Blue Ridge: Historic Homes & Towns, Blue Ridge Lake, and More

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Stories and narratives about buildings, towns, places, and most of all people fill this 308- page book.  There are also 313 photos and 18 maps in this amazing volume.

• What it took to create the Cohutta Wilderness and a driving tour you can take.
• Did you know that theBlue RidgeLakewas onceLakeToccoaand was not built by TVA?  There are detailed drawings of how the dam actually operates.  Learn from Herman Long how Morganton Point was constructed by theUSFS.
• Ghost Stories
• Local characters and their accomplishments, past and present, include a dramatic movie theater owner, folk and fine artists, a water powered newspaper editor, and resident chickens (human and animal).
• The Civil War in the mountains is examined and explained, including the story of Sippio Henry, who began as a slave and fought as a Union Army soldier.