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Mast General Store Blog

A vintage-style open passport showing the Original Mast Store Valle Crucis location laid on top of a detailed map, surrounded by a black camera with old-fashioned flash reflector, and Coca-Cola bottle caps on a wooden checkerboard.
08.27.26
Stories from the Road Well-Traveled
Mast General Store is built on community traditions. While traditions often harken back to “old-fashioned” ways, they also give Mast a steady, thriving purpose as it welcomes new people from...
Adventure, Customer Stories, Local Flavor, Travel
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A young girl with a ponytail pulls a faded red wagon filled with pumpkins down an aisle lined with pumpkins and haybales while another young girl dressed in pink and purple follows along.
08.13.26
Make it Festive, Make it Fun… Make it Fall!
Here is Mast Store’s 2026 Fall Festival Guide packed with local fairs, festivities, and FUN! We hope each of the events listed gives all weary, sunburned, summer travelers a homecoming...
Fall Foliage Primer, Local Flavor, Travel
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The Mast Store in Knoxville on left (today) and the same building ca. 1940s as Knox Dry Goods Co. Black and white photo is courtesy of Thompson Photography.
08.06.26
Mast Store Celebrates 20 Years in Knoxville
August 2006 was an eventful month – Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet; the world’s tallest living tree (measuring 379.1 feet) was discovered in Redwood National and State Parks...
Behind The Scenes, Local Flavor, Mast Store in the News
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A scenic rural landscape with green fields, a large cabbage patch in front of a line of trees, distant hills, and a partly cloudy sky. A small tractor is preparing hay to be baled.
07.16.26
Food for Thoughtful Consideration
We’ve all heard the phrase “food for thought.” Usually that means someone has just made a comment pertaining to a topic of conversation from a different perspective. By using the...
At Home, Gardening, Local Flavor
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A man holding three disc golf discs standing in front of a disc golf display inside a store. Will, the outdoor/footwear manager at Mast Store Winston-Salem is an avid disc golfer.
07.13.26
Disc Golf: A Sport for Every Age and Skill Level
In a world where many sports require expensive equipment, specialized facilities, or years of training to enjoy, disc golf stands out as one of the most accessible and inclusive recreational...
Adventure, Inspiration, Local Flavor, Travel
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Colonial soldiers firing long rifles and pistols in a forest setting.
06.18.26
We Hold These Truths
It was a bold step taken by the founders of our country 250 years ago. They were standing up to their king, which didn’t usually have a good outcome. They...
Adventure, Local Flavor, Travel
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