Daniel Boone Monument, 1969

This image shows the Daniel Boone Monument at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in June 1969. Boone was the namesake for Boone, NC, and the monument originally was placed on the spot where Boone was said to camp while hunting in the Blue Ridge Mountains on his way to Yadkin, Kentucky, in the mid-1760s. The monument stood north of Justice Hall on Rivers Street until 1968, when it was torn down and reconstructed 50 yards east. It was torn down in 1994. Appalachian State replaced the monument with a sculpture of Daniel Boone with his dogs, erected in 1999 by the Duck Pond on Rivers Street, on the spot believed to have been Boone's camp site. Duncan Hall, built 1965, and the addition to Rankin Science Hall, built 1963, can be seen under construction in the background.

Local History

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

Monuments

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 19, Campus Scenes F11, C14.2.4.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

6/30/1969

News Bureau

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Photographs

English

Image

1960s

Appalachian State University. Boone (N.C.)

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1812

Series 11 -- Local Area

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