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Ictacular Hickory Nut 3
fge Trip Draws Visitors
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J BAKT LE1PER
>>C Hiiihlantiers
e5ling and varied circle
, w uesvnie is Uut
,UOO orevard, Tryon.
oo.k anu uaKe Lure in
lf) .vul uot'ge area, iien
t and Asneviile.
L-S 276 out of Waynes
u-ip leaus over the evcr
Pi^an .Mountain range,
n rouie numerous beau
ic overlooks, LooKinggiass
Looainggiass i alls.
I weii named tne "Sum
wl oi Music in Western
roiina.' nas bunt up a de
tpu-aiion tor us Music
j music Eestival, the lat
lure wnich attracts many
,e visitors during August,
leads lroin Brevard to
nvilie, a well patronized
resort town, the route
re to Tryon being over
Browsing around the
en ol Tryon i named for a
y despised Colonial gov
hat name) holds interests i
visitors, as here are lo
nerous unusually attrac
s of those who can afford
ipmes elsewhere as well,
most mountainous areas,
regarded as more of a
itumn and winter resort
i as a summer vacation
Dugh there arc a goodly |
f outside visitors even in
#
ta is as famous, perhaps,
eat'on in the "thermal
tr any other single factor,
mal belt is an area of
ind between the higher
[ the Blue Ridge moun
Ihe iowlands, having the
property of avoiding ail
osts, although in season
ly devastate vegetation
e and below this belt of
land As a consequence,
i is naturally well suited
and floral gardens of
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many types.
The trip from Try on tu Ch.mney
Hock anu l-ake LiUie lakes itit trav
eler aiong me toot oi tne biue
luage range, over NC lutt and nt
?, iiuougn Loiumoui, ine county
seat, connecting witn ts> 74 upon
reacning tne irregular shores 01
bane Lure.
Located in a truly Alpine set
ting^ wnn precipnous moumains
towering above and reHecieo in us
emtraiQ-green wa.ers, bake Lure
is a scenic gem tnat still has a
utilitarian side, as it provides wat
er sports of numerous types.
In spring and autumn, the wat
ers oi Lake Lure yield excellent
catches 01 Dass, anu?as a surprise
to hsnermen uniniormed ol wnat
may happen to tneir lures now
and then a heliy landlocked salmon
(cutthroat trout) will be taken.
These are descendants of Anger
lings stock in the lake shortly af
ter it was lormed back in tne early
20 s.
Near the headwaters of the lake,
close to attractive Lake Lure inn,
a side road leads to the odd and
beautiful Bottomless Pools, unique
scenic area featuring the pools
sculptured by nature over the cen
turies from the solid rock of the
stream bed.
Chimney Rock, one of Western
North Carolina's most famous sight
seeing attractions, is reached by
paved private highway leading up
ward from Chimney Rock village,
until it reaches a high altitude near
the base of the spectacular chim
ney itself, which towers menacing
ly over 300 feet above the parking
place. A modern elevator, operating
in a vertical shaft blasted out of
solid rock, now serves visitors mak
ing the ascent to an overlook not
far from the Chimney top.
From the latter vantage point,
the views are truly spectacular,
even awesome, since the gorge
drops away so precipitously that
you feel as if it would require
only a slight jump to send you into
the dashing Broad River flowing
many hundreds of feet below.
There are in addition to the (
Chimney, many oddities of nature
that well repay inspection, and, if
you are a hiker, intriguing and
exciting mountain cliff trails to ex
plore in the -region. As on all trips
in Western North Carolina high
lands, your camera is surely a
"must" here.
Heading back to base up Hickory
Nut Gorge, you'll find more ? en
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SCORPIONS
Haa?re
grossing mountain scenery, with
the sheer majesty of the Blue
Ridge ramparts ? here formed of
granite gneiss?adding to the in
terest of the trip. You are now
progressing along a highway which
in many places, no doubt, covers
the very ground over which DeSoto
and his metal-clad warriors ascend
ed on their way to seek gold
throughout the area then populat
ed by Indian tribes. (You may even
pass one of his modern namesake
cars on that very trip.)
At Hickory Nut Gap you are on
the dividing watershed which sees
streams headed toward the Atlantic
on one side, toward the Gulf on
the other. Your journey from here
into Asheville is through a rolling
agricultural area, oroxen nere and !
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FISJIING IS ALWAYS GOOD SPORT In West
ern Carolina's streams and lakes. Wary rainbow
trout sometimes seem to be playing "cat-and
mouse" with the patient angler, as they dart back
and forth in the shadows of the rocky waters.
