Asheville and Buncombe County

North Carolina 60th Infantry Regiment (Civil War)

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The North Carolina 60th Infantry Regiment was organized at Greenville, Tennessee, during the summer of 1862 by adding four companies to the 6th North Carolina State Infantry Battalion. The men were recruited in Asheville and the four counties of Madison, Buncombe, and Polk, and a small number were from Tennessee. The The 60th fought at Murfreesboro , served in Mississippi, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville . It lost 3 killed, 65 wounded, and 11 missing at Murfreesboro, and in January, 1863, had 276 men present for duty. The unit reported 8 killed, 36 wounded , and 16 missing of the 150 engaged at Chickamauga, totalled 106 men and 59 arms in December, 1863, and mustered a force of 106 in January, 1865. Few surrendered in April. Assigned to Preston's, Stovall's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade. Officers included: Colonels Washington M. Hardy and Joseph A. McDowell; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Deaver, J.M. Ray, and James T. Weaver; and Majors James T. Huff and William W. McDowell.

The 60th was formed by the increasing of the 6th NC Infantry Battalion to a regiment in 1862. The regiment was in the Department of East Tennessee in 62 and the Army of Middle Tennessee. Latter in 62 they were with the Army of Tennessee. Breckingridge’s Division of the Department of the West and Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and 2nd Corps of the Army of Tennessee in 63. In late 63 they served in Stevenson’s Division, 1 Corps and 2nd Corps of the Army of Tennessee until April of 65. In was in their service with Stevenson’s Division that they were consolidated with the 58th and designated as the 58th Infantry Regiment Consolidated at Smithfield, NC.

Asheville was not always known as peaceful, elegant or especially inviting. This mountain city became a vital Confederate military center during the Civil War. The first company of soldiers west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Buncombe Rifles, carried a flag made from the silk dresses of town belles when it marched on April 18, 1861. Seven of the 10 companies comprising the 60th North Carolina Regiment were Buncombe men.

"The Buncombe Farmers," Company E, 60th Regiment N.C. Troops
"The Buncombe Guards," Company F, 16th Regiment N.C. Troops (6th Regiment N.C. Volunteers)
"The Buncombe Life Guards," Company H, 29th Regiment N.C. Troops
"The Buncombe Light Artillery," Company A, 60th Regiment N.C. Troops
"The Buncombe Rangers," Company G, 9th Regiment N.C. State Troops (1st Regiment N.C. Cavalry)
"The Buncombe Riflemen," Company E, 1st Regiment N.C. Volunteers
"The Buncombe Rifles," Company E, 1st Regiment N.C. Volunteers
"The Buncombe Sharp Shooters," Company F, 16th Regiment N.C. Troops (6th Regiment N.C. Volunteers)

Fort McDowell

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EARLY FORT IS DESCRIBED

Dr. J. M. Spainhour's description of Fort McDowell in his writing of the story of Lydia Burchfield, is of interest. Fort McDowell, according the Spainhour, was located on the bottom lands of the Catawba River, a mile and three quarters from where the town of Morganton now stands. He says,

"The fort was a stockade, and had been erected in 1756-57 when the Indians had threatened the white settlers and was constructed of logs 25 feet long; the logs were halved and the edges trimmed to fit the one it joined. A ditch five feet deep was dug in the ground and the timbers standing erected with the flat side, but were securely fastened together by cross pieces, and the lower ends securely packed in the ground.
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John Erwin Patton Smith (1834-1921)

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John Erwin Patton Smith (1834-1921)

Among the prominent citizens of Ellijay District of Gilmer County, Georgia, was John Erwin Patton Smith. J.E.P. was born 21 April 1834 near Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was a son of Daniel Smith, Junior (1798-1866) and Margaret Isabella McRee (1801-1885), youngest daughter of the noted Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. James McRee (1752-1840) and Rachel Cruser (1761-1856). J.E.P. was a grandson of Captain Daniel Smith (1757-1824), a well known Indian fighter and North Carolina militia officer during the Revolutionary War, and Mary McConnell Davidson (1762-1842). J.E.P.'s father moved the family to Gilmer County about 1844, settling northeast of Ellijay near Turniptown. Here J.E.P. was a farmer like his father.
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All about Dynamic Views for Readers

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All about Dynamic Views for Readers

A Souvenir Directory to the Land of the Sky (1898)

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A Souvenir Directory to the Land of the Sky, T. M. Barker, Jr. (1898)

To view the book, click on the above link.

Buncombe County: A Brief History

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In 1791, David Vance and William Davidson presented to the North Carolina House of Commons a "petition of the inhabitants of that part of Burke County lying west of the Appalachian Mountains praying that a part of said county, and part of Rutherford County, be made into a separate and distinct county." The original bill to create the county gave as its name "Union." The name was changed, however, to Buncombe in honor of Col. Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary War hero from Tyrell County. The Buncombe bill was ratified on January 14, 1792. The new county included most of Western North Carolina and was so large it was commonly referred to it as the "State of Buncombe." Approximately 1,000 people lived in the county.
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North Carolina in the Civil War

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The North Carolina Office of Archives and History is sponsoring the first of three Civil War sesquicentennial conferences at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh on May 20, the anniversary of the state’s secession from the Union, entitled “Contested Past: Memories and Legacies of the Civil War.” The agenda features eighteen speakers including the keynote address by David Blight of Yale University. Registration is $25 which includes refreshments, a boxed lunch, and afternoon reception. The program can be found at:

