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"Beech Mountain with Avery County can be the particular far eastern United States' top city, during five,606 inches above sea degree. Nearby inhabitants reveal that mountain along with quite a few resort communities together with Ski Beech, any common ski resort. Through the actual nineteen seventies Beech Mountain had been in addition household to help that Land regarding Oz, any topic park which offers taken it is spot amid the abundant folklore involving the particular Appalachian Mountains.

Rishi ChughAll the way through the earlier component associated with your twentieth century, Beech Mountain seemed to be aspect associated with some sort of important logging sector. While sparsely populated, them appeared to be dotted together with modest cabins exactly where loggers resided through the 7 days whilst that they proved helpful. Skiing followed to be able to any mountain commencing within any nineteen thirties, along with college students out of regional Lees-McRae University using skis manufactured in the college's raw material buy.

Green Brick Highway, Land associated with Oz. Impression courtesy involving Flickr customer _rockinfree. Any Robbins brothers-Grover, Harry, along with Spencer-purchased your substantial tract associated with land upon major involving this mountain within 1962. That Robbinses, that additionally owned Tweetsie Railroad and any Hound Ears Resort, joined using some other buyers that will make your Carolina Caribbean Company inside 1965. Carolina Caribbean prepared some sort of ten,000-acre resort with homesites pertaining to 4,000 family members, a great eight-slope ski resort, any the hotter months recreation location, your golf course, and some sort of template park. Grover Robbins enlisted Charlotte artist along with artist Jack Pentes in order to build a thought with regard to a design park that would draw individuals to that mountain throughout the off-season. Pentes dreamed involving a new spot this would probably enchant people today and permit all of them for you to escape your unpleasant realities regarding your late sixties.

For inspiration Pentes drew upon common kid's tale of enchantment along with escape, The actual Wizard of Oz, getting mentioned the similarity between gnarled beech bushes upon the particular home in addition to any conversing apple woods within any story. Using your assistance associated with a couple of fellow Charlotteans, composer Loonis McGlohon and choreographer Alice Lamar, Pentes created this regarding Oz motif park. When their 1st months ended in any tumble associated with 1970, attendance possessed strike the six-figure draw. From scorching air balloons along with your magical cyclone so that you can flying monkeys together with happy melodies, the particular Land of Oz allowed readers in order to are located every last minute regarding the famous adventure with regard to itself due to the fact that they will walked the fifty five,000 bricks of that park's yellow hue brick highway. Site visitors are joined by simply every single associated with any beloved heroes while they will been to Kansas, Munchkinland, the actual Wicked Witch's Fortress, as well as your Emerald Town.

With 1975 your Carolina Caribbean Company went bankrupt. Shortly afterward, vandals arranged fire to this Emerald Town as well as stole Judy Garland's first dress coupled using other artifacts through the particular park's Oz museum. That Land regarding Oz, already hit through some sort of lack regarding repeat site visitors, in no way recovered. Due to the fact that any property or home changed arms, this park dropped target that will a new shortage involving consistent administration in addition to bad funding, closing in 1980.

Any building was acquired around 1990 simply by the actual Emerald Mountain advancement company, which often made homesites on 450 acres all around the actual good old composition park. Every single slip, Emerald Mountain maintains a great Sun burnt on Oz get together, in which followers connected with the particular Land involving Oz may well require a new nostalgic stroll decrease the actual straw yellow brick street plus witness remnants regarding your idea park which get also been thoroughly preserved. Some other artifacts via any park are usually on showcase during any Appalachian Cultural Museum with Boone."