It appears that there are some old documents in Missouri which were discovered in the basement of the St Charles Co MO courthouse by one of the judges which include the names of Daniel and his brother Squire Boone. Below my sign-off is the news article which was released shortly after 1pm (CDT) regarding the documents. Debbi Geer St. Charles judge finds historical treasures By Valerie Schremp Hahn ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 10/13/2005 About two years ago, when history buff Steve Ehlmann was a St. Charles County Circuit Judge, he decided to poke around a storage room in the courthouse basement to see what he could find. He spotted some old boxes sitting on a lower shelf. He opened one and pulled out a yellowed document. It was dated 1826, the last year St. Charles was the capital of Missouri. Ehlmann knew the documents were important, but he didn’t necessarily know he had stumbled across a historical treasure that would later make state archivists beam and researchers nationwide scramble for a look. Ehlmann, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and representatives with the St. Charles County Historical Society and the Missouri State Archives showed off some of those documents Thursday at the St. Charles County Courthouse. They included a petition Daniel Boone signed recommending a man from Kentucky to be constable of the St. Charles District, documents about trade with the southwest from before the time of the Santa Fe Trail, and a lawsuit that Boone’s brother, Squire Boone, filed against a man who allegedly stole his cow and calf. There are about 7,000 pages of documents representing about 1,650 cases and administrative actions, and archivists haven’t had time to go through them all. “When we go through these, discoveries are going to be made for the next several years,” said Ken Winn, a state archivist. “We’re going to make one discovery after another.” Archivists plan to restore the documents, catalogue them, and make them available online for anyone to see. They expect to complete their project in about two years. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com