Historical Marker
Boone's Station
Near this spot, Daniel Boone and party camped in 1780-1781. Camp called Boone's Station until Owsley County was organized in 1843, then named Booneville. Records in Clay County show that Boone's family owned land here until it moved to Missouri.
Originally installed April 17, 1963.
Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and began his boxing career there.