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Members of the JHA giving a tour of the Black section of the Boone Cemetery in September 2021. In front-right is Roberta Jackson. In front-center is Lynn Patterson.
Photo courtesy Appalachian State University Film Services.

A view of the Black section of the cemetery in April 2022. In the front are four headstones. Three of the headstones are for the white Union soldiers who were interred in the area. The tombstones are new replacements that were installed in Spring…

A view of the Black section of the cemetery in September 2021. White flags dot the area, marking unmarked graves. Most of this work was done by Dr. Alice Wright’s archaeology students in preparation for a graveyard tour during App State’s Founders…

This photograph shows the front of Boone Mennonite Brethren Church on Church St.

This image shows Reverend Mike Mathas burning the church's mortgage after its last payment during the centennial celebration

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

Unveiled cemetery marker. Photo courtesy Kayla Lasure.

This image is a view of the cemetery marker in the Black section of Boone Cemetery. White flags dot the area, marking unmarked graves. Most of this work was done by Dr. Alice Wright’s archaeology students in preparation for a graveyard tour during…

Cemetery marker ceremony at the Black section of the Town of Boone cemetery. Photo courtesy Lonnie Webster.