The Hazel Patch
Inscription
In March 1775, when marking road to Boonesborough, Daniel Boone traveled the old road used by long hunters, called Skagg’s Trace. One half mile east of here, Boone left old road at the fork. New route became known as Boone Trace. A month later Col. Richard Henderson and party followed new route to Boonesborough, passing Hazel Patch.
[Reverse]
Site of Wood’s Blockhouse 1793, one of earliest permanent buildings
in the wilderness. In May 1775, John Floyd and company, including Benjamin Logan, reached here and decided to use Skagg’s Trace. They proceeded westward, camping at the site called St. Asaph. Logan Station was built there (present-day Stanford) in 1777.
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