You can learn what you don't know about Appalachian mountain life. You may have visited Boone, Blowing Rock, Todd or Valle Crucis when visiting Western North Carolina without knowing about a hidden paradise, Beaver Dams. It is a pastoral land of cattle, horses, goats, and families with ante-bellum histories. Have you had a chance to see their wagon trains traveling on weekends through the area? This is the book to tell you about them and more.