George Rogers Clark Contacted Spanish Officials

Portrait - Fort Massac, Illinois, Museum

"Because of the vulnerability of the westernmost part of the United States, George Rogers Clark had also contacted Spanish officials, offering to bring settlers into Spanish territory in return for land."

Sign In New Madrid, Missouri

"Gradually Kentuckians began to cross into Spanish Missouri, quite unaware of the dark and devious schemes that had helped to clear the way."

Daniel Boone's Grave In Frankfort, Kentucky
"...emigrated to Missouri 1799..."

"The confluence of events, including land title disputes...the lure of Missouri (not only [General James] Wilkinson's "whisper" campaign, but the personal attention that the Spanish gave to persuading the Boone family to move there for the prestige of having an American icon in their midst) and the "push" of New Englanders and others crowding Kentucky spaces found members of Daniel Boone's family, including Daniel himself, moving to Missouri." (From Daniel Boone by John Bakeless, 1939).