Boone Heritage Festival

Always the 2nd Saturday of October! Celebrating Appalachian and Daniel Boone heritage with 18th century living history demonstrations, craft vendors, music jam sessions, children's activities and live music and storytelling.

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October 8, 2011



A great time was had by all. What a beautiful, relaxing, fun day!



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Families had fun building scarecrows!



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The apple butter simmers

Come help us stir the apple butter (you just might get to taste some on fresh-baked bread too)!

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Learn how to make cornhusk dolls



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Try your hand at making tapered candles









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Craft and Food Vendors offering . . .

  • Baked Goods
  • Basketry
  • Books of Regional and Historical Interest
  • Candlewick Needlework
  • Cornhusk Crafts
  • Dolls
  • Facepainting
  • Fresh-Pressed Apple Cider
  • Fried Apple Pies
  • Hand-knitted Alpaca Wool Items
  • Handmade Soaps
  • Jewelry
  • Kettle Corn
  • Leatherworking
  • Tatting
  • Woodworking

Exhibitors

  • Apple Hill Farm (alpacas!)
  • Blue Ridge Fiber Guild
  • FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway - Boone/Blowing Rock Chapter
  • High Country Audubon Society
  • Mary Flinn, author of The One
  • MountainKeepers
  • Ralph Lentz, author of W. R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman
  • Watauga County Agricultural Extension
  • Watauga County Historical Society

Historical Demonstrations

  • Blacksmithing - Justin Cole
  • Candle-dipping
  • Candlewick Needlework - Leniavell Trivette
  • Cornhusk Crafts - Amanda Austin
  • Flintknapping - Bob Holder
  • Flintlock Rifle - Travis Souther
  • Hearthside Cooking - Gail Fannon
  • Leatherwork - Mike Lowe
  • Spinning and Carding - Jane Campbell and Ivy Campbell
  • Tatting - Carol Lowe
  • Tomahawk Throwing - Mike Campbell, Cole Campbell

Presenting Sponsors of Boone Heritage Festival

  • Boone Tourism Development Authority
  • Town of Boone

Partners of Hickory Ridge

  • Mast General Store
  • Piedmont Federal Bank
  • Watauga County Arts Council

Patrons of Hickory Ridge

  • Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
  • LifeStore Bank
  • Mike and Jane Campbell

Friends of Hickory Ridge

  • Abby Willis of Stick Boy Bread Company
  • Ben Henderson of Bare Essentials
  • In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone by author Randell Jones
  • RBC Centura
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