In our November 5, 1955 issue, we highlight how Tweetsie “may come home after all,” thanks to Grover Robbins Jr. of Blowing Rock. We note that Robbins purchased the train from Gene Autry, who briefly owned it for a film, and plans to build a track “somewhere in the mountains” for tourist-friendly scenic excursions.
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
