Lost No Longer!

Lost No Longer!. Natural Tunnel State Park. , Between 1912 and 1915, Daughters of the American Revolution from Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, joined together to mark the Daniel Boone Trail., In 1914, Virginia placed its second of six regular markers, building it into the wall of a new high school in Clinchport, VA. At this location Boone's trail turned north and followed Stock Creek toward Flatlick, now known as Duffield, before crossing Kane Gap. In 1977, a catastrophic flood resulted in destruction of the town and the school, the was presumed lost in the debris., However, in 2016 the marker, pictured here, was recovered. The contractor who removed the debris from the schoolhouse saved it from destruction. His widow found it in her basement behind a water heater when cleaning. She contacted a Boone expert, and he brought the news of the recovered marker to the Virginia Daughters. The marker has come home to Virginia to overlook Kane Gap and the Daniel Boone Trail., The tablets which mark Virginia's part of the trail, are truly Virginian. They were made with both Virginia coal and iron by Virginia workmen at the Iron City Foundry, Bristol Virginia; they are twenty-one inches wide, twenty-seven inches long, and one inch thick, with letters raised and the regular trail markers bear this inscription:,

Daniel Boone , Trail , From North Carolina , through Virginia , into Kentucky. , Marked by the Virginia , Daughters of the American , Revolution.

, The six regular markers werep laced at or near: ,

1. Moccasin Gap, placed at the coutrhouse in Gate City, VA , 2. Clinchport, inside the Clinchport School , 3. Old Duffield, at the intersection of 23S and Railroad Ave. , 4. Scotts Fort, located between Kane Gap and Stickleyville, VA (Near Mitzaph Church) , 5. Jonesville, VA at the courthouse , 6. Old Boone Path Post Office and Store, Wheeler near Rose Hill, VA

, The marker was rededicated in 2025 by the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution.