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The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show continues celebrating its 93rd birthday this summer with Hunter/Jumper shows running July 26th-August 7th. Located in the North Carolina High Country, one mile from the beautiful mountain town of Blowing Rock, this beloved event is one of the oldest, continuously running horse shows in the country. The first show was held in 1923 on Green Hill Road near the Green Park. For decades this event has been respected by hundreds of riders and trainers, both amateur and professional. The event features a variety of food vendors and boutiques offering jewelry, clothing, gift items, beautiful photographs and paintings.

One of the best ways to discover the unique beauty of Ashe County during the summer season is to get outside and take a hike! Here are some of our top picks:

Summer is here, and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than to take advantage of the many activities taking place in West Jefferson. Here’s a few of this season’s main events:

Featured Listing - Large Contemporary Mountain Home on the "Banks of the New River.

Living in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains is an adventure that everyone deserves to experience at least once in their lifetime and that experience should include living in a log cabin. Living in a log home can create memories that last a lifetime. It is a place where one awakens to the music of the song birds, a sunrise slowly rising over the Blue Ridge Mountains, only to disappear in an evening sunset as it majestically fades below the Blue Ridge allowing a star filled sky.

There is uniqueness to the county’s landscape. The straightest lines in the county fall to the north as it borders the State of Virginia. The County jaggedly enters the State’s foothills region on the south and also marks the Eastern Continental Divide. Incorporated just before the Civil War in 1859, Alleghany County was formed from lands in eastern Ashe County, its neighbor.Aptly named for the Indian word meaning “Good River”, the land is richly veined with mountain streams and wide placid rivers.