{"id":513,"date":"2019-09-07T07:19:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T11:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:41:27","slug":"hugh-morton-and-grandfather-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Morton And Grandfather Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grandfather_Mountain_NC-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grandfather_Mountain_NC-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grandfather_Mountain_NC-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grandfather_Mountain_NC-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grandfather_Mountain_NC.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grandfather Mountain is one of the most popular tourist destinations in western North Carolina, and has been for decades.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a world heritage site for the protection of the plants and animals native to the area.\u00a0 That&#8217;s all because of the work done by Hugh Morton, one time owner of Grandfather Mountain.\u00a0 Today we tell that story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, Feedburner or any number of other podcast apps.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and sharing our tales of Appalachian history with your friends.<\/p>\n<p>(Picture of one of the profiles on Grandfather Mountain by Tom Photos &#8211; 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