Tag: Howard County
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How Daniel Boone’s Sons Put the Salt in “Boonslick”
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If you’ve ever wondered where the Boonslick region gets its name, the answer is a couple hours’ drive from Rocheport, on Missouri Highway 187 near Boonesboro — a spring the Osage people used for centuries…
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How Daniel Boone’s Sons Put the Salt in “Boonslick”
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If you’ve ever wondered why this whole stretch of the Missouri River — Rocheport included — gets called the Boonslick, or Boonslick Country, the answer isn’t some marketing invention. It’s a literal salt spring, about…
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How Daniel Boone’s Sons Put the Salt in ‘Boonslick’
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If you have ever wondered why the stretch of Missouri rolling west from Boone County into Howard, Cooper, and Saline counties carries the name Boonslick, the answer is older than Missouri statehood — and it…