Record #:

6529

Author(s):

Lee, Nell

Abstract:

Lee recounts the history of Blowing Rock from its humble beginnings as a farm community in the early 1800s to its present-day status as a mecca for tourists and vacationers. A number of famous people have visited there, including Pearl Buck and Margaret Mitchell, and Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower. The town takes its name from a rocky cliff which overlooks John's River Gorge 3,000 feet below and from the Indian legend about the rock.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 1979, p20-22, 31, il, map

Subject(s):

Blowing Rock--Description and travel; Blowing Rock--History

Record #:

14158

Author(s):

Hill, D.S., Jr.

Abstract:

Grover C. Robbins has been one of the main forces in building up the resort town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina as well as promoting the interests of western Carolina as a whole.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 27, Dec 1949, p11, 18, f

Subject(s):

Blowing Rock--History; Robbins, Grover C., 1886-1956; Philanthropists--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

23854

Author(s):

Elliston, Jon

Abstract:

Overlooking the Johns River Gorge in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Walter Alexander built Mayview Manor and introduced a new standard of Appalachian splendor. The history of this Manor lives on in photographs, even after it was closed in 1966 and demolished in 1978.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 5 Issue 8, October 2011, p20-21, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blowing Rock--History; Hotels, taverns, etc.--Blowing Rock; Historic buildings--Blowing Rock