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By Brittany Whitehead
MORGANTON, North Carolina (WLOS) A Rutherford family has donated the first in a two-part gift of land to the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina, which the family has lived on and enjoyed since 1978.
The donation of 222 acres, made official on June 29, lies in the Thermal City area of Rutherford County. David and Martha Cameron, with their son, Rob Messick, are making this gift to the conservancy, and the Camerons will bequeath the remainder of the land 101 acres in their estate, which includes two homeplaces.
The property includes several rare plants and unique features, like a van-sized balanced rock. The Camerons’ historical account of the property notes that the rock came down from Harris Mountain during the Great Flood of 1916 and landed on a small rock, where it still sits today.
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