Nevertheless, a 11-and-a-half pound beauty was
reported caught in (ilenville I..ike (by a man who
was Ashing for bass), a 17-pound catfish at Kon
tana, and a 28-inch rainbow hooked in Cataloo
chee.
Oconaluftee Village
Takes Visitors Back
Two Hundred Years .
It takes an hour to tour the re
created Cherokee Indian village
near the entrance to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park in
North Carolina. Visitors find
Cherokees garbed and living as
they did 200 years ago as native
guides explain the interesting tri
bal customs. Camera fans never
lack for subjects, some highly col
orful. as the Indians pose readily
at picturesque pursuits such as
building dug-out canoes, grinding
maize, and shooting blow guns.
The village, known as Oconaluf
tee,, is sponsored by the Cherokee
Historical Association which also
sponsors the outdoor summer
drama "Unto These Hills." It is
open weekdays from .9:30 until 4:30
and Sundays from 1 until 4:30 p m.
there by oiTshoot mountains. The
route ?from Asheville to Waynes
ville is, of course, over US 19.
An interesting variety is added
on the return trip, if desired, by
taking NC 110 at Canton to jour
ney beside the Pigeon River until
you make a junction with OS 276,
on which you left Waynesvlllc.
Weathered Inscription
Rouses Speculation ?;
One of the most debated furiosi
tits at Whiteside Mountain, be
tween Cashiers and Highlands, is
an inscription, presumably ancient
and presumably Spanish, which is
; carved into the rocks atop the
' Devil's Courthouse. Note: This is
I not the rock formation of the same
name near Beech Gap on the Blue
Itidge Parkway right-of-way.)
| Variously translated as meaning
cither "To the Memory of a Cater
j Saint." and "A Place Sacred to the
Memory," the carvings have an
appearance of great age. and have
i been supposed by some authorities
to be the work of a detachment of
DeSoto's expedition 400 years ago.
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Cherokee Drama
Brings To Life
Story Of Martyr
"llnto These Hills" at Cherokee
is a story ol the Cherokee Indians
and the martyr, Tsan, who sac
uhced his lUe so that a remnant
ot his tribe could rehiain in tne
Urtat Smoky Mountains instead of
being lorcibly removed to what is
now Oklahoma along the tragic
"Trail ot Tears'!'Cherokee Indians,
direct descendants of the very peo
ple whose story is dramatized, nil
many roies in the play. The In
dian dances and music are authen
tic. ?
Cherokee Indians also staff the
theatre and nearby Oconaluftee
Village, built to show visitors how
the Cherokees lived 200 years ago.
Produced by the Cherokee His
torical Association, "Unto These
Hills' played to 141.000 people in
1952, and Its'total attendance lor
its hrsl three years was more than
400.000.
The community ol Cherokee is
25 miles lroin Waynesville in the
Great Smoky Mountains, and
through it Highway 441 leads into
the heart ol the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. The
community is headquarters lor the
3.000 Cherokee Indians who live
on the Qualla Reservation, and is a
poppJar tourist center.
The Cherokee Information center
on U. S. 441 near the Nprth Caro
lina entrance to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park maintains
an extensive tourist information
bureau, and Alls requests for ac
commodations in and near Chero
kee and other communities in the
area as well as for tickets to the
play.
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N.C. And Tenn.
Folk Appreciate
Park Advantages
As might well be expected. North
Carolina and Tennessee citizens
continue to top all other visitors
to the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, as revealed in a sur
vey made by the National Park
Service according to information
reeeivtd by Western North Caro
lina Highlanders, Inc.
Percentagewise. Tennessee citi
zens headed the list for the first
six months of 1953 with 50 9 per
cent of the total; North Carolina,
second .with 13.16 percent of the
total visitors. Total Park visitors
for the first half of this year were
808,324.
Next ten stales in order of Park
visitation, follow;
Georgia 5.6 per cent, South Car
olina 4.2, Ohio 3.7, Michigan 3 2.
Illinois 2.5, Indiana 2.1, Kentucky
2.1, Virginia 1.5, Alabama 1.4, Flor
ida 1.4.
This order, incidcntaHy, remains
(he same for the first five states
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, attendance -swapped positions (or
: the first half o( (his year, compared
j with (he last year's record. The i>,
1952 breakdown of Park attendance
I hy states was compiled by the
' Knoxville Tourist Rureati from a
widely mailed questionnaire.
For several recent years the .
Park Service did not maintain a
slate-by-^tate tabulation, but this
service was attain started the first ??
of this year, according to Edward
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j and will be continued throughout
I 1953
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