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Mar 2009
The Price of Gold
Others may have passed through Western North Carolina in search of gold, but none were more barbaric than Hernando de Soto. The impact of his bloody expedition on the region’s native population is just finally coming to light.
Mar 2009
Tryon
Mar 2009
Kings of the Hill
For 50 years, tourist season at Chimney Rock Park opened with a rumble