History

Flat Top Manor maintained its stately appearance in this 1953 photo, when it had become Blue Ridge Parkway property.

Flat Top Manor: The Estate that Moses & Bertha Built

The couple’s blend of morality, planning and civic responsibility lives on in a property that Bertha Cone did all she could to keep from becoming part of the Blue Ridge Parkway, much less the signature attraction that is undergoing major renovations.
Blue Hole Spring (right) was used by the Cherokee for their water supply. The Eternal Flame (left) was lit in 1984.

Tennessee’s Red Clay: The Little State Park That Burns Bright

The 263-acre east Tennessee park has a history that goes back to 1830, and which, in 1984, completed a re-linking of Cherokee history.
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Making a Home, Bit by Old Bit

Peter Hunter and his son, Blake, scour the countryside for old materials and then stitch them together to create unique homes.
The caption that circulates with this photo reads: “Eight members of the Ingram family with their turnip-style moonshine still. Ida Ingram Nunley is the woman sitting and holding a shotgun.”

Another Side of ‘Shine: One Man’s Family History

How difficult must it be to become the first male in your family for many generations back to make a living at something other than illegal liquor.
The GEICO gecko was the star of an ad that played on the two-state nature of Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia’s State Street, the center of which is the border between the two states.

Curios: Where Blue Ridge States Interlock

A Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia, cemetery may present the ultimate in knitted-together states: Legend has it that some are buried with their heads in Virginia and their feet in Tennessee.
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