Horn in the West is a sprawling outdoor drama about the settlement of the Carolina mountains during the American Revolution. Played out in a forest amphitheatre on the southeast edge of Boone, the production has run nightly through the summer since 1952 and is a fixture of the town's cultural calendar.
The script is sometimes uneven and the depiction of Cherokee characters has been updated over the decades; even so, the costumes, the muskets, the singing, and the open-air staging make for a memorable evening. Bring a jacket — even July nights at this altitude turn cool by the second act.