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The Northern Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee

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A farmer plants black burley tobacco seedlings. NR. Location: NC, Yancey County, Mayland Valley, Bald Creek Area, Possum Trot Community. [ref. to #232.433]	The Northern Mountains The Blue Ridge extends northward from Asheville without loosing any of its height or impressiveness, covering 4200 square miles with stony ridges and deep valleys, and overlapping far into Tennessee. What it looses is tourists. Apart from the elegant resort village of Blowing Rock and the ski resorts near Boone, this region is off the travel industry's radar scope. Instead, it's a place where mountain folk make their living, raising steer and growing black burley pipe tobacco (which they cure outdoors, tied onto sticks), working in small, clean mills, or holding down jobs in the county seat. It's what the rest of the mountains might have looked like if the tourist boom had never happened. It's beautiful.
The Lost Provinces — The Northernmost Mountains The Glendale Springs Frescoes; Last Supper fresco over altar. Location: NC, Ashe County, The Blue Ridge Area, Glendale Springs, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (frescoes). [ref. to #235.091]	The Blue Ridge Parkway, Doughton Park, Brinegar Cabin. Front view, in dusk light. Location: NC, Wilkes County. [ref. to #226.058] More on the Northernmost Mountains of North Carolina
The Blue Ridge Parkway at Grandfather Mountain Split rail fences cut through the meadows lined by forests in fall colors. Location: NC, Avery County, The Blue Ridge Parkway, Linville River Picnic Area, MP 317, Linville River Meadows. [ref. to #237.679]	Sunrise viewed from The Blue Ridge; farmhouse and apple orchard (winter) in frgd. Location: NC, McDowell County, The Blue Ridge Parkway, Altapass Orchards (MP 329). [ref. to #232.005] More on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Grandfather Mountain
The Boone and Banner Elk Area Elk River, above falls; man fly fishing. NR. Location: NC, Avery County, Pisgah National Forest, The Elk River Area, Elk River Falls. [ref. to #232.459]	Window display of toy marbles, for purchase by the pound. PROPERTY RELEASED. Location: NC, Watauga County, Boone Area, Valle Crucis, Mast General Store. [ref. to #237.144] More on Boone & Banner Elk
The Mayland Valley The Appalachian Trail crosses a wood rail fence in snow. Location: NC, Mitchell County, Pisgah National Forest, Roan Mountain Area, Carvers Gap. [ref. to #222.185]	A farmer plants black burley tobacco seedlings. NR. Location: NC, Yancey County, Mayland Valley, Bald Creek Area, Possum Trot Community. [ref. to #232.433] More on the Mayland Valley
Northeast Tennessee TN: The Northern Mountains Region, Carter County, Watauga River Area, Elizabethton, Doe River Covered Bridge (1887), Afternoon view in early spring; weir in frgd; man fishing from weir. NR [Ask for #252.028.]	TN: The Northern Mountains Region, Carter County, Cherokee National Forest, Holston Mountain, Holston High Knob, View [Ask for #261.113.] More on Northeastern Tennessee...
Catawba Valley North Carolina: Northern Mountains Region, Burke County, The South Mountains, South Mountain State Park, Waterfall on Jacob Fork from High Shoals Falls Trail [Ask for #216.068.]	North Carolina: Northern Mountains Region, Burke County, The Blue Ridge Mountains, Brown Mountain Area, Steel Creek Valley, Tree nursery in full spring blooms, in Steel Creek Valley beneath Brown Mountain; rows of redbud and dogwood trees covered in flowers. [Ask for #238.141.] More on the Catawba Valley...
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