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Carlisle, Kentucky: Daniel Boone's Last Home in Kentucky

Daniel Boone was once famous -- a frontiersman of history, TV, and lunchboxes. Nowadays his last Kentucky log cabin sits in a lonely park. You may be its only visitor.

Address:
3750 Maysville Rd, Carlisle, KY
Directions:
From US-68 turn west (no stoplight) onto Maysville Rd. Look for the wooden fence and parking lot on the east side of the road. Park, the follow a couple of small signs around the pond to the cabin, on the right.
Hours:
Daily 9-6
Admission:
Donations accepted
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Daniel Boone's Cabin.

Daniel Boone's Last Home in Kentucky

According to a plaque out front, this wooden cabin was Daniel Boone's home in Kentucky, from 1795 to 1799.

[Tamara H, 07/25/2024]

Boone lived his last 21 years in Missouri. Both states say they have his bones, but only Kentucky claims to have this house.


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