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Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings

	NATHAN BOONE'S HOME Missouri
St. Charles County, on a secondary road, about 6 miles northwest of Defiance. Nathan Boone's Home State Historic Site

Nathan Boone, Daniel Boone's son, constructed this house, in which the elder Boone spent many of his later years. Daniel Boone led several expeditions into Kentucky from North Carolina and helped to initiate settlement there. After learning that his title to all his Kentucky land holdings was invalid, in 1788 he moved to West Virginia, and in 1799 to Missouri. Boone, his two sons, Daniel and Nathan, his brother, son-in-law, and their families settled in and near the Femme Osage Valley, near the Missouri River. The Spanish Lieutenant Governor appointed Boone civil and military administrator for the area, a position he retained until the Spanish Governor formally transferred Upper Louisiana to the United States in 1804. Nathan Boone built his permanent home between 1803 and 1811, and Daniel lived there sporadically until he died, in 1820. The home, a two-story stone structure, contains three rooms downstairs and four rooms upstairs and has wide halls. Many of the furnishings belonged to Daniel Boone and his descendants. A museum located near the home exhibits items of pioneer days. Although privately owned, the home is administered by the Daniel Boone Shrine Association and is open to the public.