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IWataugans At w ore
Farmer and grandson are Lawrence Hanson
and Joseph Miller respectively, shown at
their work in MV Henson's corn field. The
67-year-old semi-retired plumber and farmer
owns and operates a 50-acre spread, has 16
head of cattle, and has some of the earliest
tobacco plants in the county. Harried to the
former Bliss Unice Ward, Henson has four
children, 12 grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren. Young Miller, age 14, lives
with his parents in Kingsport, Tennessee,
during the school year and spends much of
his summer vacation on his grandparents'
farm. The Henson farm is on Route 1, Vilas.
Highway 421, Scenic Roadway
Roughly Follows Boone Trail
By JOHN COREY
Highway <21 roughly paral
lels the Daniel Boone "frail that
crosses the Blue Ridge Moun
tains between Wilbaaboro and
Boone and it ranks among the
prettiest scenic roads in the
Carolina mountains.
The Daniel Boona Trail, equ
ally scenic but not paved, fol
lows valleys rather than moun
tain crests. A trek over this
lap of the Boone trail affords
a rich experience for the fam
ily not in a hurry.
Because it reveals how pias
ters tracked alongside streams
and oyer animal paths ^fn tHHr
travels, the trip if a re&vingflg.
history. Secondly, the dust
bumps, curves, narrow should
ers and cliffs along the road in
Still a distinct appreciation for
North Carolina's modern
thoroughfares which too often
are *aken for granted.
Boona cut the trail in 1773
when his family and five others
crossed the Blue Ridge on their
way to unexplored Kentucky.
The crossing has considerable
significance, says Dr. D. J.
Whitener, Tar Heel historian
and dean of Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Actually, it was the first
prong of the famous Wilder
ness Road, Dr. Whitener points
aut Later Boone blazed the
Wilderness Trail from what it
now Knoxville, Tenn., to tha
rich hinterland of Kentucky.
He went over an Indian trail
through the Cumberland Gap
and thousands of settlers poured
ill after him as America under
went its great expansion west
ward.
On June 27-29 a wagon train
partly drawn by oxen and load
ad with Wilkes and Watauga
County adventurers will reen
act "Daniel Boone's Crossing
the Blue Ridge." It will be a
Carolina Charter Tercentenary
observance. The train assemb
les near Ferguson in Wilkes
County, where Daniel Boone
Ived before shoving off .for
"Kentuck."
The group will arrive in
Boone three days later for form
al Tercentenary ceremonies at
ttie Conrad Stadium at Appala
chian State Teachers College.
Visitors are welcome to the I
wagon train's camp areas (at
Darby on the night of June 27
and Bamboo on June 28) but
?utaiders will not be permitted
to break into the convoy while
It moves. The Daniel Boone
frail should be explored before
?r after the wagon train cele
bration Here's how to get on
tie trail:
At Wilkesboro take Highway
*68 to Ferguson. Go three mile*
beyond Ferguson and turn right
?n (Re nr Put nm&. Tftts tr
fie Daniel Boone Trail.
The trail follows the Elk
Ciutft iwif pass RHty ft ueai
deserted lumber village) and
Triple* (a ptctureaque Wata
aga valley hamlet).
At Tripiett take the steep
toad for the climb to Bamboo.
tW? paaaes through Cook's Gap
which humps the crest of Uo
Blue Ridge Mountains. At thia
point you have tr? sad the
Blue Ridge where Daniel Boone
Two Routes
J. T. Winkler, district highway engineer of Boone, and Dr.
D. J. Whitener, dean of Appalachian State Teachers College,
inspect the modern highway 421 and Blue Kidge Parkway
at Deep Gap, which approximately parallel the Daniel Boone
Trait
Authentic Indian Relics Are Being
Shown At Horn In West Museum
It'* difficult to find a tmd
tee Indian souvenir anynaone.
Kven toe Indians have imiW
te dismaying toy toMnhnates
Md tom-toms with "Made te
Japan" labels.
The authentic Indian Relics
It te owned Md operated hjr
nr. and Mrs. Rabat A. Hoaay
curt ia cowMadoa with th?
Hon la Ike West outdoor dra
ma, playing nightly eaeept
Hnodayt, J una MBept X.
Mrs Honeyeutt it the former
Ruth Adella Myers, wheoe fath
er, the lata lea E. Myers, was
an Indian agent She was born
at Thuader Butte, S. D., where
her lather was tha Cheyenne
reservation agent. When she
was old enough he took her to
the city schools at Rushvllle,
Nebraska.
