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lxiUKoJJAY AJT-LttKINUUIN, AUUUOl o,* _ - - - *«•Cone Memorial P ark 6Ground9 By Blue Ridge Parkway(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an-Witionlula-aonsJigs.:ord-itro-other in the series on North Carolina’s historical tourist attractions. )/els,iffy,nmg;nts.Dr.Artsrherfun.tentexuild 1lap-ake-per-heyandeadBy Dr. Christopher Crittenden Written for The Associated PressThis summer visit a true “pleasure ground” in the heart of the mountains. Take a trip to Moses H. Cone Memorial Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Blowing Rock.A 3,600-acre tract, the park is one of 11 developed along the parkway by the National Park Service. It was deeded to the federal government in 1950.The old Cone family summer home, formerly known as Flat Top Manor, is now a center of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. From the front porch of this half-century-old house is a breath-taking view of man-made lakes and of the mountains.Flat Top Manor was built of materials hauled by oxen up mountain roads from the nearestLenoirThe 20-roomCone died in 1908, but after hisits own water supply piped from a nearby spring. A carbide plant produced gas for lighting and cooking. The huge wood furnaces supplied hot-air heat.Moses Cone and his brother, Ceasar, as young men moved south and established at Greens-death his widow maintained theproperty in the way she thoughthe would have desired. Both areburied on an open slope of FlatTop Mountain, on the estate.At the house you can see demonstrations of handicraft skillslod-* of ltednrri-are interested in thefeeding of the spirit,sense of humor, too!’*careandandtheboro their first denim mill, known as “Proximity C o m p a n y,” so named because the factory was in proximity to the cotton fields. This was the beginning of the present vast Cone Mills Corp. which operates throughout theSouth.Flat Top Manor estate was Moses Cone’s recreation hideout, where he could indulge his hobbies of road building and tree planting. He laid out some 20 miles of roads and bridle paths, over many of which the visitor may ride today.In front of the house and in clear view. Cone constructed a 16-acre trout lake and a 22-acre bass lake.Forests covered 500 acres. No tree was ever cut unless it wasand purchase mountain craftproducts.Therelustrated evening lectures. You can hike, ride, fish, boat, and camp.The Cones bequeathed this great estate to the nation as a public “pleasure ground.” Today it is a source of leisurely, peaceful pleasure to millions.Unless you have a long ser-rated-edge knife that will not “mash” sponge or angel food cake, it’s best to “cut” these cakes with two forks back toback.damaged or diseased.Wyoming has beaten Montana State University in football 11straight times. That’s all they have played.
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Wilson Daily Times
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1963
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