North Carolina in the Civil War
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Highland Hospital (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Asheville, N. C., March 11, 1948 (AP) -- Fire roared through a mental hospital here early today and snuffed out the lives of nine women patients. They died as 20 others, some screaming, some calm, were led to safety. Flames quickly engulfed the four-story central building of the Highland Hospital for nervous diseases. Wailing of some of the 29 women echoed over the spacious grounds. Firemen, police, nurses, doctors and townspeople rushed to the rescue. But seven women were trapped on the upper floors. Two others removed by firemen died in a short while. It was the third fire in the hospital in less than a year. Fire Chief J. C. Fitzgerald said two broke out last April. One ignited a mattress and the other started from oil-soaked rags tucked under a stairway.

Chief Fitzgerald said he believed today's fire started in the kitchen of the hospital's central building. But that had not been officially determined. DR. B. T. Bennett, hospital medical director, estimated the fire loss at $300,000. Miss Betty Uboenga of Lincoln, Ill., assistant supervisor, described how she and Supervisor Frances Render of Scarboro, W. Va., first went after the helpless patients. "We felt that the others were awake and would help themselves," she said. "As soon as we got the helpless ones out and safely put away elsewhere, we rushed back to help others. By then we knew some had been trapped. Some of them were awake, we know, and were rousing the others. It seemed no time at all until the entire building was like a furnace."

Florence Morning News (South Carolina) 12 March 1948.
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Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1936, Zelda entered the Highland Mental Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, and she was in and out of this facility until her death. Scott died in Hollywood in 1940, having last seen Zelda a year and a half earlier. She spent her remaining years working on a second novel, which she never completed, and she painted extensively. In 1948, the hospital at which she was a patient caught fire, causing her death. On the night of March 10, 1948, a fire broke out in the hospital kitchen. It moved through the dumbwaiter shaft, spreading onto every floor. The fire escapes were wooden, and caught fire as well. Nine women, including Zelda, died.

In 1939, the founder of the Highland Hospital Dr. Robert S. Carroll entrusted the hospital to the Neuropsychiatric Department of Duke University. It was during this time that on the night of March 10, 1948, the deadly fire mentioned above broke out in the main building and took the lives of nine women. Duke owned the property until the 1980s, and today the complex functions as an office park and shopping plaza.

National Register of Historic Places: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/asheville/hig.htm
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Pack Memorial Library Special Collections (Asheville, North Carolina)

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The North Carolina Collection at Pack Library is a fully cataloged collection of published materials reflecting history, literature and life in Western North Carolina. Within the collection there is a particular emphasis on material relating to Asheville and Buncombe County.

Click here For online access to the North Carolina collection database.

In addition to a wide variety of books relating to the history of WNC, the North Carolina collection also includes:

* Photographs
* Historic documents
* Genealogies
* Postcards
* Maps
* Oral Histories
* Microfiche of local newspapers

The online database contains an inventory of historic photographs and documents from the North Carolina Collection at Pack Memorial Library. It includes over 1000 images and items that document the history of Asheville and Western North Carolina available online. The collection is only partially online now, but images and other research aides are being added as they become available.
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Photograph of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library courtesy Pack Memorial Library. Click on photograph for a larger image.

Hotel Berkeley (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Features of the season's improvements, adding to the popularity of the NEW BERKELEY, are the new offices and lobbies, the ladies' entrance, cozily fitted reception rooms and handsome parlors. Maloney's Asheville, N.C. City Directory (1900-1901).

The Grand Central Hotel was built by the late S. H. Chedester. It was afterwards operated as the Hotel Berkeley, but in 1911 was converted into a department store by Solomon Lipinsky. However, that same year the Hotel Berkeley merged with the Swannanoa Hotel (located corner of Biltmore Avenue and Aston Avenue) and was renamed the Swannanoa-Berkeley Hotel. This apparently was just a business combination as the Hotel Berkeley was located on Patton Avenue, corner of Lexington.

Today (2011) this Patton Avenue location is the site of Kress Building, which opened in 1927.

John Henry Tarbell (1849-1929)

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John Henry Tarbell (1849-1929) apparently was born in Groton, Massachusetts, and moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in the 1890s (where he remained until early in the twentieth century). He apparently had a younger brother named Frank Bigelow Tarbell (born c.1854 in Groton, Massachusetts). One researcher states that neither brother married. That researcher also reported that when Frank died in 1921 he left John his Phi Beta Kappa key, which you see in the photograph. When John died in 1929 there was no one left to bury him except the family's lawyer. He must have had an affectionate relationship with his cousin Kate Tarbell, as he left her $500 in his will.

