Miller house placed on historic register

From the news:

It’s more than a century old but it’s still providing family comfort.

The John Smith Miller house is Watauga County’s newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, with the Victorian-style farmhouse in the Meat Camp area earning the recognition in January.

via Miller house placed on historic register – Watauga [...]

High Country Conservancy obtains new easement…

In the news:

Another prominent ridge has been protected after being placed under a conservation easement.

The High Country Conservancy has helped add the Oliver Hill property to a chain of easements near Valle Crucis. Tom Andrews donated the conservation easement on the property, which is located atop a knoll in the Matney community.

The [...]

The Life and Times of Ray Hicks

Before his death in 2003, Ray Hicks was an unassuming Appalachian icon whose anonymity nearly doomed him to obscurity. Born and raised on Old Beech Mountain near Boone, North Carolina, Hicks gained unlikely celebrity as a storyteller of national renown.

via The Life and Times of Ray Hicks – by Lynn Salsi | April 2009 [...]

Watauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local Farmers

Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be having the first holiday market of the season this Saturday, November 22 from 10 to 2. We are expecting more vendors this year and you will have a wide selection to choose from.

Cold weather has slowed many of the local vegetables, but Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig of [...]