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Paddle Fest takes place on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, and is held on the fourth Saturday of each month, May through September.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: Prestonsburg – The Star City of Eastern Kentucky

One key to a city on the rise: “A lot of really good people doing really good things.”
Ancient soapstone artifacts are on display at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee.

‘Books of the Earth’ – Virginia’s Soapstone Legacy

The versatile, utilitarian rock is found at Schuyler, Virginia, and mined there by the nation’s oldest and largest producer of American soapstone.
Clockwise from top left: • Fort Milroy rendering,1861. • Harvesting timber near Cheat’s summit in the early 1900s. • Cass was once home to a bustling train station and numerous families who brought life to the railway. • Snowshoe Mountain Resort is among the Southeast’s premier winter destinations. (Photo courtesy Snowshoe Mountain Resort)

West Virginia 4,800-footer: The Four Lives of Cheat Mountain

Over the last 160 years, the identity of the peak has changed, changed, changed and changed again.
Roll on, Tweetsie: Engine No. 12 pulls passenger cars over a wooden trestle at Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

The Vagabond Tweetsie No. 12

Yes, the little engine began its life where it rolls today, but made a trek to Virginia and nearly ended up in California. Gene Autry Nearly Owned It.
Catherine Falls is a highlight of the 26-acre property in Caldwell County.

Western North Carolina 26-Acre Tract Now Protected for Wildlife and Recreation

Peregrine falcons, Canada warblers, wood thrushes and Acadian flycatchers are among the species that now have more habitat under permanent protection in North Carolina.
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Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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