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Craft Trail

Hickory Ridge Homestead

Courtesy of Boone Convention & Visitors Bureau

Hickory Ridge Homestead is a living history museum on the grounds of Horn in the West, the nation's oldest Revolutionary War drama, in Boone, North Carolina.

Staffed with interpreters in period clothing, the 18^th century homestead gives visitors a feeling for the daily lives of early mountain settlers. The museum strives to recreate the atmosphere of a small mountain community around the time of the Revolutionary War and offers demonstrations in hearthside cooking, weaving, and other crafts.

The museum offers hands-on education for children and adults, including workshops on tinsmithing, hearth cooking, and the crafting of candles, medicine bags, corn husk dolls, rabbit skin belt bags, and trading beads. Visitors can also learn how to use natural fibers to create textiles.

The Hickory Ridge Homestead museum was created in 1980 to foster a better understanding of the life of the settlers in the Horn in the West outdoor drama. The drama premiered in 1952, and since that time has been seen by more than 1.4 million visitors. It is performed in the 2,500-seat Daniel Boone Theatre. Playwright Dr. Kermit Hunter also penned Unto These Hills, the popular outdoor drama in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Hours of Operation
The museum is open to visitors on weekends in the fall and spring. Hours are:

Saturday 9 am – 4 pm
Sunday 1 pm – 4 pm

During the summer, the museum offers a variety of day camps for children.

Location
The Hickory Ridge Homestead Museum is located on Horn Avenue, just off NC 105 in downtown Boone, North Carolina.

Hickory Ridge Homestead
PO Box 295
Boone, NC 28607
(828) 264-2120
www.horninthewest.com/museum.htm