Source: Photographing the Negro in the South

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A Souvenir Directory to the Land of the Sky

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Mount Hermon Masonic Lodge 118 (Asheville, North Carolina)

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As historian at a Freemasons lodge in Asheville, Mark Bennett wants to make something clear. Despite the impression given by books like author Dan Brown's “The Da Vinci Code” and “The Lost Symbol” and movies like “National Treasure,” the Masons are not a clandestine group. “We're not a secret society,” Bennett says. “We're a society with a few secrets.” A once closed group whose members populated the power-elite from town hall to the White House, Masons are opening their doors to the public in increasing numbers in an effort to dispel myths and boost lagging membership. The Masonic Service Association of North America say membership levels are the lowest in 80 years, despite a bigger share of the public's consciousness thanks to the popular books and movies. There are fewer Masons today — by nearly a million — than there were in 1941 as the country came out of the Great Depression. The fraternity has an estimated 3 million members worldwide, said Richard Fletcher, the association's executive secretary. It had more than 4 million members in the U.S. alone in 1959. Today it has about 1.5 million, he said.
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Farmer Russ WSKY Radio

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Anyone who lived in Asheville NC and its environs from 1930 til the 70's probably knows Farmer Russ (Russ Offhaus). He provided the wake-up call for everyone who listened to WSKY radio, beginning at 5 am and continuing until 10 am. As the back of the postcard says "Farmer Russ is one of the real radio veterans. Starting in 1930 and "still hanging on....."

Bailey's Cafeteria, Westgate Shopping Center (Asheville)

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Zebulon B. Vance Postal Cover 27 December 1860

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This cover carried a December 27, 1860 letter to Walter Waighstill Lenoir. It was from his friend and classmate at the University of North Carolina, and then congressman from North Carolina, Zebulon Baird Vance. The cover was free franked with his signature. The contents describe the efforts of the moderate members of Congress to form a Middle Confederacy for the purpose of keeping the two extremes separate and from fighting each other.

"Ashville" Postal Cover 1880

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All postage stamps printed and put into service by the United States are still valid for postage with the exception of the series of 1847 issue which became invalid when the second issue became available on 1 July 1851, and the series of 1851 which was demonetized in 1861 to prevent its use in the Confederacy. An illustration of this is a cover postmarked ASHVILLE/N.C./AUG/9/1880. It was franked with a 3¢ issue of 1857-61 which someone probably found stuck away. The postage stamp was canceled with a circular handstamp reading, "HELD FOR POSTAGE", meaning that it was 3¢ postage due. Note spelling of "Ashville."

The first Asheville postmaster, Mr. Patton, was appointed 8 October 1800. This probably was James Patton (1756-1846), for whom Patton Avenue in Asheville is named, or Colonel John Patton (1765-1831).

Buncombe County Postal History

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Buncombe County Postal History

Pack Square, Asheville (purportedly) 1920s

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In the Craggies Near Asheville 1920s

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Radio WWNC 570 (Asheville, NC)

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W4FPA Ham Radio 1939

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Sanders Courts (North of Asheville) 1950s

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Southern Railway #5023 Near Asheville

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"The Spring"

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"The Spring on Trail Near Grove Park Inn (Asheville, North Carolina).

Double Header Going Up Saluda Mountain

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Silorsky Amphibious Airplane (Asheville 1932)

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William Jennings Bryan on a Trip to Mt. Pisgah

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A trip over the exclusive automobile road, seventeen miles long, to Mt. Pisgah, built by Mr. George W. Vanderbilt at a cost of $51,000, is one of the rarest treats afforded the visitors to Asheville. The distance from Asheville to the entrance of this great automobile highway is twelve miles over a fine improved road, seven miles of which is macadam with five miles of sand-clay.

The Old Man's Face 1893 (Near Asheville)

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"Me and Grandma" 1903

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"The chain is indeed a beauty, and I mean to keep it always as someday it will be a curiosity. I am very busy but will write a letter soon. My eyes are about all right. Love to all. Yours, B. 1-7-04."

Kalmia Cottage, Albemarle Park (Asheville, NC)

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Glen Rock Hotel (Asheville, NC)

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French Broad River Post Card (1911)

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Clover Cottage (Asheville, NC)

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R. H. Smith, Architect (Asheville, NC)

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Beaver Lake (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Beaver Lake in Lakeview Park (Asheville, North Carolina): This is a sparkling body of clear mountain water, about 65 acres in extent. The most striking natural advantage of Lakeview Park is the unobstructed outlook toward the sheltering mountain ranges in all directions, and the distant views of towering peaks to the North and West.

Hillside Convent (North Main Street, Asheville)

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St. Lawrence Cathedral (Haywood St., Asheville)

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Asheville City Directory 1918

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Asheville Baseball Player

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Asheville Auditorium (Boxing) 1950s

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Asheville Aerial View (Looking West c.1940)

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Kellett Autogiro (Asheville 1932)

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Curtiss Robin Airplanes (Asheville 1932)

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Asheville Street Scene c.1906

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Man in Wood Cart 1900 (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Bringing in the Dead: North Carolina Civil War Deaths

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Bringing in the Dead: The North Carolina Civil War Death Study: Free Public Lecture 25 January 2011 (Noon - 1 p.m. 1st floor of the Government and Heritage Library, 109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh). Josh Howard of the Research Branch of the N.C. Office of Archives and History will discuss his research on the N.C. Civil War Death Study.

