The Town of Beech Mountain began as a private resort development in the mid 1960's. Grover and Harry Robbins, of Blowing Rock, NC, started the resort along with 35 other investors. The original plan was for Beech Mountain to be an ideal second home for owners to escape the pressures of everyday life and enjoy various summer and winter sports.

The Robbins brothers along with the other investors formed Carolina Caribbean Corporation (CCC) to develop Beech Mountain along with several other planned resorts on the island of St. Croix. CCC built what is today Ski Beech, most of the Town's roads, the Town water and sewer system, along with many of the houses on Beech Mountain before filing for bankruptcy in 1974. The Property Owner's Association, which had been formed in 1970 to collect assessments for the maintenance of roads and recreation areas, took full control of the maintenance of the road system, recreation areas, and water/sewer systems.

In 1977, the water and sewer systems where purchased from the courts by the Beech Mountain Utility System, a wholly owned subsidiary of the property owner's association. In 1978, a Sanitary District was established by the property owner's association. In 1980, the Sanitary District purchased the water and sewer systems from the property owner's association. In May of 1981, the Town of Beech Mountain was incorporated by act of the NC General Assembly.