Daniel Boone Monument, 1958

This image shows the Daniel Boone Monument at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in 1958, just north of Justice Hall, built 1952 (not shown), after a snowfall. 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. 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 to allow for the construction of CAP Science Building, built 1998. 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.

Local History

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

Monuments

Snow

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 5, Daniel Boone Monument in Snow Jan. 1958, C14.1.4.5.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1958-01

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Boone (N.C.)

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1812

Series 11 -- Local Area

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