Awards, Articles and Other Media

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Articles

• Saving Mountains (Article in the Opinion section of the Winston-Salem Journal)

• The Historic Orchard at Altapass has been chosen as one of a group of sites and events highlighted in the first-of-its-kind National Geographic Map Guide to Appalachia.  See the map guide.

• The Orchard at Altapass Begins 100th Season (Article from High Country Press)

• Altapass Orchard Combines Stewardship, Enterprise and Cultural Preservation (Article from Appalachian Voices)

• Heritage Apples on the Parkway (Article from Blue Ridge Country Magazine)

Video

• From station WRAL in Raleigh:

• NBC's THE TODAY SHOW
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37176045#37176045

• A beautiful photo journalism report by Benjamin Pierce
  http://carolinaphotojournalism.org/cpjw/the-core-of-the-community/

• Terry McKinney and Judy Carson talk MUSIC
  http://mcdowellhistory.com/2009/07/06/terry-mckinney-talks-and-plays-mcdowell-music/

• Some oral history from Bill Carson

  • http://mcdowellhistory.com/2009/09/08/they-lived-happily-ever-after-for-three-weeks/

  • http://mcdowellhistory.com/2009/08/11/characters-make-the-community/

  • http://mcdowellhistory.com/2009/09/20/the-flood-of-1916/

• Visitor video:

2 minutes at the Altapass Apple Orchard from Erika Tompkins on Vimeo.