Unfortunately, this stone was overtaken by vines and Poison Oak. Plans to go back are in the works.
Windy Gap sits on 2000 of the most beautiful acres in the Carolinas. It is covered by natural hardwood trees with the Flat Creek running through the middle of camp. It is a beautiful place with a rich history.
Back in the 1920's the land was owned by a man named Jim Cole. Jim ran a dairy that supplied milk to much of the surrounding area. During the days of prohibition Jim decided to supplement his income with an illegal moonshine business. Jim's granddaughter says, "He was either a villain or a hero, depending on which side of the law you were on." He would hide his moonshine from revenuers by hiding it under false bottoms in his 20 gallon milk jugs as he ran it on the "Thunder Road" – a highway between Asheville and Knoxville.
When prohibition ended and his moonshine business dried up Jim sold the land to a couple from Florida named Lawrence and Sarah Douglas who planned to retire here. In the mid-1960's one of the Douglas's daughters went to a Young Life camp in Colorado. During what was "the best week of her life" she heard that Young Life was looking for land in the southeast for another camp. She went home and told her parents who contacted then president of Young Life, Bill Starr. Within a short time they had agreed on a price and in 1968 Young Life bought the 2000 plus acres that is now Windy Gap for the grand sum of $1!
Windy Gap sits on 2000 of the most beautiful acres in the Carolinas. It is covered by natural hardwood trees with the Flat Creek running through the middle of camp. It is a beautiful place with a rich history.
Back in the 1920's the land was owned by a man named Jim Cole. Jim ran a dairy that supplied milk to much of the surrounding area. During the days of prohibition Jim decided to supplement his income with an illegal moonshine business. Jim's granddaughter says, "He was either a villain or a hero, depending on which side of the law you were on." He would hide his moonshine from revenuers by hiding it under false bottoms in his 20 gallon milk jugs as he ran it on the "Thunder Road" – a highway between Asheville and Knoxville.
When prohibition ended and his moonshine business dried up Jim sold the land to a couple from Florida named Lawrence and Sarah Douglas who planned to retire here. In the mid-1960's one of the Douglas's daughters went to a Young Life camp in Colorado. During what was "the best week of her life" she heard that Young Life was looking for land in the southeast for another camp. She went home and told her parents who contacted then president of Young Life, Bill Starr. Within a short time they had agreed on a price and in 1968 Young Life bought the 2000 plus acres that is now Windy Gap for the grand sum of $1!
Unfortunately, this stone was overtaken by vines and Poison Oak. Plans to go back are in the works.
Windy Gap sits on 2000 of the most beautiful acres in the Carolinas. It is covered by natural hardwood trees with the Flat Creek running through the middle of camp. It is a beautiful place with a rich history.
Back in the 1920's the land was owned by a man named Jim Cole. Jim ran a dairy that supplied milk to much of the surrounding area. During the days of prohibition Jim decided to supplement his income with an illegal moonshine business. Jim's granddaughter says, "He was either a villain or a hero, depending on which side of the law you were on." He would hide his moonshine from revenuers by hiding it under false bottoms in his 20 gallon milk jugs as he ran it on the "Thunder Road" – a highway between Asheville and Knoxville.
When prohibition ended and his moonshine business dried up Jim sold the land to a couple from Florida named Lawrence and Sarah Douglas who planned to retire here. In the mid-1960's one of the Douglas's daughters went to a Young Life camp in Colorado. During what was "the best week of her life" she heard that Young Life was looking for land in the southeast for another camp. She went home and told her parents who contacted then president of Young Life, Bill Starr. Within a short time they had agreed on a price and in 1968 Young Life bought the 2000 plus acres that is now Windy Gap for the grand sum of $1!
Windy Gap sits on 2000 of the most beautiful acres in the Carolinas. It is covered by natural hardwood trees with the Flat Creek running through the middle of camp. It is a beautiful place with a rich history.
Back in the 1920's the land was owned by a man named Jim Cole. Jim ran a dairy that supplied milk to much of the surrounding area. During the days of prohibition Jim decided to supplement his income with an illegal moonshine business. Jim's granddaughter says, "He was either a villain or a hero, depending on which side of the law you were on." He would hide his moonshine from revenuers by hiding it under false bottoms in his 20 gallon milk jugs as he ran it on the "Thunder Road" – a highway between Asheville and Knoxville.
When prohibition ended and his moonshine business dried up Jim sold the land to a couple from Florida named Lawrence and Sarah Douglas who planned to retire here. In the mid-1960's one of the Douglas's daughters went to a Young Life camp in Colorado. During what was "the best week of her life" she heard that Young Life was looking for land in the southeast for another camp. She went home and told her parents who contacted then president of Young Life, Bill Starr. Within a short time they had agreed on a price and in 1968 Young Life bought the 2000 plus acres that is now Windy Gap for the grand sum of $1!
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