What is Boone's Lick Road?
The '''Boone's Lick Road''' or '''Boonslick Trail''' was an early 1800s transportation route. It went from eastern to central [[Missouri]] in the [[United States]]. It went east-west on the North side. It went along the [[Missouri River]]. The trail started in the river port of [[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]]. The trail was important in the westward expansion of the United States and the development of Missouri becoming a state. The trail ended at [[Franklin, Missouri|Franklin]]. Franklin was the start of the better-known [[Santa Fe Trail]]. First mapped by the sons of [[Daniel Boone]], the path ended at a [[salt lick]] in [[Howard County, Missouri|Howard County]] used by the pair to manufacture salt. Today the lick is maintained as [[Boone's Lick State Historic Site]]. Towns created along the trail include Franklin, [[Smithton Company|Smithton]], [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], [[Fulton, Missouri|Fulton]], [[Williamsburg, Missouri|Williamsburg]], and [[Warrenton, Missouri|Warrenton]] and others.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.booneslickroad.org/Boones_Lick_Road_Association/Road_History.html |title= The Early History of the Boone’s Lick Road |publisher= Boone’s Lick Road Association |access-date= August 17, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131010010412/http://www.booneslickroad.org/Boones_Lick_Road_Association/Road_History.html# |archive-date= 2013-10-10 |url-status= deviated }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.booneslickroad.org/ Boone's Lick Road Association] *[http://www.boonslickhistoricalsociety.org/ Boonslick Historical Society] {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:History of Missouri]]