Telephone: (919) 807-7450
Email: rebecca.hyman@ncdcr.gov
Website: www.ghlblog.org
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"The project encompasses reviewing the military records, as well as archival and newspaper accounts of military deaths during the American Civil War amongst North Carolina Confederate and Union units. The project also reveals for the first time ever the number of black and white North Carolinians who died in Union service within North Carolina's total losses, which prior to now have only focused on the Confederate troops."
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Mount Pisgah 1933

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Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountain Range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The mountain's height is 5,721 feet, and it sits approximately 15 miles southwest of Asheville near the crossing of the boundaries of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Transylvania counties. It is located on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties, close to the point where Henderson and Transylvania meet them, but not actually within the latter two counties. The mountain is easily accessible by a hiking trail from Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Asheville Fire Truck

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Notice the chains on the back tires. At the top of the archway that can be seen above the truck reads Asheville City Market but the word Asheville is not very legible.
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Ferry on the French Broad River (1872 Print)

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Pack Memorial Library (Asheville, North Carolina)

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This page sheet for the Pack Memorial Library (Asheville, North Carolina) from the out-of-print first edition gem "Cultural Gems: An Eclectic Look at Unique US Libraries." The highly followed critical review, "The Bloomsbury Review Booklover's Guide wrote, "A pictorial architectural survey of . . . interesting libraries. The accompanying text provides a patchwork-quilt history of the growth of libraries in the United States, with insights into how different communities decided to provide public library service . . . every kind of library is represented."
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Community Cannery (Asheville, North Carolina) 1910-1920

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Sheriff Jesse James Bailey

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Jesse James Bailey was born 14 June 1888 in Madison County, North Carolina, to Rasmus Bailey and Sarah Hensley Bailey. He lived to be ninety-two years old, and died 21 December 1980 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Jesse James Bailey served as sheriff of Madison County, 1920-1922, and of Buncombe County, 1928-1930. Much of his career as sheriff was spent enforcing Prohibition laws. In addition to his work as sheriff, Bailey worked for 58 years as a telegrapher and a detective for the Southern Railroad.

The magazine The State: Down Home in North Carolina in its 8 February 1958 issue published an article titled "The Saga of Sheriff Jesse James Bailey." Successor publication Our State kindly authorized use of that article and its images, with Our State retaining all rights. To read the article go to: Sheriff Jesse James Bailey. You will need Adobe Reader.
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These Storied Mountains by John Parris

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These Storied Mountains, John Parris (1972).

From the dust jacket:

Here is a rich, new collection of mountain folk tales and mountain folkways, traditions and legends mined from the hills of Western North Carolina by the mountains' special chronicler. This is John Parris, mountain born himself, writing with skill and sympathy and the ease of familiarity about a people of great dignity and simplicity of character, and a land of almost magical and intoxicating beauty.
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Liberty Ship SS Zebulon B. Vance (1941)

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As the United States entered World War II, the military found itself ill prepared for large-scale naval operations. By 1941 German submarines were sinking American and British ships at a rate far exceeding their production. The government asked certain large shipbuilding companies, including Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, to produce on government contract much needed cargo ships for the war effort. Newport News Shipbuilding initially declined the government’s request, but in January 1941 announced that it would build the ships in Wilmington, North Carolina, creating a subsidiary company, the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, for this purpose. This emergency shipyard in Wilmington, along with eight others, geared up to produce 260 ships in 1941—a tall order with a desperate purpose.
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Pack Memorial Library Bookmobile

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Pack Memorial Library Bookmobile 1949. Location unknown.
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"Carolina Special"

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The pinnacle of dramatic railroading in the eastern United States was the cresting of the Saluda grade by Southern Railway's Carolina Special, powered by a green and gold trimmed locomotive with a helper on the rear. This train, which ran from Charleston, South Carolina to Cincinnati, Ohio was a typical passenger train of the steam era. It consisted of mail and baggage cars, coaches, a diner and Pullmans. It once boasted an observation car marked "Carolina Special."

Text Source: Southern Steam Trains

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Mitchell's Peak: Above the Clouds (1893)

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Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in the eastern United States. It was the highest point in any state of the United States until Texas joined the union in 1845. The nearest higher point east of the Rocky Mountains is Harney Peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mount Mitchell is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina, in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians, and about 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Asheville. It is protected by Mount Mitchell State Park and surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. The mountain was named after Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, who determined its height in 1835 and fell to his death at nearby Mitchell Falls in 1857, having returned to verify his earlier measurements.

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Asheville, North Carolina 1922

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Asheville Farm School

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In 1894, the Asheville Farm School officially opened with twenty-five boys attending and a professional staff of three people. It was not until 1923 that the school had its first graduating class. In 1936, the first post high school programs in vocational training were begun. It was hoped that this type of training would give the students more prospects in the job market. In 1942, the junior college division was established. The Asheville Farm School continued as a boys unit in high school studies. The Dorland-Bell School of Hot Springs was joined with the Farm School, which brought high school age girls to campus. The Warren Wilson Vocational Junior College was joined with them under our one administration.
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Tourotel (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Bill Cordell's Texaco Service

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Bill Cordell's Texaco Service Station (Merrimon and Broad, Asheville, North Carolina)

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The Manor (Asheville, NC) 1920s

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The Manor and Cottages compose a picturesque small historic district, evocative of Asheville's dramatic turn-of-the-century resort town boom era. The Manor, a resort with an English inn atmosphere conceived by Thomas Wadley Raoul and his father William Greene Raoul, was begun in 1898 on a 32-acre tract of land acquired by the elder Raoul, a railroad magnate. To compete against the lucrative hotels and numerous boarding houses in Asheville, the Raoul family also developed a village of individually designed cottages adjoining the Manor, one of the Nation's earliest planned residential parks. Suffering from tuberculosis, Thomas Raoul moved to Asheville and oversaw the development of Albemarle Park, the dignified name his mother chose for the complex.
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Asheville Postcard 1940s

