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utilities APPALACHIAN ENERGY The only “local” heating oil distributor in Blowing Rock. Fuel oil and kerosene delivery. Propane cylinder refills. Automatic delivery service. Commercial and residential. Competitive rates and budget pay programs. 24-hour emergency service. Blowing Rock Oil, a division of Appalachian Energy a subsidiary of GB Energy. 8056 Valley Blvd | Blowing Rock 2228 Old Highway 421 South | Boone (828) 295-9563 | www.gbenergy.com AT&T/BELLSOUTH A full array of services for residents and businesses – local, long distance and wireless communications, high-speed Internet access and advanced voice features. (800) 288-2020 Residential (866) 620-6000 Business www.att.com BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION It is the largest electric cooperative in North Carolina and one of the largest in the nation. Headquartered in Lenoir, the co-op serves more than 57,000 customers across northwestern North Carolina. Organized in 1936 by local people who helped electrify rural America, Blue Ridge Electric continues to serve the people who also own this cooperative – the customers. 2491 Highway 421 South | Boone (828) 264-8894 www.blueridgeemc.com see our ad on page 80 80 BLUE RIDGE ENERGIES Propane gas supplier and full line hearth products dealer with local showroom. 2491 Highway 421 South | Boone (828) 264-3521 www.blueridgeenergies.com CHARTER BUSINESS Whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise looking for fiber Internet, Charter delivers solutions for all business needs including Internet, data networking, video services and now commercial telephone. 2 Digital Place | Simpsonville, SC (800) 314-7195 | (888) 459-8399 www.charter-business.com SKYLINE MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION SkyLine, a local telecommunications cooperative, and its subsidiary, SkyBest Communications, offer local and long distance telephone services, broadband Internet, monitored security systems, business systems and network solutions. 157 Seven Devils Road | Banner Elk (Foscoe Community) (800) 759-2226 | (828) 963-1350 www.skyline.org see our ad on page 80 The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the Blowing Rock TDA for use of photography.
FUN FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT BLOWING ROCK • In 1914 Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow of Chetola brought a new species of rhododendron to the area from Holland. It was called “laurel” and featured prominently in Chetola’s landscaping. • The area known as Green Park was once a larger community than Blowing Rock. It was the first major settlement at the top of the mountain. Green Park had its own post office, stores and hotel. • Before the turn of the 20th Century, textile magnate Moses Cone visited Blowing Rock often. In the process of acquiring land for his “Flat Top Manor,” Mr. Cone met most everyone in Blowing Rock. He stayed at the Grand View House, a home overlooking the John’s River Gorge. It had been turned into a boarding house by Mrs. H.W. Weedon. • The oldest river in America, The New River, has its beginnings on the Blowing Rock Country Club golf course. • The Martin House, constructed in 1870, has been a boarding house, a private residence, and retail shops through the years. At one time it boasted fourteen bedrooms and four living rooms. • Dr. Morris Lazaron, a summer resident, was one of four chaplains selected to officiate at the burial of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery on November 11, 1921. Dr. Lazaron often spoke at Blowing Rock Methodist Church and drew overflowing crowds to his services. • J. Luther Snyder, the “Coca Cola King,” controlled three corporations, operating 100 bottling plants in the Carolinas. He acquired the 36-acre Chetola Estate in 1924 and increased the property to 196 acres. • In 1934 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. visited Blowing Rock. Mr. Rockefeller was taken to Wiseman’s View, a site with spectacular vistas of the Linville River and the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was so enthralled with Wiseman’s View that he purchased this vast acreage and donated it to the federal government.
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BLOWING ROCK, NC 2012-2013 CHAMBER
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our town history From its humble be
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This is the impression Bishop Spang
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Bishop Spangenberg and those of the
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should be fenced, and outhouses nee
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When, in March of 1989 the village
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As the “tourism season” expande
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of Homes, Symphony by the Lake, cam
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antiques & collectables 9 LIVES ANT
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BARTER THEATRE Dramas, comedies, mu
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ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS 100 year-old ap
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CROSS TRADE INTERNATIONAL Imported
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W.I.N.O.S. - WOMEN IN NEED OF SANIT
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Page 34 and 35: ELK CREEK OUTFITTERS The premier fl
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Page 39 and 40: PLACES TO STAY Blowing Rock’s rep
Page 41: MEADOWBROOK INN see our ads on page
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Page 58 and 59: BLOWING ROCK GRILLE & BERT’S BAR
Page 60 and 61: MI CARRETA MEXICAN GRILL Dine with
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Page 64 and 65: eal estate agencies ADVANCED REALTY
Page 66 and 67: FIRETHORN Located just outside Blow
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Page 72 and 73: VILLAGE HARDWARE AT BLOWING ROCK Co
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