Comments for A Look Back at Watauga Blog http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com Archives and additional Features from the occasional column "A Look Back... At This Week," a historical retrospective published in the "Watauga Democrat" newspaper of Boone, North Carolina, and compiled from past issues of the same. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Week of Sunday, February 3rd, 2013. by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/the-week-of-sunday-february-3rd-2013/#comment-697 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:14:20 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=1982#comment-697 Thank you, Mrs. Weaver!

]]> Comment on The Week of Sunday, February 3rd, 2013. by Patricia Weaver http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/the-week-of-sunday-february-3rd-2013/#comment-689 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:02:22 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=1982#comment-689 Ross, I really enjoyed this. Wonderful article

]]> Comment on The Week of June 12th, 2011 by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/the-week-of-june-12th-2011/#comment-688 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:27:12 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=866#comment-688

]]> Comment on The Week of June 12th, 2011 by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/the-week-of-june-12th-2011/#comment-676 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:52 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=866#comment-676 Here is a photograph from Appalachian State University Library’s Digital Collections:

http://contentdm.library.appstate.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/hist_photos/id/1830/rec/1

- More results for “Founders Hall” / old Hospital from the same collection at:

http://contentdm.library.appstate.edu/cdm/search/searchterm/Founders%20Hall%20(1932)

]]> Comment on The Week of June 12th, 2011 by Sandra Land http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/the-week-of-june-12th-2011/#comment-670 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:55:18 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=866#comment-670 Does anyone have a picture of the old Watauga Hospital that has been a part of the ASU campus now for many years. I was born in that hospital in 1945, and would love to have a picture or some information regarding it.

]]> Comment on The Week of July 15th, 2012. by Janelle Williams Gaughan http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/the-week-of-july-15th-2012/#comment-473 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:46:43 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=1731#comment-473 Do I remember correctly that this was the site of the old Dr. James Gray Rivers homestead? It was located at the corner of King and Waters, near the Watauga Democrat office. I’ve looked but not found a photograph of the three homes built at this location; one left for each of his and Jane’s children; Robert C. Jr., James Claywell and Velma Gray Rivers. My grandmother’s home was moved from the site; where I do not know, but I believe it still exists in town. If there is a photo floating around out there somewhere, we would love to see it! I’m tickled that first there was a remnant shop there and then a Singer Sewing Machine center. My grandmother, mother and I loved to sew and made many our our own clothes in the early days. Thank you for sharing this!

]]> Comment on The Week of September 17th, 2009 by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-week-of-september-17th-2009/#comment-413 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:53:02 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=253#comment-413 You might be interested in the ongoing work of the Junaluska Heritage Association:

http://junaluskaheritage.wordpress.com/about/

]]> Comment on The Week of March 4th, 2012 by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/the-week-of-march-4th-2012/#comment-410 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:57:09 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=1466#comment-410 I have heard that there were a couple of attempts to revive the Wagon Train in the 1970s, but I believe that the last regular event was in the mid-to-late 1960s… (that’s from the Watauga Democrat reports and hearsay)…

]]> Comment on The Week of March 4th, 2012 by S. Scism http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/the-week-of-march-4th-2012/#comment-406 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:03:00 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=1466#comment-406 i remember going to the Wagon train when I was a little girl. I was also wondering if it was still going on. I loved it.

]]> Comment on The Week of September 17th, 2009 by alookbackatwatauga http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-week-of-september-17th-2009/#comment-403 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:35:04 +0000 http://alookbackatwatauga.wordpress.com/?p=253#comment-403 Thanks, Angela!

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