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Whippoorwill Academy & Village

ARTS, CULTURE & HISTORY

Regional Center for Entertainment

Whippoorwill Academy & Village
E arly German and Scots-Irish military history, industry, agriculture, medicine, offers group tours of 15 people or more by
settlers brought to the Appalachian
communication, education, entertainment,
Mountains farming, religion, music,
and transportation.
appointment for folks looking to get a glimpse
and crafts which are highly celebrated today The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame at the old ways of Blue Ridge Mountains life.
in our many festivals and cultural offerings. showcases and preserves the rich musical The village hosts events including: Daniel
We continue to diversify as new experiences heritage of the greater Blue Ridge Mountains Boone Festival, Tom Dooley and Appalachian
open and expand. with exhibits and an annual celebration of Culture Festival, Community Egg Hunt on the
inductees. The Hall of Fame is housed in the Saturday before Easter, James Larkin Pearson
Museums, Tours & Historic Sites historic Wilkes County Courthouse. Poetry Competition, Veterans Day, and a
Distilling grew from North Carolina’s rich The free, self-guided Wilkesboro Scottish Christmas Evening Market. A partner
agricultural and social history. Auto racing Architecture Walking Tour stops at 13 with the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North
came along from the competitions among buildings that collectively reveal the character Carolina, Whipporwill Academy & Village is
moonshiners in the 1930s all the way to of Wilkesboro as it developed. Each site open on 3rd Saturdays, April to October.
today’s NASCAR-fueled industry. The North serves as an example of the styling and culture 11928 NC Hwy. 268 W., Ferguson, NC 28624
Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural of its time. The buildings are within walking (336) 973-3237 | whippoorwillacademy.com
Resources created a Moonshine and distance, and are included in the National
Motorsports Trail to highlight this intertwined Register of Historic Places.
history. Make an itinerary at: dncr.nc.gov/ Wilkes County Courthouse Call Family Distillers
programs-services/moonshine-and-motorsports-trail 100 E. Main St., Wilkesboro, NC 28697
(336) 667-3171 | wilkesheritagemuseum.com
• Visit Call Family Distillers in Wilkesboro
Hutchinson Homestead in Stone Mountain
– family distilling since 1868 and now run State Park is replete with a log cabin, barn,
by the seventh generation of the family.
The Mash House Bar & Grill hosts blacksmith shop, corncrib, meat house, and
original furnishings. The farm was built in the
concerts and the tasting room mid-19th century and restored to represent the
offers the moonshine made legendary lives of early settlers of the Stone Mountain
by “The Uncatchable” Willie Clay Call. area. The homestead is open weekends,
callfamilydistillers.com March to October, and visitors may walk the
grounds when the site is not open.
Housed in the restored 1902 Wilkes County 3042 Frank Pkwy., Roaring Gap, NC 28668
Courthouse, the Wilkes Heritage Museum (336) 957-8185
tells the many stories of early settlement, ncparks.gov/stone-mountain-state-park

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