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Hickory Ridge History Museum, Boone, NC
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Hickory Ridge History Museum

A living-history museum of historic log cabins in Daniel Boone Park, run by the Southern Appalachian Historical Association in Boone.

591 Horn in the West Dr., Boone, NC 28607 · Boone, NC

About Hickory Ridge History Museum

Hickory Ridge History Museum, run by the Southern Appalachian Historical Association in Boone, lets visitors walk through a set of 18th and 19th century log cabins gathered in Daniel Boone Park. Costumed interpreters demonstrate frontier crafts and household work, and the museum focuses on the decades around 1785 to 1805. Its cabins were moved from Watauga County and rebuilt on site. The museum also hosts living history days and seasonal programs, and it is open to the public.

  • #living history
  • #log cabins
  • #Appalachian history
  • #colonial era
  • #Boone NC

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