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Asheville, North Carolina

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Drhumor Building (Asheville, NC)

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Drhumor Building

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The Drhumor (pronounced "drummer") Building purportedly is the oldest standing commercial building in downtown Asheville. It was built in 1895 by William J. Cocke, an attorney who studied at the University of North Carolina and at Harvard. The building was named for the ancestral Irish island of Cocke's Scots-Irish grandfather and rests on the land where Mr. Cocke's childhood home and birthplace once stood. Architect Allen L. Melton designed the grand Romanesque Revival building, and Biltmore Estate English stone carver Frederic Miles was commissioned to carve the limestone frieze above the first floor exterior.
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USS Asheville

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USS Asheville

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USS Asheville (PG-21) (Photo #: NH 91411): At Hong Kong, 1924, while serving as flagship of Commander, South China Patrol. The donor served as a radioman in this ship at the time, and has written her radio call letters, "NELV", on the print. Collection of Henry J. Poy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

USS Asheville (PG-21) was a gunboat that served in the United States Navy during the early days of America's participation in World War II. She was sunk by Japanese forces on 3 March 1942, south of the island of Java, in what was then the Netherlands East Indies.Read more »

OBCGS Annual Fall Genealogy Workshop

2010-08-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society
2010 Fall Genealogy Workshop

Family History in Your Pajamas: Genealogy on the Internet

Date

September 18, 2010 (Saturday)

Time

Registration and Socializing: 9:00 - 9:30AM
Morning Workshop: 9:30 - 12 Noon
Lunch: 12 Noon - 1:00 PM
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Biltmore House Christmas (Asheville, NC)

2010-08-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

The television station WRAL-TV (Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, NC) produced a video segment called "Tar Heel Traveler." Below is a link to the piece done on the Biltmore House Christmas decorations:

Biltmore House: Christmas
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The Conquest of Canaan

2010-08-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

Released by Paramount Pictures in August of 1921, this 35 mm black and white silent film is based on the Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) novel The Conquest of Canaan, written in 1905. The story follows the life of a small-town lawyer, Joe Louden, who endures alcholism and social exclusion, and public ridicule, only to prevail after he earns a law degree, inherits a fortune, and takes on corrupt city officials. [Also based loosely on the John Martin moral treatise, The Conquest of Canaan, (1811), which explores the natural and moral state of individuals in a small town who are both conquerors and conquered in a series of letters from a father to his son.]

The story was filmed in downtown Asheville, N.C., in and around Pack Square, the old Courthouse facing College Street and near the First Baptist Church at the corner of Spruce and College Streets. The old Swannanoa-Berkeley Hotel, later the Earle Hotel, was used as a backdrop and renamed the "Canaan City Hotel" for the film. Streetcars, signs, and other landmarks were re-named for the film and hundreds of extras were hired for the large scenes, particularly the mob-scene on Pack Square.
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ABC Weblog: New Appearance and Functions

2010-08-23T09:40:00.000-07:00

Please note the changes made to the appearance and functionality of the Asheville and Buncombe County Weblog.

In addition to the freshened appearance, functional modifications are:

(1) "Read more" button.
(2) Ability easily to email a link to an article.
(3) Ability to send an item to your own blog.
(4) Ability to share via Facebook and Twitter.
(5) Expanded comment capability.
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A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina

2010-08-17T08:16:00.001-07:00

Asheville and Buncombe County has added a new book to its library:

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina, Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, Jennifer F. Martin (1999).

From the Preface:

"This book, a guide to historic architecture in Western North Carolina, is the second in a three-volume series that includes a volume on Eastern North Carolina (1996) and a forthcoming [now published] volume on Piedmont North Carolina. The series is part of the educational and outreach program of the State Historic Preservation Office, North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Each book is intended as a field guide and reference for the traveler, resident, student, and preservationist with an interest in North Carolina's historic architecture. Although too large for a coat pocket, it is meant to fit in a knapsack, glove compartment, or bike basket, for it is intended to accompany the traveler and visitor in the field as well as to rest on a bookshelf."Read more »

UNC Stereograph Collection: Buncombe County

2010-08-12T18:12:00.000-07:00

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A collection of miscellaneous stereographs made in North Carolina from circa 1870 to circa 1904. The stereographs are arranged geographically by county, followed by a separate non-geographic group. Stereographs by the photographer Rufus Morgan are in a separate collection (P57: Rufus Morgan Collection).

UNC Sterograph Collection

The stereograph shown above is titled: "Mountain View from Fernihurst or Connally's." The Fernihurst mansion is on the campus of A-B Tech in Asheville.
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Cherokee Genealogy

2010-08-11T11:35:00.001-07:00

Rootsweb posted a tutorial on conducting Cherokee genealogical research. Go to:

Cherokee Genealogy Tutorial

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Trolleys in the Land of the Sky

2010-08-06T17:22:00.000-07:00

New acquisition for our library:

Trolleys in the Land of the Sky: Street Railways of Asheville, N. C. and Vicinity, David C. Bailey, Joseph M. Canfield, Harold E. Cox (2000).

The history of street railway development in Asheville, North Carolina, dates from about 1880. However, the true trolley era did not begin until 1889 when an overhead electric trolley system was placed in operation by the Asheville Street Railway.
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The Descendants of Captain Edmund Sams of Buncombe County, North Carolina

2010-07-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

The Descendants of Captain Edmund Sams of Buncombe County, North Carolina (2010)

For more information on this book see: DJM Writer's Group.

