Watauga County Revisited (Images of America)

Watauga County Revisited (Images of America)

Prior to its formation in 1849, Watauga County was a hunting ground for the Cherokee and part of the trail blazed by frontiersman Daniel Boone, for whom the county seat was later named. Primarily settled by whites after the Revolutionary War, many of the countyâ€™s earliest families came to the Appalachians from the Piedmont region of North Carolina and, prior to that, from the Northâ€•New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. These settlers were mainly of European extractionâ€•English, German, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, and Welshâ€•along with a smaller African representation. Nestled in the panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains and unimagined by its early agrarian inhabitants, Watauga would become one of North Carolinaâ€™s premier tourist destinations and home to Appalachian State University.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Arcadia Publishing
Manufacturer Arcadia Publishing
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-04-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781467134392

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