Our friends Gerhard and Ila Braun invited my wife and me to accompany them to Linville, North Carolina following the early service and Sunday school at First Christian Church. They had discovered “The Tartan,” an excellent restaurant in Linville, and wanted the trip to be a belated birthday observance for my wife. It was a beautiful day, sunny with a slight breeze that gave hope for the coming warm weather and summer.
I believe good old Johnson County is one of the best places on earth and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. But, the High Country of North Carolina is a great place to visit. The Highland Games are held at Grandfather Mountain each year with all the challenges that are inherent in them and that accounts for the many Scottish-motif businesses in the area. The atmosphere reminds me of the Scots-Irish (sometimes referred to as Scotch-Irish) heritage in Tennessee.
According to the Concord Desk Encyclopedia, the Scots-Irish are people of Scottish descent who immigrated to North America from Northern Ireland (Ulster) after 1713. They were largely descendants of the Scots who had colonized Northern Ireland. More...
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