A History of Watauga County, North Carolina: With Sketches of Prominent FamiliesGenealogical Publishing Com, 2002 - 364 pages |
Contents
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| 10 | |
CHAPTER III Wataugas First Visitor | 19 |
CHAPTER IV Daniel Boone | 27 |
CHAPTER V During the Revolution | 51 |
CHAPTER VI Three Forks Association | 69 |
CHAPTER VII Order of the Holy Cross | 76 |
CHAPTER VIII Ebenezer Fairchild | 85 |
CHAPTER XI The Town of Boone | 140 |
CHAPTER XII War Times and Afterwards | 157 |
CHAPTER XIII Some ThriceTold Tales | 184 |
CHAPTER XIV Some of Our ShowPlaces | 207 |
CHAPTER XV Schools | 241 |
CHAPTER XVI Gold and Other Mines | 261 |
CHAPTER XVII Roads and Railroads | 266 |
SKETCHES OF PROMINENT FAMILIES | 277 |
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Page 6 - We who live so far apart that we rarely see more of one another than the blue smoke of each other's chimneys are never at ease without the feel of the forest on every side— room to breathe, to expand, to develop, as well as to hunt and to wander at will. The nature of the mountaineer demands that he have solitude for the unhampered growth of his personality, wing-room for his eagle heart.