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Hey there! I’m Cassie Clark, a Carolina girl who grew up in two towns on opposite sides of North Carolina. My family has lived here for 8 generations, so my love for my home state is something I got honest. I’m passionate about sharing all the things that make North Carolina living so sweet – the history, the great outdoors, the culture, and the laidback lifestyle. That’s what Where the Dogwood Blooms is all about. It’s my love song to life in the Old North State; an ode to sunshine & hurricanes.

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The American Chestnut once dominated Appalachian f The American Chestnut once dominated Appalachian forests. The giant was an integral part of local culture.

The tree had many uses: paper production, tanning leather, and furniture making.

Families gathered chestnuts by the bushel and used the rot resistant wood for fencing.

Pictured here is Mamaw Cochran’s first cousin, John Benson Woody, and his wife, Elizabeth Leticia Radford. The photo was taken in the 19-teens. They’re grasping hands over top of a small felled American chestnut.

Unfortunately, chestnut blight forever changed the landscape and Appalachian way of life when it devastated the American chestnut population. By the 1950s, the tree was considered functionally extinct.

#americanchestnuttree #swaincounty #nchistory #828isgreat #appalachia #wnc
Harper House of Four Oaks, North Carolina was buil Harper House of Four Oaks, North Carolina was built about 1855 by John Harper.

In March of 1865 Union troops commandeered the home to use as a field hospital during the Battle of Bentonville.

John and his family refused to abandon their home, staying put even through the horrors of primitive surgeries and amputations.

#nchistory #bentonvillebattlefield #910 #harperhouse #civilwar #johnstoncounty
NC Apple Facts: 🍎 Peak apple season in NC runs NC Apple Facts:

🍎 Peak apple season in NC runs from August through October

🍎 NC produces 4 million bushels of apples per year

🍎 NC ranks #7 in American apple production 

🍎 Henderson County produces 80% of NC’s apples

#gottobenc #ncfacts #appleseason #explorenc #ncagriculture
The Qualla Boundary lying in Jackson, Swain, and H The Qualla Boundary lying in Jackson, Swain, and Haywood counties is the tribal lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Though often referred to as a reservation, Qualla was actually purchased by the tribe in 1870. The lands were then placed under a federal protective trust.

Individuals may purchase, own, and sell these lands as long as they are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. 💫

#cherokeenc #quallaboundary #nativeamerican #wnc #nchistory #828isgreat
A Coke is just a Coke - but a farmer’s Coke is a A Coke is just a Coke - but a farmer’s Coke is a meal. 💯

Do y’all add peanuts to your Co’Cola too? 😋

#ncculture #cokeandpeanuts #cocacola #nceats #ncheritage
Scarlet Bee Balm is a type of mint native to Weste Scarlet Bee Balm is a type of mint native to Western North Carolina. It reaches 4 feet and smells like bergamot oranges. 😋

The flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies. 🦋

Natives used the minty plant in poultices to heal wounds. They also added it to herbal teas to treat throat infections, gingivitis, and gas. 💫

#scarletbeebalm #beebalm #nativeplants #wnc #ncoutdoors
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