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Boone is a town located in the northern mountains of North Carolina and in Watauga County, North Carolina, for which it is the county seat and market town. The population was 13,472 at 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.

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  • Boone is a town located in the northern mountains of North Carolina and in Watauga County, North Carolina, for which it is the county seat and market town. The population was 13,472 at 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.
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  • Boone is a town located in the northern mountains of North Carolina and in Watauga County, North Carolina, for which it is the county seat and market town. The population was 13,472 at 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 site of the Appalachian State University (ASU), a constituent member of the University of North Carolina. Its Fall 2006 enrollment was 15,117 (including full-time and part-time undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree students) [1]. "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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