Avery County's cattle heritage is examined through its historical role in the region's Appalachian economy and culture.
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Avery County's cattle ranches shaped the whole economic and cultural spine of Appalachia, and almost nobody talks about them anymore. The Avery Journal-Times is digging into what that loss means, the herds that built the region, the land that held them, the families who worked them across generations. This is not nostalgia for a prettier past. This is accounting for what got erased when the cattle kingdoms collapsed.
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