Edmund Sams (1750-1845)

John Jarrett was for many years a resident of Buncombe County. In later life he lived on the western bank of the French Broad River, at the place where once the old Smith Bridge and now a concrete bridge at Asheville crosses. There had never been a bridge across that river near Asheville at that time, however. Many years before a ferry had been established at that point by Edmund Sams.Read more »

Life of Zebulon B. Vance by Clement Dowd (1897)

2010-07-15T08:56:00.001-07:00

This book on the life of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) can be read online at:

Life of Zebulon Baird Vance

The book contains photographs of Vance we had not seen before.
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See also: YesterYear Once More

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Branson's North Carolina Business Directory 1870 (Buncombe County)

2010-07-03T15:48:00.001-07:00

Battery Park Hotel (Asheville, NC) 1910

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Swannanoa, North Carolina, Post Office 1935

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Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) Marker

2010-06-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

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Inscription: In Honor of Zebulon Baird Vance, Confederate Soldier, War Governor U.S. Senator, Orator, Statesman. May 13, 1830 [Wreath and Flag Emblem] April 14, 1894. This tablet is placed by Asheville Chapter U.D.C. 1938. Location. 35° 35.702? N, 82° 33.089? W. Marker is in Asheville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County. Marker is on Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25) near Patton Avenue (U.S. 74E), on the right when traveling north. Located at Pack Square. Marker is in this post office area: Asheville NC 28801, United States of America.Read more »

Asheville (North Carolina) Newspapers

2010-06-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

The Asheville Citizen-Times is a Gannett newspaper based in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.. It was formed on July 1, 1991 as a result of the merger of the morning Asheville Citizen and the afternoon Asheville Times.

Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the Citizen became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor to Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the Citizen came under common ownership with the Times, which was first established in 1896 as the Asheville Gazette. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the Asheville Evening News, to form the Asheville Gazette-News and was renamed The Asheville Times by new owner Charles A. Webb.Read more »

Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society June 2010 Newsletter

2010-06-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

OBCGS June 2010 Newsletter
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Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway Marker (Asheville, North Carolina)

2010-06-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

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Erected and Dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Friends In loving memory of Robert E. Lee and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway “The shaft memorial and highway straight attest his worth — he cometh to his own.” — Littlefield — Erected 1926 by United Daughters of the Confederacy and Friends.Read more »

Davidson's Fort: A Day of Marching and Arms Drill (26 June 2010)

2010-06-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

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David L. Swain Historical Marker

2010-05-30T10:31:00.000-07:00

David L. Swain Historical Marker

David Lowry Swain (4 Jan. 1801-29 Aug. 1868), lawyer, governor, and educator, was born in the Beaverdam area near Asheville in Buncombe County. His father was George Swain, a Massachusetts native who settled in the Georgia frontier, married, and served in the legislature and the constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains for his health. His mother, Caroline Swain, was the daughter of Jesse Lane, member of a well-known North Carolina family, who moved first to Georgia and then farther west. Her first husband, by whom she had four children, was David Lowry, who was killed during an Indian raid in Georgia. She and George Swain had seven children, of whom David Lowry Swain was the youngest.

Source: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, Editor (1994) (Volume 5, P-S).

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Davidson's Fort Spring Muster 2010

2010-05-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

Davidson's Fort Spring Muster 2010

While Davidson's Fort is in McDowell County, North Carolina, the family for which the fort is named was among the earliest settlers of Buncombe County, North Carolina. See: Davidson Family.
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North Carolina Board of Agriculture (1896)

2010-05-23T18:47:00.000-07:00

North Carolina Board of Agriculture (1896)

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Norwood Park Historic District (Asheville)

2010-05-21T12:15:00.001-07:00

The Norwood Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Norwood Park Historic District on National Register of Historic Places

Map

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North Carolina Built Heritage: Buncombe County

2010-05-21T08:56:00.000-07:00

The Built Heritage of Buncombe County
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The Built Heritage of North Carolina

"The Built Heritage of North Carolina" provides access to documentation on hundreds of buildings and structures in North Carolina dating from the 1700s to the early 1900s. Buildings represented in this project include well-known examples of historic architecture, such as Baldhead Lighthouse, the Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, and Blandwood in Greensboro. Also covered are such lesser known but historically significant structures as the Jordan House in Bertie County (one of the earliest brick buildings in the state) and the Allison-Deaver House in Transylvania County (one of the oldest frame dwellings west of the Blue Ridge). Several buildings in Beaufort, Bethabara, Hillsborough, and Old Salem, as well as Mecklenburg and Wake Counties, are included.Read more »

Asheville: A Pictorial History

2010-05-20T12:52:00.001-07:00

Asheville: A Pictorial History, Mitzi Schaden Tessier (1982).

