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6546
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Willard Watson was born on Wildcat Road in the town of Deep Gap in Watauga County. He has lived all his life just a few miles from there. Watson discusses his life and times as a moonshiner.
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8675
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During the last weekend of September, Mule Days is held in Benson. Conceived in 1949 by Nowell Smith, Jr., Mule Days is a four-day long festival. There are beauty pageants, livestock sales, nightly dancing, and a three-day rodeo. Mrs. Nowell Smith heads the annual parade as Grand Marshal. Thousands of people attend the festival each year. Although North Carolina's mule population dwindled in the past, it has grown steadily in the last twenty years, spurred in part by Mule Days.
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8823
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Delilah Baird was born in Watauga County in 1807. Baird eloped with John Holtsclaw in 1825, whose lawful wife was Fanny Calloway. Despite this, Holtsclaw left 480 acres of his land to Baird when he died. Baird died at the age of 83 and is buried in Valle Crucis.
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8998
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While watching children play with their grandmothers at a nearby park, the author is reminded of her own grandmother. Her grandmother told ghost tales about the Civil War and the Old West, and sang ballads, several of which are re-counted in this article.
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9233
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Chestnut Knob, near Grandfather Mountain, has one of the most spectacular views in North Carolina. Rising about the Valle Crucis, nothing blocks the view from the top.\r\n
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9280
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The author remembers living in the mountains as a young girl. Often, when a summer's crop failed to yield enough money for the family, they would search for Galax and Witch Hazel in the woods during the winter. The sale of these two herbs has been a mainstay for mountain families when income has been needed.\r\n
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