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North Georgia’s U.S.-sanctioned Dahlonega Mint building, shown here in the late 1870s, was opened to supplement the original U.S. mint at Philadelphia.

Curios: Mountain Mints of the 1800s – First U.S. $1 Gold Coin Was Carolina-Made

The pre-California gold rushes in North Carolina and Georgia overwhelmed the Philadelphia mint to the point that gold coins came to be struck here in the Southern Appalachians.
Soon after Buncombe County, North Carolina, men captured 10 Walton County, Georgia officals, the conflict ended.

Curios: The Walton War – Two College Presidents Sort It Out

In the early 1800s, Georgia and North Carolina went briefly into battle over a strip of land that is now part of North Carolina’s Transylvania County.
Circa 1938 postcard shows the Front Royal Army Remount Depot.

Curios: If Those Hills Could Talk… Secrets of 3,200 Acres in Virginia

Since 1909, a beautiful tract of land near Front Royal has carefully guarded a varying set of not-so-public identities.
From left to right, the Cooper family, Lisa, Faye and John. They have made Mast General Store an employee-owned enterprise.

Stocking Up On Tradition: Inside Mast General Store

Now in its second century, employee-owned Mast General Store continues to provide patrons with an old-timey shopping experience.
Tim Green stands beneath the Twin Poplars of Caldwell County, North Carolina, which legend has were joined together in 1737.

Curios: Twin Poplars – 1737 Tribal Settlement?

Legend has it that after a weeklong battle, the Catawba and Cherokee tribes settled a territorial dispute and joined two trees to commemorate the peace.
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