Appalachian Mountain Dreams

2023 Festival & Event Guide

“Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.” Blue Ridge Country I was spending some time on Facebook today and saw a post about NC Mineral and Gem Festival. The post had a copy of the cover of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine 2023 Festival & Event Guide. For over a

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Mountain Dew…

The Last One I watched this years ago… It’s been remastered… It’s worth an hour of your time. The Last One is the Emmy award-winning PBS television special on moonshine in Appalachia, featuring Popcorn Sutton and JB Rader, who were relatively unknown outside of Maggie Valley at the time of filming. The film relies on source footage that was also

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Eastern White Pine

It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian Mountains and upper Piedmont to northernmost Georgia and perhaps very rarely

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Cades Cove in Winter

Not a tour many of us get the opportunity to take. The drive thru Cades cove after a snowfall. Other Videos By yankeeinthesouth Fall Colors in Cataloochee Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2020 First Snowfall in The Great Smoky Mountains Gatlinburg, Cataract Falls and John Ownby Cabin 2020 Snowy Drive Through Wears Valley Tennessee 11/30/2020

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Cades Cove

Cades Cove Museum

Cades Cove Museum | Tennessee Crossroads | Episode 2936.1 I’ve been enjoying the Tennessee Crossroads shows on Youtube for awhile. Most of what turns up in my subscription feed are the restaurants out in the countryside. But occasionally one like this pops up… If you visit the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, you’re like to visit Cades Cove. As you

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