Record #:

23902

Author(s):

Markovich, Jeremy

Abstract:

In 1963, North Carolinians searched for a way to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the charter that created North Carolina. They settled on reenacting Daniel Boone's trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains with a wagon train traveling from a farm in Wilkes County to Boone. The reenactment became an annual event until 1974 when locals lost interest as national social and political issues took their toll on these communities.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 1, June 2015, p45-46, 48, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wilkes County--History; Watauga County--History; Daniel Boone, 1734-1820

Record #:

35825

Author(s):

Clark, Joseph D.

Abstract:

Known as a folk legend in the Southern Appalachia region, two tales regarding Daniel Boone are recorded here.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1981, p108-109 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Daniel Boone, 1734-1820; Legends

Record #:

35698

Author(s):

Maddox, Marie

Abstract:

NC’s plays about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Blackbeard, Tom Dooley, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson may come as no surprise. This state was a home for the famous pirate and Elizabethan era English settlers, the subject of the popular song, battle site for this Revolutionary War freedom fighter, and settlement that included Jackson’s parents. Plays about NC’s perhaps lesser known ways of involvement in the Revolutionary War included Fight for Freedom, about the first Declaration of Independence document; The Liberty Cart, about the Battle of Moore’s Creek. As for contributions from religious groups, there was Sound of Peace, about a Quaker settlement in Snow Camp. From this Day Forward traced the life of the Walden family, whose descendants and bakeries still exist in Valdese.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 3, May/June 1979, p18-21

Subject(s):

Blackbeard, d. 1718; The Lost Colony (Play); Dula, Tom C. (Tom Dooley), 1845-1868; Daniel Boone, 1734-1820; Waxhaw--History; Halifax County--History; Snow Camp; Waldensian Bakeries, Inc. (Valdese); Moores Creek Bridge, Battle of, N.C., 1776; Quakers

Record #:

22439

Author(s):

Henderson, Archibald

Abstract:

The the westward expansion of America was aided by two one-time residents of North Carolina: Daniel Boone and Richard Henderson. Though they differed in background and origins, the two became acquainted as early settlers of Rowan County. Their combined and related efforts helped open areas west of the mountains to settlement.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915, p111-139 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Henderson, Richard, 1735-1785; Daniel Boone, 1734-1820