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August 2012

Ron Necciai:The Man Who Struck Out Everybody

Ron Necciai: The Man Who Struck Out Everybody

A baseball giant no lesser than Branch Rickey -- the man who broke baseball's color line by bringing Jackie Robinson to the major leagues in 1947 -- called him one of the three greatest pitchers I've ever seen.
Eastern grey, western grey and red kangaroos (above) live comfortably in Dawsonville, Ga.

Reader Favorites: 50 Blue Ridge Mountain Secrets

50 Blue Ridge Mountain Secrets published in the March/April 2007 issue of Blue Ridge Country.
Train Depot

Reader Favorites: Bramwell, WV – Village of Millionaires

Turn-of-the-century Bramwell, West Virginia, was a rich little town with more millionaires than any place of its size in America.
The historic property's three houses and 16 rooms overlook the Tennessee River.

A Family Vacation in Chattanooga & Northwest Georgia

More Than Just A Choo Choo: Chattanooga's Revival Makes It A Cosmopolitan City With A Dose of Hometown Comfort
His 1992 Blue Ridge Country article and 1994 book

First Union: The Melungeons Revisited

In 1991, writer Joan Vannorsdall Schroeder spent time in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee investigating the Melungeons, a group of people who'd been an enigma in Appalachian history for centuries.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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