River of Cliffs
A Linville Gorge History
Published on 24. July 2017
218 pages
978-1-4396-6168-0 (ISBN)
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Linville Gorge is one of the few examples of old-growth forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains and draws thousands of visitors every year.
The Gorge was approved by Congress in 1964. "The Grand Canyon of the East" was named for William Linville, a member of a party of long hunters in 1766 who fell victim to a Shawnee attack. The difficult terrain made early settlements nearly impossible and logging unprofitable. Unique rock formations, from Table Rock to the Chimneys, and miles of trails attract thousands of climbers, hikers and adventure seekers each year. In this revised edition, author Christopher Blake draws on American colonial reports, travel writings, diaries, fiction and numerous archival records to weave a narrative fabric of an American treasure.
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Christopher Blake is a retired college English instructor and head of Friends of Linville Gorge, a nonprofit wilderness group based in Linville Falls and dedicated to gorge preservation and public safety and education. Mushroom forays and stunning vista views are among the free group activities offered by FOLG. Since 2006, when FOLG contracted with the U.S. Forest Service Grandfather Ranger District's Adopt-a-Trail program, the group has performed year-round maintenance on Devil's Hole Trail, adding Bynum's Bluff, Cabin and Babel Tower and other north gorge trails in 2014. River of Cliffs is a companion volume to Chris's 2009 Images of America book Linville Gorge Wilderness Area.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- To the Reader
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Spangenberg Diary
- 2. Royal Governor Tryon on the Linville Massacre
- 3. "Attack on the Linville Party"
- 4. Daniel Boone and the Linville Massacre
- 5. Western North Carolina: Its Mountains and Its People to 1880
- 6. Table Rock Described by Andre Michaux, John Fraser, Elisha Mitchell and Arnold Guyot on Linville Gorge
- 7. "Sketches of the Pioneers in Burke County History"
- 8. The Mountain People and Linville Gorge
- 9. Letters from the Alleghany Mountains
- 10. Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina
- 11. The Heart of the Alleghanies, or Western North Carolina
- 12. "A Mountain Tramp from Bridgewater to Blowing Rock: Sketches of Linville Falls and Bynum's Bluff "
- 13. The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain
- Photos
- 14. Master of the World
- 15. The Carolina Mountains
- 16. "A Walking Trip to Table Rock Mountain: July 3-6, 1914"
- 17. Vacation Days in the Summitlands of the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains
- 18. The History of Linville Falls
- Photos
- 19. "Linville Gorge Legends"
- 20. "Bea Hensley Hammers an Iron Chinquapin Leaf on His Anvil Near Spruce Pine and Cogitates on the Nature of Two Beauty Spots"
- 21. Linville Gorge in the 1950s
- 22. Outward Bound Journal, or, "How I Skipped School for 26 Days"
- 23. "Outward Bound-Explore Your Capabilities"
- 24. Green Beret Radio Exercise in the Pisgah Gorge, June 1969
- 25. "Linville Gorge Caves"
- 26. Mountain Yarns, Legends and Lore
- 27. A History of Watauga County
- 28. The Lost Airmen of Jonas Ridge
- 29. A Natural History of Northwest North Carolina
- 30. "Linville"
- 31. "The Circle of Life: A Story from Linville"
- 32. The Last of the Mohicans and Linville Gorge
- 33. Jane Blalock Holtsclaw, Cherokee Wisewoman and Healer
- Recommended Reading
- Works Cited
- About the Editor
