The Land of Oz, Beech Mountain North Carolina
Way back in 1900, L. Frank Baum first published his children’s novel entitled, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” It’s a story we’re all familiar with about a young girl named Dorothy Gale who was whisked away by the whirling winds of a tornado that swept her house off to a distant land before plummeting on top of one of the community’s archenemies. It’s a story, and a movie, we all grew up with. I have many memories of “The Wizard…