Record #:

23827

Author(s):

Miles, Suzannah Smith

Abstract:

The 65-year-old Rhododendron Festival on Roan Mountain celebrates the Mountain Rosebay or Purple Laurel, also called Rhododendron. The festival started in 1947 when two communities, Roan Mountain, Tennessee, and Bakersville, North Carolina, explored ways to boost the economy through tourism.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 5 Issue 4, June 2011, p38-40, il, por

Subject(s):

Festivals