"Beech Mountain in Avery County is actually this western United States' best city, from five,606 feet above sea stage. Nearby people reveal Rishi Chugh mountain together with several resort communities and also Ski Beech, the popular ski resort. In the course of the actual nineteen seventies Beech Mountain appeared to be in addition dwelling for you to any Land regarding Oz, a pattern park that offers taken the destination amid the wealthy folklore connected with that Appalachian Mountains.

During your early aspect connected with the actual twentieth century, Beech Mountain seemed to be piece connected with a great important logging field. While sparsely populated, this seemed to be dotted with modest cabins exactly where loggers were located during your weekend whilst these people proved helpful. Skiing came in order to the particular mountain starting up with your 1930s, together with individuals from community Lees-McRae University applying skis developed in the actual college's timber purchase.

Straw yellow Brick Road, Land involving Oz. Image courtesy associated with Flickr individual _rockinfree. Your Robbins brothers-Grover, Harry, together with Spencer-purchased some sort of big tract of land on best involving this mountain in 1962. The Robbinses, that additionally owned Tweetsie Railroad along with that Hound Ears Resort, joined along with some other investors to create the particular Carolina Caribbean Company inside 1965. Carolina Caribbean prepared a new 10,000-acre resort along with homesites with regard to 7,000 people, a good eight-slope ski resort, the the summertime recreation location, your golfing program, and a motif park. Grover Robbins enlisted Charlotte artist and also designer Jack Pentes for you to acquire a notion with regard to your composition park that will would catch the attention of individuals to be able to your mountain throughout the actual off-season. Pentes dreamed of your destination this will enchant people and also let all of them to be able to escape this tough realities associated with that late sixties.

Pertaining to inspiration Pentes drew on  traditional kid's tale regarding enchantment and also escape, The particular Wizard associated with Oz, having pointed out any similarity among gnarled beech trees and shrubs on the possession and any talking apple bushes in that story. Together with the assist associated with 2 fellow Charlotteans, composer Loonis McGlohon as well as choreographer Alice Lamar, Pentes established any connected with Oz topic park. When the earliest period was concluded in any fall associated with 1970, attendance got hit the particular six-figure draw. By very hot air balloons plus the magical cyclone in order to traveling monkeys as well as happy tunes, the Land associated with Oz allowed website visitors to help are living each and every instant of the actual popular adventure with regard to by themselves while these people walked this 55,000 bricks associated with the actual park's yellow brick highway. Guests were being joined through each and every involving the actual beloved people due to the fact that some people stopped at Kansas, Munchkinland, this Wicked Witch's Fortress, plus the particular Emerald Metropolis.

In 1975 the particular Carolina Caribbean Corporation went bankrupt. Soon afterward, vandals arranged fire so that you can your Emerald City plus stole Judy Garland's primary gown alongside with other artifacts via the particular park's Oz museum. This Land involving Oz, by now strike by way of the deficiency connected with repeat website visitors, certainly not recovered. Since this home altered wrists and hands, any park dropped victim that will the absence connected with dependable administration and also inadequate funding, closing in 1980.

The particular asset was obtained inside 1990 by means of this Emerald Mountain development company, that established homesites upon 450 acres about that older template park. Just about every slide, Emerald Mountain secures a Burnt on Oz celebration, wherever followers associated with the particular Land connected with Oz may perhaps take on a new nostalgic stroll reducing the particular yellow-colored brick highway along with find remnants involving any design park that will have already been properly preserved. Other artifacts coming from the actual park are usually on screen on the particular Appalachian Cultural Museum in Boone."