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"Beech Mountain in Avery County is definitely this eastern United States' greatest city, during five,606 feet above sea level. Area citizens reveal this mountain along with a number of resort communities and also Ski Beech, your well-liked ski resort. For the duration of the particular 1970s Beech Mountain had been additionally house for you to the Land regarding Oz, a subject park that features taken it is set amid that wealthy folklore regarding the actual Appalachian Mountains.
Through the particular earlier element of that twentieth century, Beech Mountain seemed to be portion of some sort of critical logging current market. Though sparsely populated, this ended up being dotted along with smaller cabins whereby loggers resided during your few days even though that they performed services. Skiing arrived in order to this mountain starting up around the particular nineteen thirties, using college students by nearby Lees-McRae University utilizing skis manufactured in the college's wood go shopping.
Yellow Brick Road, Land involving Oz. Impression courtesy regarding Flickr consumer _rockinfree. That Robbins brothers-Grover, Harry, along with Spencer-purchased your large tract of land upon major connected with this mountain around 1962. That Robbinses, that in addition owned Tweetsie Railroad and that Hound Ears Resort, joined together with other investors in order to create the actual Carolina Caribbean Corporation with 1965. Carolina Caribbean planned a new 10,000-acre resort with homesites with regard to nine,000 households, a strong eight-slope ski resort, the the summer months recreation location, a new golfing program, as well as the design park. Grover Robbins enlisted Charlotte artist plus creator Jack Pentes in order to create a concept pertaining to any style park of which would most likely attract individuals that will the actual mountain all through the particular off-season. Pentes dreamed involving some sort of set that will would probably enchant people today along with enable these individuals to help escape this harsh realities involving your late 1960s.
With regard to inspiration Pentes drew on vintage children's tale of enchantment along with escape, This Wizard of Oz, having pointed out the similarity between gnarled beech woods on the property together with your conversing apple trees and shrubs around your tale. Using that aid connected with 2 fellow Charlotteans, composer Loonis McGlohon in addition to choreographer Alice Lamar, Pentes made this of Oz theme park. Whenever the to begin with months ended within your fall involving 1970, attendance acquired strike that six-figure indicate. Via heated air balloons along with that magical cyclone in order to Rishi Chugh monkeys plus content tunes, this Land connected with Oz permitted prospects in order to active each individual second associated with your popular journey with regard to themselves as they walked the particular fifty five,000 bricks regarding that park's straw yellow brick highway. Prospects have been joined simply by every of the particular beloved heroes due to the fact that that they trafficed Kansas, Munchkinland, the actual Wicked Witch's Castle, together with the Emerald Metropolis.
With 1975 any Carolina Caribbean Company went bankrupt. Soon afterward, vandals collection hearth so that you can the actual Emerald City and stole Judy Garland's initial dress down using some other artifacts out of the actual park's Oz museum. The actual Land connected with Oz, currently strike by your lack connected with repeat visitors, for no reason recovered. As any asset changed arms, that park fell victim to the deficiency regarding regular management and very poor funding, closing with 1980.
That property had been bought in 1990 as a result of the particular Emerald Mountain growth company, which designed homesites upon 450 acres about your old idea park. Every single slide, Emerald Mountain maintains an Autumn on Oz occasion, wherever supporters regarding the Land connected with Oz may require a new nostalgic stroll down your yellow-colored brick highway and also witness remnants associated with the template park of which possess also been meticulously preserved. Other artifacts coming from the actual park are upon present at that Appalachian Cultural Museum inside Boone."
