Madison County Nc Politics

The abridgment of Madison County, N.C. : For four decades, the Ponder clan ruled the region as a virtual fiefdom. But a recent voter revolution has the 'dictatorship' in steady decline.

April 25, 1994 | MARK I. PINSKY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Forget the covered bridges, languorous adultery and mellow Iowa of James Robert Waller's bestseller, "The Bridges of Madison County." This Madison County, near the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina, is a place of ear-popping drives and breathtaking views of forested peaks carpeted with wild laurel thickets.

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The abridgment of Madison County, N.C. : For four decades, the Ponder clan ruled the region as a virtual fiefdom. But a recent voter revolution has the 'dictatorship' in steady decline.

April 25, 1994 | MARK I. PINSKY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Forget the covered bridges, languorous adultery and mellow Iowa of James Robert Waller's bestseller, "The Bridges of Madison County." This Madison County, near the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina, is a place of ear-popping drives and breathtaking views of forested peaks carpeted with wild laurel thickets.

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