Morehead, Kentucky: Turtle Walk
2024 community art project "Turtle Walk" features over 20 uniquely painted turtles, supposedly because the Shawnee thought that Daniel Boone looked like a big turtle.
- Address:
- 159 E. Main St., Morehead, KY
- Directions:
- Over 20 different turtles scattered throughout Morehead. The one outside Fuzzy Duck/Coffeetree Books, downtown on Main St., features a duck reading a book while sitting on a turtle's back.
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The painted "Turtle Walk" trail through the town was inspired by Daniel Boone's Shawnee name: "Sheltowee."
[JaybeeYell, 06/09/2025]Nearby Offbeat Places
Kentucky Folk Art Center, Morehead, KY - < 1 mi.
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According to Morehead, Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee thought that Daniel Boone looked like a turtle, so he named Boone "Sheltowee," which means "big turtle."