The Kingdom of the Happy Land
Storyteller Ronnie Pepper keeps local history alive with his telling of the Kingdom of the Happy Land—a community of freedmen who settled near Tuxedo just after the Civil War.
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Want to See More Greenways in Henderson County?
Greenways make it easy for people to get out in nature, exercise, and get around safely without adding cars to the roads. Check out the draft Henderson County Greenway Master Plan and share your opinion.
Conservation Burial Ground Protected
Would you want to go back to nature when you’re gone? Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River offers a place for people to return their loved ones to the earth, in harmony with nature.
Nature Babies
How many ways can you play with a stick? You can break it in pieces, you can draw in the dirt with it, you can talk about it, you can share it with a friend. A baby on her belly with a stick in her hand could be making discoveries that light up her brain.
Returning to the Earth
Caroline Yongue founded the first conservation burial ground in North Carolina. It started when her Buddhist teacher asked her to figure out how to take care of a dead body, without embalming, to be taken care of by family and friends.
Support the Mills River Valley Trail
A new path along NC 280—the Mills River Valley Trail—will create a safe route for walking and biking, linking the heart of Mills River to the French Broad River.
Wildcat Rock Trail Wins National Award
Award for trail design and construction presented by Senator Burr, Rep. Meadows The national Coalition of Recreational Trails has granted its annual achievement award for...
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Mountain Bog in Flat Rock Protected
Once, the French Broad River basin was a network of wetlands stretching through the Appalachian Mountains. In recent centuries, so much of this land was...
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A Legacy on Hightop Mountain
“I have felt this land in my heart, in my soul, for as long as I can remember,” Joe Thomas says. He chose to donate his family land near Fletcher, as a nature preserve for the whole community.