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Numbered parcels indicate land owned by black members of the community, as identified by Virgil Greer in 1998.

The Mennonite faith stresses the value of non-violence and for that reason, some members of the church did not serve during World War II; however, there were still men in Junaluska (and a few from the church) that entered the military. Some of these…

The 1980s saw the formation of the Mennonite Church’s first choir, The Gospel Gems. They were a popular musical quartet that temporarily dissolved in the latter half of the decade, later reforming in 1993. Their music, inspired by slave hymnals,…

Junaluska had its own baseball team, the Boone Mountain Lions, who competed against other towns and prison teams.

Praise activity in the Boone Church

In 1917 Rev. Joseph and Kathania Tschetter began holding Mennonite services in the Junaluska community’s school house. A congregation of eight original members was established, and by 1918 the Boone Brethren Mennonite Church was founded where it…

A sunny day at church

Horton attended school at the Salem Mennonite Mission Church and Orphanage even though he was not an orphan. The influence of the Mennonite missionaries had a great influence on him as a child, and in 1935, he became the minister of the Boone…

The Junaluska Heritage Association formed in 2011 as a a community based organization created to preserve cultural heritage and assist in preserving and growing the community itself. Since that time, the Boone Mennonite Brethren Church has served as…