Karen Chavez, Asheville Citizen-Times, 9 February 2015 — While the summit Mount Mitchell is well known — and when it's not freezing or snowing — is easy to access as the very highest point in North Carolina, as well as the Eastern United States, the highest point in South Carolina has been languishing in obscurity. All that is about to change. Now, it looks like the idea for an accessible observation platform on Sassafras Mountain, which straddles the North Carolina-South Carolina border, will get its day to sparkle in the sun, thanks to a $350,000 gift from Duke Energy to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources last week.

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