We invite you to come rendezvous with us in the beautiful Piedmont Region of North
Carolina where Daniel Boone roamed before heading for the Western Frontier.
In the mid-1760s, Boone began to look for a new place to settle. The population was
growing in the Yadkin Valley, which decreased the amount of game available for hunting.
Boone had difficulty making ends meet; he was often taken to court for nonpayment of
debts. He sold what land he owned to pay off creditors.
Daniel’s father, Squire Boone, died January 2, 1765, and his mother, Sarah, died in 1777.
Daniel’s brother Israel died on June 26, 1756. All are buried in Joppa Cemetery,
along with Daniel’s brother Israel, in Mocksville, North Carolina on Highway 601.
After his parents death Boone traveled with a group of men to Florida, which had become
British territory after the end of the war, to look into the possibility of settling there.
According to the family, Boone purchased land in Pensacola, but Rebecca refused to move
so far away from friends and family. The Boones instead moved to a more remote area of
the Yadkin Valley, and Boone began to hunt westward into the Blue Ridge Mountains
At “The Gathering” we celebrate the spirit of freedom and adventure as did Daniel Boone
and we operate as a democracy with no one person in charge and any decisions, ideas or
requests made at the Council Fire every evening will be acted upon by camp majority.
Each night after the Council Fire we will have a night fire to gather around, socialize, tell
a tale or two, make some music and maybe just have some old fashioned fun.
