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Heritage Tours and Group Receptive Services
Read more about Heritage Tours and Group Receptive ServicesOrchard at Altapass Saved by Carson Family
Master storyteller Bill Carson tells how his family saved a century-old apple orchard from development and turned it into a heritage attraction on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Read more about Orchard at Altapass Saved by Carson FamilyWomens Work at Carson House
What the women of the house used to do.
Read more about Womens Work at Carson HouseMax Woody
Max Woody chair shop.
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Read more about Mountain Heritage Classes ProjectStabilization and Rehabilitation of the Historic Carson House Barn
Read more about Stabilization and Rehabilitation of the Historic Carson House BarnCherokee Homestead Exhibit in Hayesville
Read more about Cherokee Homestead Exhibit in HayesvilleDoyle Pace
Storyteller
Boone, NC (Watauga County)
"I've always been interested in stories," recalls Doyle Pace. "My uncles and father told stories. They didn't tell Jack Tales, but they always had some sort of anecdote to make their point." Doyle's interest in stories and folklore eventually led him to the mountains of Western North Carolina. Since his first trip to Watauga County in 1958, he made frequent extended trips to the area. He bought a house there in 1970, and he has made the area his permanent home since 2005.
Read more about Doyle PaceMike Campbell
Frontier skills artist
Boone, NC (Watauga County)
Mike Campbell has long been fascinated with history and older ways of living. A knowledgeable and seasoned presenter of American frontier skills, he is, among other things, a skilled woodworker, leatherworker, and knife maker. "Most of those people used their skills to make their own clothes, weapons, and food," he notes. "So you learn[ed] to do a lot of things with your hands, then barter for the rest."
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Historic Carson House
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