Boone's Cave Park is a 110-acre county park located nearLexington, North Carolina It was established in 1909 by the Daniel Boone Memorial Association. It is named afterAmerican pioneerDaniel Boone.
There are a number of places named "Boone's Cave," but the cave in the park is rumored to be the one where Squire and Sarah Jarman Morgan spent their first winter, with the then teenage Daniel upon entering the region in 1751, perhaps to escapeNative Americans.[1] There was a total of 25 people in the group, with all 10 of the Boones children, and other family members and neighbors who all left Pennsylvania together. The Boone family and everyone else soon built homes near the cave, located next to theYadkin River.
The Boones eventually settled on the opposite banks of the Yadkin River, which serves as a county line and into what is nowDavie County,[2] about two miles (three km) west ofMocksville.
The park is approximately 120 acres and supports a variety of flora and fauna native to the area, including a number of hardwoods such asoak,hornbeam andelm. Over 50 different flowering plants such aslaurel and wildhydrangea can be found in the park.
The cave itself is 140 foot deep from start to finish, but so shallow that most sections require crawling to gain access. It is within sight of the Yadkin River and part of the 165-mile Yadkin River Trail.[1]
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