Tag Archives: boone

Have a Mint

Posted on July 31, 2012 by ourstate

A company in Boone makes the last piece that makes the meal.
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Posted in August 2012, Food, Mountains | Tagged boone, watauga county | Leave a comment

Choice Cuts

Posted on November 28, 2011 by ourstate

Holiday and family traditions carry the season at a choose-your-own Christmas tree farm near Boone.
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Posted in December 2011, Nature & Agriculture | Tagged boone, chip womick, christmas, christmas trees, farming, watauga county | 3 Comments

The Legend: Eustace Conway

Posted on June 28, 2011 by ourstate

In the serenity of the mountains, Eustace Conway found his place. Today, he welcomes others to his Turtle Island Preserve.
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Posted in July 2011, Mountains, Nature & Agriculture | Tagged appalachian mountains, boone, watauga county | 14 Comments

Mountain Educators: The Dougherty Family and the First Fifty Years of Appalachian by Doris Perry Stam

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ourstate

In our era of giant land-grant universities, it’s worth remembering that 17,000-student Appalachian State University started as a country schoolhouse framed from Blue Ridge Mountains timber. The mission of what was originally called Watauga Academy in Boone was to train
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Posted in Arts & Culture, Books, May 2011, Mountains | Tagged appalachian state university, book review, boone, watauga county | Leave a comment

Boone

Posted on December 22, 2010 by ourstate

A hip college town maintains its old-fashioned soul.
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Posted in History, January 2011, Mountains, Small Towns, Travel, Western N.C. | Tagged appalachian state university, boone, leigh ann henion, lydia dishman, watauga county | 7 Comments

Breakfast: Dan’l Boone Inn

Posted on December 1, 2010 by ourstate

Editor’s Note: Click here to see an interactive map of breakfast locations. When we asked readers to tell us about their favorite North Carolina breakfast spots, there was one standout among the 254 responses — the Dan’l Boone Inn. Many
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