Velociworld

The Original Tagger

You can't read the inscription on the above piece of granite, but it says

"D BOONE KILLED
A BAR HERE 1765"

Key's stepdaddy showed it to me Saturday. It's way the fuck back in the woods ten feet off his 60 acre spread on his neighbor's farm. They uncovered it 25 years ago, when they noticed the carving of the letters of "KILLED". They dug about a foot of earth and leaves away and saw the rest. Authentic? Who knows? It's a fact Boone loved to carve his name everywhere, from Stone Mountain to Lookout Mountain. The original graffiti artist. And in 1765 he did travel from North Carolina to Florida to see if it was worth settling, which would have taken him near Statham, I suppose. Malaria and the yellow jack made Florida a decidedly uncool habitat for D Boone, however, so after two subsequent trips to Caintuck he founded Boonesboro instead (I respect his ego. I would have called it Velocitown myself).

Ralph says it was very legible when they first unearthed it, but 25 years exposed to the elements have weathered it severely. Oh, well. Some geek types from The University of Georgia took some rubbings at the time (Heh. He said rubbings) which is good, because I imagine in another 25 years you won't be able to read it any more.