Nestled in the blue mountains of western North Carolina, Asheville has long been a favorite spot for vacationers who enjoy its scenic beauty. But there is another Asheville, a close-knot community beloved by residents throughout the years. Now, in a limited-edition treasury of pictures, which chronicle the growth and development of the city, Mitzi Tessier explores all aspects of this special place, from its beginning as a watering stop for travelers to its present position as a leader in fields ranging from industry and health to art and literature.Read more »

Civil War Battle of Asheville (6 April 1865)

2010-05-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

Asheville — When word came in the waning days of the Civil War that Union troops were advancing on the city, Col. George Wesley Clayton hastily assembled a ragtag group of Confederate defenders. Historian Jeff Lovelace believes that without Clayton's successful defense of the town of 1,200 in the Battle of Asheville, the consequences would have been dire. “The town would have been burned,” he said. “Every home would have been looted and pillaged and robbed. The womenfolk would have been terrorized. It would have been unpleasant to say the least.” Clayton's descendants and Civil War re-enactors honored his legacy Saturday with a burial site rededication service at the Clayton family cemetery on the grounds of the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville. The small cemetery, in a wooded plot next to the tee on the seventh hole, holds several Clayton family graves. Sisters Nellie Clayton Holleman and Nan Holleman Waite, both of Atlanta, are great-granddaughters of Clayton. They saw the gravesite for the first time Saturday and learned of it only weeks ago from Lovelace, a local author and founder of the Battle of Asheville Commemorative Corps. “We had no idea he was here,” Holleman said. “We're very proud of our name and we've heard the history of the Clayton family all our lives.”
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A. L. Duckett, Asheville Fire Chief

2010-05-07T18:29:00.001-07:00

Asheville (North Carolina) Fire Chief A. L. Duckett became Chief on January 23, 1920, after 23 years on the line. He fought at most of the fires that defined the department at the time. He was Chief when Headquarters moved from Pack Square to the Municipal Building in 1925 and was a strong advocate of fire prevention. He was instrumental in starting the North Carolina Fire School, and the department received four major awards from the NFPA for fire prevention. He also saw the opening of Stations 4 and 5. On December 9, 1938, Chief Duckett retired with 43 years of service to the city of Asheville. He died less than a year later at the age of 62. He received full honors as the bell atop City Hall tolled once for every year of his age. J.C. Fitzgerald was promoted to Chief on December 9, 1938. Like Chief Duckett, Chief Fitzgerald had been a member of the department for 22 years prior to his promotion. He had fought the hard fires and seen many dramatic changes the department experienced. He was well seasoned and an excellent fireman.
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Masonic Temple (Asheville, North Carolina)

2010-05-07T17:03:00.000-07:00

The following appeared in the 20 April 2010 online edition of the Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina), which retains all rights:

Asheville — Tucked away in a mysterious brick building downtown, a windowless, ornate room sat darkened late last week. Then J.R. Yarnall flipped a light switch, illuminating beautifully-restored hardwood floors, a new multi-color paint job and a lone, gold star painted on the ceiling. “A few months ago, this was powder blue carpet that was put down in 1983, and really light, washed out blue walls with plain white trim,” said Yarnall, master of Asheville's Masonic Lodge. The Mt. Hermon Lodge is undergoing renovations focused on painting walls, redoing trim and ripping up carpet and linoleum to refinish the underlying hard pine floors. But members also hope to remake part of the lodge into a game room and possibly add a small gym. The renovations to the building, an architectural gem designed by Richard Sharp Smith, who helped plan Biltmore Estate, are costing the lodge somewhere “in the low six figures,” Yarnall said.Read more »

Historic Preservation Grant: Buncombe County

2010-05-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

Salisbury, N.C.-The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources today (7 May 2010) announced $92,000 in grant support to nine historic preservation projects in nine counties around the state. Projects range from work on nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, to a Wooden Window and Energy Efficiency Workshop, to preservation plans for the cities of Salisbury and New Bern.

“May is National Preservation Month,” said Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle, as she made the grant announcement in Salisbury, one of the communities receiving a grant. “This year’s theme is ‘Old is the New Green,’ and historic preservation grants help communities assure that their vital heritage is cared for and shared.”Read more »

Elias Lovelance Revolutionary War Pension Application

2010-05-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

Pension application of Elias Lovelace
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Transcribed by Will Graves 4/23/10

He states that when he was about twenty years old he removed to and settled in Rowan County North Carolina in which County he continued to reside until after the close of the Revolutionary War. He states that in the month of May 1776 he entered the service as a volunteer in a company of Indian spies for the term of three months under Captain Samuel Reed of Rowan County North Carolina who belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Locke under whom this applicant and his Company marched to the frontier on the Catawby [Catawba] River where they joined General Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford] who commanded about three thousand men. He states that he continued in service on the head waters of the Catawba River & under the above named officers until the expiration of his tour of three months during which time he ranged the country round and watch the movements of the Indians occasionally remaining some days at a time at Fort Rutherford on the head of Catawba River built by General Rutherford; After the expiration of his tour of three months he received a discharge signed by General Rutherford and returned home. He states this discharge has long since been lost.
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Davidson's Fort Spring Muster

2010-05-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

On May 22nd (2010) step back into history, starting at 10am. Old Fort North Carolina at Exit 73 on I-40 will be the location of Davidson’s Fort Spring Muster. The fort is a replica of the 1776 colonial frontier fort that protected the settlers of western North Carolina from the Indians. The muster will feature historical interpreters and reenactors depicting life on the western frontier of NC at the time of the Revolution, and will include period crafters and Sutlers.

