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Move Over Jamestown: First Inland U.S. Settlement in NC Mountains?

Researchers are hard at work in Burke County toward further proof of a Spanish fort.
No photos exist of Abraham Enloe, the possible father of Abraham Lincoln, but one of his 16 children keenly resembles the president.

Mountain Curios: Was Abe Lincoln a North Carolinian?

Success does have many fathers, but as many as 17 candidates for the presidential paternity?
Cider pairs with food, in this tasting at Foggy Ridge, just as wines are enjoyed with certain flavors.

In Search of Cider

An old mountain libation – with its roots in the days before grapes were widely grown in the Southern Appalachians – is making a comeback at several spots in the Blue Ridge region.
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Swell Cooking

As a 10-year-old girl, Barbara Swell already had a sense for the meaning of family recipes and the meals they make. A lifetime of collecting and cooking has rendered her a sort of one-woman preservation society for old-fashioned cooking.

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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

April 12, 2018

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