Macon County’s corundum mining placed its shiny pin on the map in the early 1870s. Hiram Crisp, a shoemaker and farmer, was the first in the county to plow up […]
Bloomers and Bicycles. What do they have to do with the Centennial celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote? Just step into Colonel […]
Highlands Aerial Park is recognized as one of the finest “Tree Based” Zipline Parks in the World by several knowledgeable sources. The signature “Squealing Mare” line has been claimed to […]
The old saying, “Go big or go home” does not apply here. I feel fortunate – over the past nine years at Old Edwards Club, I have had the opportunity […]
Black Cohosh (Actaea racemose) is from the Ranunculaceae family and is a cousin of the Buttercup. It’s from the genus cimicifuga which translates to “bug flight,” rendering the common name […]
The Highlands Nature Center at the Highlands Biological Station may not be physically open, but we continue to provide the Plateau community and beyond with environmental content and resources that […]
What a wild year 2020 has been so far! Most all of us were affected one way or the other this past spring by the effects of Covid–19. Even […]
The Gray Catbird gets its vernacular name from its distinctive vocalization that sounds like a cat’s mew. Not somewhat like a cat’s mew, the call is a clear feline “mew.” […]
Check out Wilderness Falls and Frolictown Falls in a gorgeous two-mile loop trek that can be done in an hour or two in Panthertown Valley’s west side. The Valley is […]
Wit’s End, a family-owned and managed retail store opened in the summer of 1940, six months before the start of World War II. To say the business has weathered its […]
