Daniel Boone Monument Construction, 1968, photo 2

This image shows the reconstruction of the Daniel Boone Monument at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in 1968. Boone was the namesake for Boone, NC, and the monument was placed on the spot where Boone was said to camp while hunting in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1760s. The monument stood south of Justice Hall on Rivers Street until 1968, when it was torn down and reconstructed 50 yards east. It was demolished 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. The edges of Rankin Hall, built 1961, Belk Library, built 1968, and Varsity Gymnasium, built 1968, are visible in the background.

Local History

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

Monuments

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 1, Daniel Boone Monument, C14.2.1.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1968-08

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Photographs

English

Image

1960s

Boone (N.C.). Appalachian State University

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1812

Series 11 -- Local Area

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