PEOPLE
The name of the first Mayor of Blowing Rock?
Old Joe Clark
Two grocery stores and their locations open in the 50"s - 70"s
Greene"s Grocerynow the Carriage Trade Antiques
Craig"s Grocery now Windwood Antiques
Local Street named for the animal that prowls that neighborhood
Possum Hollow Road
Interior stonework of this church was originally taken from an abandoned moonshine still
Rumple Memorial Presbyterian
First name given to Blowing Rock in the 1790's
Greene Settlement
Name two PAST librarians of the Blowing Rock Community Library
Sarah Payne, Margaret Morris, Margaret Vance, Cathy Whatley, and Lynn Griffin
Three places noted for their
Best vanilla cokes
Best ham biscuits
Best pimento cheese sandwiches
Storie's Soda Shop
Sonny's Grill
Sonny's Grill
Name of a famous bear on Grandfather Mountain
Mildred
Church whose original services were held on Main Street at the Yonahlossee Theater
Church of the Epiphany (Catholic)
Name of the first camp for girls in North Carolina
Camp Yonahlossee
The family name of the first owners and builders of Appalachian Ski Mountain?
Thalheimers
In the 50's and 60's three drug stores on Main Street
Berrymans, Storie's Soda Shop and the Blowing Rock Pharmacy
Main Shrub whose wood is used to make twig furniture
Rhododendren
Church if now a home furnishing store on Valley Blvd
Christian Science
Site described by Ripley"s Believe It or Not where it snows upside down
The Blowing Rock
Names of three doctors who practiced in Blowing Rock other than the Drs. Davant
Drs, Dentist, Fail, Byerly, McGowan, George, Lyons, Razzona, Dolby,Clark and Hanna
Brand of gasoline sold at the corner of Yonahlossee and Main prior to selling pizza
Gulf
Two plants harvested and sold locally for medicinal purposes
Galax and Ginsing
The current church building was begun with a donation from a wealthy Alabaman in gratitude for his having missed sailing on the Titanic
St. Mary's Episcopal
Hotel that had its own post office and casino
Green Park Hotel
Name of the Blowing Rock Police Chief killed in the line of duty in 1963
William "Bill' Greene
Hardin Hardware store owned by the Mayor in the 60"s was the target of arson because of this issue passed by the town council
Liquor by the Drink
Legend of the dogwood depicts this story
Crucifixion of Christ
Church was originally a schoolhouse constructed by Moses Cone to ensure an education for the children of employees and neighbors of his Cone Estate
Sandy Flat Baptist
Two entities celebrating their 102nd anniversary this year
Blowing Rock Community Library
Blowing Rock Country Club