American Iron Magazine’s 2012 Kickstart Classic
Thursday, May 17 CrossRoads Harley-Davidson
Mountainhome Music presents Banjo Jubilee
Saturday, May 19 Blowing Rock School Auditorium
Spring J.A.M.
Sunday, May 20 HISTORIC WHIPPOORWILL ACADEMY
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New Gun and Pawn Shop
We are thinking about opening a new Gun and pawn shop on 105 in boone and will beat any ones price on New and used guns and will pay more...
finding my piece of heaven
would love to find a place that was rundown and i could fix it up some.hoping to make some kinda of arrangements where the rent would not...
fishing in Boone
I plan to take my kids to Tweetsie soon but my husband wants to go fishing....imagine that! Are there any good and free fishing areas in ...
Saving the Appalachian Theatre
A committee dedicated to saving and restoring the Appalachian Theatre in downtown Boone is considering renovations that would harken back to the th... 1:18pm, May 17, 2012
Operation Medicine Cabinet returns May 19
Operation Medicine Cabinet volunteers, including representatives from Boone Drug, Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Watauga office of the N.C... 1:18pm, May 17, 2012
Watauga County is located in North Carolina. The 2000 U.S. Census listed the county's population as 42,695; the 2010 U.S. Census listed the population as 51,079. Its county seat is Boone.
The county was formed in 1849 from parts of Ashe County, Caldwell County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County. It was named for the Watauga River, whose name is said to be a Native American word, the meaning of which is in dispute among various histories with translations ranging from beautiful water, whispering waters, village of many springs, and river of islands, to name a few.
In 1861 parts of Watauga County, Burke County, Caldwell County, McDowell County, and Yancey County were combined to form Mitchell County. In 1911, parts of Watauga Coun... click here for more of Watauga County's history
