In the Evening West: Boone’s Revolutionary Drama

Image courtesy of Horn in the West, Boone, NC.

April 22 - July 23, 2017

As the sun hangs low on summer evenings over the Blue Ridge Mountains, a ritual practiced for 66 years plays out on the stage at Horn in the West. High above Boone, NC, sits the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre, home to Horn in the West, an outdoor drama. Since 1952, the Southern Appalachian Historical Association, in partnership with the Town of Boone, Watauga County, Appalachian State University, and the community has come together to put on a broadway-quality theatrical production. The show focuses on Daniel Boone, the American Revolution, and those who set out to make a new life for themselves in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This exhibition pulls the curtain back on the High Country’s oldest theatrical production.