Capture of the Boone and Callaway Girls
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This 1850s lithograph depicts the 1776 capture of Jemima Boone and Betsey and Fanny Callaway by Shawnee Indians near Sycamore Hollow on the Kentucky River. The girls were later rescued by Daniel Boone and a party of his men. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Sycamore Hollow
Sycamore Hollow
Historical Marker #1579 in Madison County commemorates the final destination point of Daniel Boone and his party of trail cutters. These men had taken a long journey during the months of March and April 1775, creating Boone Trace, which was the…