All participants are expected to wear period clothing and to demonstrate a craft or life skill to the public, and all are welcome to sell period-appropriate crafts and Sutlers wares to the public. Several historical reenactment groups will be attending, including “South Carolina Independent Rangers,” “The New Acquisition Militia,” and members of the 1st Maryland Southern Campaign, along with many individual reenactors. Donations from the public will be appreciated. Davidson’s Fort is a 501c3 public charity. For directions and more information visit Davidson's Fort or Old Fort or call 828-668-4831.
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Richard William Iobst II (1934-2010)

2010-05-04T19:33:00.000-07:00

Richard William Iobst II, Ph.D. (Culowhee, NC) - Richard William Iobst II, Ph.D., 75, of Cullowhee died Saturday January 23, 2010 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville. Born in Allentown Pennsylvania in 1934, he was the son of Carl R. Iobst and Marguerite Biehl Iobst. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Mary Ann Iobst; son, Richard William Iobst III; and sister, Carol Iobst Groscup. Iobst was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in France during the Cold War. Iobst graduated from the University of North Carolina and received a Ph.D. in American History. He taught history at Western Carolina University. He started the Archives at Western Carolina and was also the archivist. Iobst served as Chief Historian of the Office of History at the Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, in Warner Robins Georgia.
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Chandler Family Association

2010-04-30T12:14:00.001-07:00

Chandler Family Association Newsletter Wins First Place

First ever entry in prestigious National Genealogical Society competition

Hixson, TN, April 30, 2010 - The Chandler Family Association Newsletter received the First Place, Family Newsletter award at the recent National Genealogical Society meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The coveted award was presented April 28 in front of a large crowd of enthusiastic genealogists. Accepting the award on behalf of the Association was Charles Chandler, a resident of West Jordan, Utah, and CFA member. Editor of the award-winning newsletter is Claudia Chandler Brocato of Brandon, Mississippi, who was appointed editor of the publication in 2006. Brocato also serves as webmaster for the CFA website, which scored 84% in a recent marketing effectiveness evaluation of 2.3 million websites.
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1804 Map

2010-04-29T06:16:00.000-07:00

For a larger online version go to 1804 Map.

Map shows the boundaries of now-defunct Walton County in what is presently Transylvania County, N.C. Ownership of the county was disputed by Georgia and North Carolina in the early 1800s, resulting in the "Walton War" between the two state's militias. The map also shows Wofford's Settlement in what is now Georgia; at the time of settlement and surveying, it fell within Cherokee Indian lands. Map also shows surrounding areas of Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including now-obsolete Pendleton "County" (actually Pendleton District) in S.C. Reproduced from unknown original created circa 1804.

"EXPLANATION: The dotted lines, marked A.B. are parts of a bound[ary] now extinguis[h]ed; and the black lines that has [sic] a dotted [illegible] side of each, represents the existing ones. The line south 52 1/2° east, [several words illegible] from where it crosses the 35° of north latitude to the South Carolina Indian boundary; then south 45° west along the same to the Appalachian mountains; thence generally northerly along the extreme heights of the same to where they a[re] crossed by the said degree of north latitude; thence west along the same to where it is intersected by Meigs's line as aforesaid; are the lines that constitute the boundary of Walton County. The line Z2* is the one agreeable to the treaty of Tellico, 1798."--Inset box. Map has numbers "749" and "242" in lower right-hand corner.
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Artists Sought for Historic Sites

2010-04-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

The following appeared 18 April 2010 in the online edition of the Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina).

Asheville — The Thomas Wolfe Memorial and the Zebulon Vance Birthplace State Historic Sites are recruiting Western North Carolina artists to exhibit and sell their work this summer as part of the Second Saturdays: History, Heritage, Arts & Fun events scheduled on June 12, July 10 and August 14, sponsored by the Department of Cultural Resources. There is no cost to participate, although artists and vendors are responsible for their own display materials, including tents and tables. Artists and vendors retain 100 percent of their sales. The deadline to register for the June event is April 30. The events will showcase artists and heritage crafters from across WNC, including painters, potters, weavers, bookbinders, jewelry makers, photographers and many others. Farmers selling value-added products such as honey, soy candles, cheeses or herbs are also welcome. Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle proposed the idea of mixing arts and heritage in a pilot project last fall at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham. Attendance at the site's event almost doubled over the prior year, and 87 percent of the artist vendors said they would like to return.
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The History of Cattle in Buncombe County

2010-04-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

The following is from The Clover Gazette: Buncombe County's 4-H Newsletter (19 April 2010):

Brent Jennings, an Extension 4-H Youth Livestock Technician with NC State University in Raleigh, has been working with a group to put together a book on the history of cattle in North Carolina. This group is working extremely hard to compile as much information as possible about the industry into this book. He is asking that a livestock club in each County do some research about the Cattle Industry in their county. This includes old pictures, magazine articles, or news releases. They would love to get feedback on the key leaders in the community regarding the cattle industry. Good resources will likely be older cattlemen, extension agents (perhaps an interview with Mr. Steve Duckett or Mr. Jeff Bradley?), agriculture teachers, and the local library. We hope that a club in Buncombe County will help with this project and represent our county in the book! This is an excellent learning project! Please don’t hesitate to contact Brent Jennings at 919/515-4467 if you have any questions.
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Buncombe County 4-H is the youth development program of the Buncombe County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, serving all Buncombe County youth, ages 5-19. For more information, contact Mary Clayton-McGlauflin, Extension 4-H Agent, at 828.255.5522 or mary_clayton-mcglauflin@ncsu.edu
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