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The Top 61 Happiest Mountain Towns in the Blue Ridge
Our quest to have our readers select the happiest towns in the mountains began with a set of criteria applied
April 2, 2026
People of the Mountains
‘Wild Women’ raise $23,000 for good causes in the Tennessee town.
Rosey Santerre is the Pendleton County Service Forester with the West Virginia Division of Forestry. While not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, growing food and playing in the woods.
Barbara Board is a Franklin County, Virginia native who had a long career with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. Upon returning to live in her childhood home, she became president of Friends of Booker T. Washington National Monument.
Peter Hunter and his son, Blake, scour the countryside for old materials and then stitch them together to create unique homes.
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.
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Walking Winchester in the relentless rain of a soggy spring could not dampen my enthusiasm to see the home of
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Behind Blue Ridge Country
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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