.

Also see . . . Boone Trail (Wikipedia).

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 Daniel Boone and his travels. This was an effort
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 8, 2023

2. Boone Trail Highway Marker Detail
(inscription is along the bottom edge of the marker)
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 October 8, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 8, 2023

3. Boone Trail Highway Marker

(looking southeast from Lookout Road • Anderson Auditorium in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 8, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.