The Historic Daniel Boone Home — Attraction in Lake Saint Louis

I do not recommend this place to have a wedding. The chapel is BEAUTIFUL, the employees here however are awful.

We had a 3 to 5pm slot for our wedding. Multiple times I told Nancy, who I communicate to through email and phone that we were coming around 1:15 to get our first look and photos on the grounds. Never once did they ever mention that this was an issue. This is a public park and we were never told we couldn’t come early. Come the wedding day we came there Early for photos. All I did was use the bathroom to change into my wedding dress and then we walked to the grounds to get photos and do our first look. It was a very small group less than 9 people of the wedding party and the photographer. From the start of us getting there the employees had an attitude. They told us we had to get out of the open pavilion area That’s right next to the bathrooms because they had a community event… we were just standing there cause I was about to change Into my dress. Fast forward throughout the day I was told a few times that the employees gave my bridal party and mom attitude. Never once did anybody approached me at any point during the day. We had our wedding there and really enjoyed the grounds and the chapel because they are just so beautiful.

Fast forward three weeks I come home from my honeymoon to get a letter, stating that we were disruptive, and we came too early and that our guest came too early. Again, not once did anybody say that we couldn’t come to the public park to get wedding photos on the grounds when I told them this multiple times that was the plan. Not once did anybody approached me all wedding day and tell me that we were being disruptive or that we were doing anything wrong or communicated in anyway. But then they want to send me a letter and blindside me pretty much and say we ruined their community event… I’m not sure what kind of community event as I only saw three or four people in the whole park the whole entire day that was there.

We had the chapel reserved for the wedding from 3 to 5. They did bring in a small cross at 2:40, 20 mins early, so I did apologize for that cause that was our mistake. However, apparently an employee came and yelled at my mother and was super rude and unprofessional inside of the chapel when this happened. Again, not once did anybody come to me- the bride and communicate any kind of issues they had during the wedding day.

So they decided to take away $250 of our security deposit over us bringing the cross in 20 minutes warly AND us coming early and guest coming early to a wedding?! When we told them so many times we were coming early for pictures outside in a public area?! for them to say that the whole wedding was a disturbance to the grounds and their community event that pretty much no one showed up for is just crazy to me. We were all very quiet just getting photos on the grounds that day… Not sure how that’s disruptive to anything .

Getting in contact after receiving this letter with anybody was extremely difficult… I had to email them with no reply and then call multiple times for anybody to answer me back. I finally talked to the assistant of man who sent me this letter… he was apologetic but told me that the story that I’m telling him was very different from what the employee told him and apparently he was told that the employee talked to me- the bride personally multiple times that day. That is not the truth and it’s extremely frustrating to hear that people are just flat out lying. I’m not sure what the issue is with the employees there, but had they came and communicated with me the day We could’ve figured it out… I felt like we were very respectful of the grounds and the chapel and the people there. We had to sign in and out and have them walk off everything after the wedding and we have the paper stating everything was in great condition when we left, so I’m really not sure why there was no communication throughout the day. It seems like they don’t even wanna have weddings here so I’m not sure why they do. Do not book your...

Daniel Boone Home is an unexpected treasure tucked back in sleepy Defiance, Missouri. Once parked, you make your way to the gift shop and talk to one of the relaxed employees about taking either a guided our self guided tour. Self guided tours are free and the option my Mom and I went with. However, if you want to be able to enter the buildings and hear more in depth facts/be able to ask questions, the paid tour is probably best for you. Adult tickets are $6 and Children's are about $3. The grounds themselves are quaint and charming, full of lush greenery and flowers. The buildings hearken back to the 1800's and each have their own distinct history and purpose. A one room schoolhouse as well as a gristmill, chapel, and several cabin style homes are on display apart from the main house. It took us about an hour in total to walk and explore the village by ourselves. We stopped to peek in windows and consult our map for details about the structures. Once our tour was done, we perused the gift shop and called it a day. I would recommend coming earlier in the morning when it is cooler to avoid the blistering sun and many mosquitoes that dominate the open air grounds. Especially if you bring young children, coming in the morning might protect them from overheating/sunburn/bug bites that might cause problems or squabbles later on. All in all, the property was very well kept and gave you a real sense of stepping back in time. I would visit again, most likely on one of their special reenactment days or during the holidays for their...

I was born and raised in St. Charles Missouri, the home was taken over by Lindenwood University, I am vsry disappointed that they moved period buildings on the property creating the "homestead village" something that did not exist on the property at the time the Boone''s lived there, It is just my opinion I think it distracts the setting of the home, Lindenwood has sold or turned the home over to a historic preservation group with the rider that the Lindenwood name remain attached to the property, I was on a tour of the home October 2015 had a blast with the Lindenwood tour guide, she had it right that Daniel Boone did not ware a coon skin cap, but wore a wide brine dome type hat, I ask her how the home endured the New Madrid earth quakes, her answer was that the home had not been built yet, from my Web research the home took 3 years to build and was completed in 1810, the earth quakes occurred between 1810-1812, not sure, sounds like to me the home was there when the earth...