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Where is Appalachian State?
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Where is Appalachian State you ask? In Boone, North Carolina of course!
| | Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. Boone is the county seat of Watauga County. |
| | The population was 13,472 as of the 2000 census. |
| | Boone acquires its name from the famous pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, who on several occasions camped at a site generally agreed to be within the present city limits. |
| | Boone was served by the narrow gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (nicknamed "Tweetsie") until the flood of 1940. |
| | Boone is the home of Appalachian State University, a constituent member of the University of North Carolina. Appalachian State is the fifth largest university in the sixteen campus system. |
| | Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute also operates a satellite campus in Boone. |
| | "Horn in the West", a dramatization of the life and times of Daniel Boone, has been performed in an outdoor amphitheatre above the town every summer since 1952. |
| | The original "Daniel Boone" was Ned Austin, whose "Hollywood Star" stands on a pedestal on King Street downtown. |
| | Michael Houser, a founding member of and late lead-guitarist for the band Widespread Panic, was born in Boone. |
| | The Grammy award winning guitar player Doc Watson also comes from the Boone area, as do many bluegrass musicians and Appalachian storytellers. |
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