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An Intriguing, Mystical Legend THE BLOWING ROCK FEATURES GORGEOUS VIEWS AND MORE
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By G. CLEVELAND KILGORE
he Blowing Rock, located along the Blue Ridge in Western North Carolina – near the town of Blowing Rock, NC – is both mystical and a phenomenal quirk of nature, and
features gorgeous views tied to a long-held legend. And it is definitely worth a visit. According to legend, a young Native American brave, due to a conflict of loving a local young maiden versus returning to his homeland in the West, jumped from a distinct rock outcropping and disappeared into the gorge below. The grief-stricken maiden prayed for many days to the Great Spirit for her love’s return – until one evening with a reddening sky, a gust of wind blew her lover back onto The Rock and into her arms. From that day, a perpetual wind has blown up onto The Rock from the valley below. And that’s real.
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