Surveyor's Compass

ID: 1864
This file appears in: Fort Boonesborough
Surveyor's Compass

Early settler William Calk owned this surveyor's compass. It was used to help survey lots for other pioneers at Boonesborough. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Fort Boonesborough

By Friends of Boone Trace, Inc.
Historical Marker #1520, located at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Madison County, commemorates the founding of this early Kentucky settlement and fort. Fort Boonesborough was the final terminus of the epic journey that Daniel Boone and his…