During Myer's years as an
agent, the Indians presented
Mm gifta of bead work, pnace
pipes, moccasins, vests, drums,
headdress, even porcupine quill
work.
Gift! have a meaning to the
Indian paella. Eaeh year the
redmen have a Fourth of July
celebration ? an independence
day for them? when they cele
brate the Indians' victory over
General Custer.
They exchange gifts made
during the yaar. Gifta received
in previous years are kept with
in the families and passed on
from generation to generation.
When Myers found this out,
he asked the Indians if he was.
expected to make and exchange
gifts too. He waa not ? all of
the gifts to Mm were a token
of the high esteem the Indian
nation felt for him. This re
sulted in his acquiring a large
collection, once aaid to be the
largest privately owned Indian
collection in the country. The
collection passed on to his
daughter and she stored the
items for years.
Then she "had the brain
that I want* otter pao
fb to Nt Ha ?Hi? tic In
*?a aalics." Last spring, Mrs
II? ai ll aad fear husband
flora RaMah where they
wwe ??nil ) in 1M?)' moved
to Boana and aatebUshad the
authentic Indian Relic* Museum
at the Daniel Boone Theatre,
home of Horn in the West.
Mrs. Honeycutt has few in
terests outside her museum.
Girl Scoot Camp
(Mntiauect from page 2)
Elizabeth Bgwwuth. Kathy
Bos worth, Sharon Blair, Beth
Dixon, Am Edmiaten, Patsy
Edmiaten, Elsie Ernesto a, Ann
Palmar, Terry Greene, Joy
Qaaan. Jan Greene, Mary Gib
Mi, Lorraine Harris.
Carol Hayes, Gizelle Ialey,
Sandra Kirk, Peggy Miller, Ca
therine Miller, Peggy Martin,
Carol MeNeely, Deborah Ot
borne, Betsy Randall, Shirley
Bay, Tanya Shook, Ginna Sand
ers, Bath Stone.
Mariaha Trivette, Donna TrW
atta, Lucille WaUborn, Dee
WliBon, Rachel Yates, Terry
Bryson. and Janat FuJmer.
JFK MAY DELAY HHP
President Kennedy may de
Iky hia scheduled visit to Italy
until after the College of Car
dinals electa a successor to
Pope John XXIII.
The President would be un
able tM visit Italy until after he
goes ahead with firm plans to
tour West Germany and Ire
land. His tentative itinerary
calls for him to leave Ireland
June 29. If the new Pope is
chosen by that date, it is pos
sible Kennedy will fly from
Ireland to Italy.
Business is always better for
advertisers.
Technical Manslaughter
Charge Faces Local Man
Newton, H". C. ? Hickory pat
- rolmap, K. K. Carroll, brought
. XeaHQcal charges of involun
tary manslaughter against Lar
ry Henry Winebargor, 24, of
Boone, on Juno It, after Cata
wba County's 13th automobile
fatality which occurred June 8,
just outside the city limits.
Winebarger was charged on
the technical count far ardor to
permit a court to diapose of the
matter.
The officer and an eye wit
ness said that Mrs. Troy L. Fox,
40, apparently drove into the
path of the tractor unit operat
ed by Winebarger, traveling on
Highway 04-70. Mrs. Fox appar
ently was attempting to worn
UM JMAfUXlg
from First Street, SW, when
her Ford station wagon was
struck, the officer said. The
Impact spun hec our into a
1987 Chevrolet driven by Char
les WlUlan topper of Buther
Fishing For The
Entire Family!
NO
LIMIT
Lakes
2 Miles Out
m
On Highway 105
fordton.
*r?. Fox was pronounced
dead on arrival at Richard Bak
er hospital
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She sewi, plays the accordion
tod piano tad performs Indian
dances, complete, with costume
and tom-tom beating.
Bat hKHan relics are her
eMef concern. They include In
tricate beadwork, the backing
of which is all hand-tanned
leather, the beads sewn with
sinew stripped from the backs
of buffalo. She has the peace
pipe hand-carved by Charles
Piefcet Pin. A model of the
boat of this aix-foot Indian Is
preserved in Washington, D. P.,
as being a typical American
Indian.
Another ? valuable item is a
beaded pair of hoy's pants
which weighs about 15 pounds,
a porcupine quill work that's
made from the animal's quills
which the Indians straightened
by pulling each quill between
their teeth. The quills were
dyed with hues from berries,
herbs, golden rods and walnuts.
The number at people killed
on our highways U testimony
to the general carelessness at
those that escape death or in
Jury.
If you think the price t neat
tables are too high there it ma
thing to prevent you from
planting a garden and nWng
your own.
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