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unusual facts about Western North Carolina



Bear Smart Initiative

The Bear Smart Initiative is a community initiative sponsored by the Jackson–Macon Conservation Alliance (J-MCA), a nonprofit organization that was formed in hopes of bringing like minded people together who agree on the cause of conserving and protecting the Southern Appalachian Mountains Mountains of Western North Carolina.

Biltmore Farms

In addition to his involvement with Biltmore Farms promoting the sustainable growth of Western North Carolina, Cecil has served as Chairman of Mission Health System and Hospital, Vice-Chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and Secretary of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

Ernest A. Fitzgerald

During his college years, Ernest pastored the Webster Circuit of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, of which he became a Member in Full Connection and was ordained Elder in 1949.

Tomkins Knob

Tomkins Mountain (variant names: Thomkins Knob, Thompkins Knob and Tompkins Knob) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, near the community of Deep Gap.


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James Buchanan Duke

Lake James, a power-generating reservoir in Western North Carolina, was created by the company in 1928 and named in Duke's honor.

Nantahala

The Nantahala River, a river in western North Carolina in the United States

Shelton Laurel Massacre

Events of the Shelton Laurel massacre are described in The World Made Straight, by Ron Rash, a fictional book about western North Carolina during the 1970s.