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Located in Maggie Valley, the Wheels Through Time Museum features vintage hot rods, touring sedans, sleek roadsters, motorcycles, and billboards. The curator is Dale Walksler, who built up his collection over the thirty years he was in the motorcycle business. The original museum was in Mount Vernon, Illinois, for twenty years. Walksler moved it to Maggie Valley four years ago because he was looking for a small town with a stable tourist trade.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 2, July 2006, p164-166, il Periodical Website
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7102
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Grant describes three mountains inns that are a combination of romantic surroundings, tranquil atmosphere, and excellent food. They are the Folkestone Inn (Bryson City); Old Stone Inn (Waynesville); and the Mast Farm Inn (Valle Crucis).
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 10, Mar 2005, p42-44, 46-47, il Periodical Website
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For war-weary soldiers, serving stateside or abroad during World War II, letters from home were a welcome diversion from the tedium of camp life or the terror of the battlefield. Grant recounts soldiers' responses to receiving a letter from loved ones.
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Railroading attracts many tourists to Bryson City. They come to ride on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad and to tour the Smoky Mountain Trains Museum. The museum, operated by Tim and Sue Cooper, boasts the largest collection of Lionel trains in the Carolinas, with over 7,000 cars and locomotives on display. Between 250 and 300 new pieces are added yearly. The collection is valued at $1.2 million.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 2, July 2005, p120-122, 124-125, il, por Periodical Website
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Carrying a Minolta camera and a North Carolina road map, Mike Lassiter has traveled 30,000 of the state's 52,699 square miles. Lassiter's quest is to preserve family-owned businesses on film before this piece of Americana disappears forever. Many of these businesses are gathering places in small communities; some have operated for a century or more and have become institutions in their towns. Lassiter has traveled the state for the past six years and ended his quest in March 2005. He hopes to publish his collection of photographs and has received some interest from publishing houses.
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The John C. Campbell Folk School in Cherokee County's Brasstown, attracts yearly some 3,000 people, who study subjects from blacksmithing to writing. The school opened in 1925. The term folk school comes from the Danish language and means “a school for the people.” Thus, while folk traditions like pottery, weaving, and carving are studied there, people are also free to pursue non-folk interests, such as photography and genealogy, that help them to grow as creative people.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 3, Aug 2004, p96-98, 100-101, il Periodical Website
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