Welcome to our second slogan-based installment of “Where the Heel?” Remember, we’re looking for the North Carolina location that is described by a specific slogan. If you have a guess about the location that fills in the blank below, leave it as a comment. Ready, set, go!
The Sky . . . Asheville
Kevin…good guess, but that is incorrect! Since no one else has responded, I’ll give a two hints:
1. It is for a county.
2. It isn’t Asheville (or Buncombe), but Kevin is guessing in the correct part of the state.
Transylvania (County)?
Clark…close. Your still in the right part of the state, but you are actually a little farther away than Kevin. The county is east of both of the guesses we have so far.
Cleveland County!?
Thea is the closest so far. In fact, Cleveland County is contiguous with the mystery county. I’ll let just a few more guesses go by….then reveal the answer.
Well, it looks like I stumped you this time!
The answer is Burke County with the full phrase being, “The Land of Burke is really real.” This slogan appears on a 1960s brochure from the Burke County Chamber of Commerce that uses a wonderfully conversational tone to convince people to come visit. It includes an alternate slogan–“The Land of Burke has the long view”–as well as number of great statements like “Here in the Land of Burke people can live like people” and “So, you’re invited to come to the Land of Burke. But not too many of you at once, you understand.”
Better luck on our next “Where the Heel?”!
actually, of course, it’s adjacent catawba county that ‘has the long view’ (pop 4,700 or so)…