Queens of Blowing Rock: Eight women who shaped Blowing Rock's destiny
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Blowing Rock is a mountainous resort town steeped in history. Discover the monumental accomplishments and objectives of eight incredible women who shaped the destiny of Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
The village of Blowing Rock, nestled on the crest of t
Barry M. Buxton
Barry Buxton is a native of Blowing Rock. In a diverse career he has been a college president, science museum director, real estate developer, writer and editor, teacher, researcher, and community leader.Dr. Buxton is author of the award-winning history of Blowing Rock, A Village Tapestry. Other accolades include induction into North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the Distinguished Service Award from the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Broyhill Award for Community Service.Buxton resides with his wife Lyn in Blowing Rock and Bluffton, South Carolina. He is a military veteran and his avocational interests include golf, tennis, and cycling.
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Queens of Blowing Rock - Barry M. Buxton
Introduction
Without memory, personal and collective, without a sense of where we have come from, the trajectories, the path dependencies from past through present and into the future, we lose orientation. Without memory, we are lost.
—Michael Shanks, archaeologist and professor of classics, Stanford University
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t is hard for me to believe it has been thirty-six years since I began research for the book I wrote about my hometown, A Village Tapestry: The History of Blowing Rock. That book took three years to complete and was accomplished with considerable assistance from five Appalachian State University graduate students who helped with research and interviews. The book was written to capture the town’s colorful past, celebrate one hundred years, and document the centennial for posterity. That book was completed back in 1989 and was awarded Best Community History by the North Carolina Society of