- City:
- Boone, NC
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Alan Tompkins
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The mural “Daniel Boone on a Hunting Trip to Watauga County” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Painted by Alan Tompkins, it was installed in Boone, North Carolina’s historic downtown post office building in 1940.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Site originally submitted by Hand Johnson on August 1, 2013.
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Thomas McGowan
The correct spelling of the location for Boone’s hunting trip is “Watauga.”
Oops! We’ll get that corrected right away. DW