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Saturday, August 03, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Women

Stumping for Suffrage in Jackson Park (Woolsey): 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

If you live in Asheville, you’ve probably taken a drive through it many times. Say, you’re headed to the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary for a Sunday stroll after a brunch downtown. It is a section of Merrimon Avenue that begins descending in elevation starting somewhere about the time you reach Brookstone Church (formerly Merrimon Ave.
19th AmendmentAppalachiaBailey RoadBilly BorneCharles W. WoolseyChase AmblerChatham RoadCity of AshevilleDeaverviewDemocracyElected officeFloride CunninghamHelen Morris LewisJackson ParkJames Mitchell RayKarl Von RuckLillian "Exum" ClementNational Women's PartyNorth AshevilleNorth CarolinaRamothRaven LewisRobert R. ReynoldsSouth CarolinaThomas W. PattonUS House of RepresentativesVotes For WomenW.T. Weaver BoulevardWaterworksWitchwoodWomenWoolseyWoolsey DipWoolsey Town Hall
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Friday, July 26, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Crafts, Forgotten People, Friends of the NC Room, Local History

Hommoney, Hominey, or Hominy? : 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

hominy: n. hulled Indian corn, coarsely ground or broken, used as a cereal and as a vegetable. OR Hominy: two townships in Buncombe County–Upper Hominy and Lower Hominy–are  collectively referred to as Hominy Valley.  Hominy Creek runs from the Haywood County line and meanders through the valley until it joins the French Broad River at
Asheville SchoolCandlerCandler TownCherokeeEnkaFloodingHominyHominy CreekHominy ValleyJ.C. RichJ.L. MashburnJugtownLower HominyMiami CourtPatton AvenuePleasant HillRich HouseSmoky ParkSmoky Park HighwayStony ForkSulphur SpringsTurnpikeUpper HominyWilliam CandlerWilliam MooreWillis House
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History, Photograph Collection

“We found all in Fellowship” at Flat Creek: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

One of the resources hiding away in the North Carolina Room reference stacks are various church histories and minutes. Most of the time, these valuable records sit around on the shelf and do not see much use. If you think about it, it’s easy to understand why. On the surface, it may not seem like
AlexanderAppalachiaBaptismBaptistsBig IvyBull CreekBuncombe CountyCemeteriesChurch MinutesCivil WarDancingDeaconsDillinghamenslaved peopleFiddleFiddle MusicFlat CreekFlat Creek Baptist ChurchFlat Creek TownshipGallatin RobertsGeneaologyGentryIndependent BaptistsKnow Nothing PartyMars Hill CollegeMars Hill UniversityMary Althea SamsMissionary BaptistsMorganNewfoundNorma Dillingham MorganObituariesOld Mars Hill HighwayPastorsPine CreekPolityReems Creek Presbyterian ChurchRev. Stephen MorganRoan MountainRural ReligionsSamsSandy MushSlavesWeaverWeavervilleZebulon Vance
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Saturday, June 01, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Historic Montford, Houses, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History

Cousin Caney the Corrupt Commissioner and the Brand New Emma-Leicester Road: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Emma is a small community in western Buncombe County that sits nestled between Dryman Mountain and the French Broad River. If you wanted to put a pushpin on a map, you’d place it on the crossroads at North Louisiana and Emma Road (SR 1338). Today, the intersection maintains some character of the old and the
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesagricultureAppalachiaArchivesAshevilleBarnardsvilleBingham HeightsBuncombe CountyBuncombe County CommissionCaney BrownCaney Brown FarmCommunity HistoryCousin CaneyDiverse CommunitiesDryman MountainEarly RoadsEmmaEmma RoadFrench Broad RiverGood RoadsGudger HouseHazel MillLatinx CommunityLibrariesLocal HistoryMontford AveNorth LouisianaSmith Mill BridgeSmith Mill CreekT.C. BrownThe Leicester RoadWalker TireWhittemoreWord on the Street
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People

A Garage, A Block, A Door…The East End: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Today’s blog is slightly different than other 52 Weeks, 52 Communities posts. This week, the author chose to write an essay about her personal connection to the East End Community. When I was very small, my Uncle Boozer was the biggest man I had ever known. When we gathered for family suppers, Thanksgiving, Christmas, funerals,
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesArchivesBiltmore Ave.BirminghamChicken HillCommunitiesCommunity HistoryEagle Market PlaceEagle St.East EndEssayFamily HistoryFoundryGarageGentrificationHiltonMountain Housing OpportunitiesMunicipal BuildingNewspapersRiver Arts DistrictRiverside IndustrialService StationSouthern RailThe BlockWECANWicked WeedWorking Class History
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Photograph Collection

“Keep My Name in Remembrance,” Dillingham: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: …and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.” 2 Samuel 18:18 Though he died in 1838, by 1887 Absalom Dillingham managed, in his own way,
2 SamuelAbsalom AbsalomAbsalom DillinghamagricultureAppalachiaBarnardsvilleBig IvyBuncombe CountyBuncombe County Register of DeedsCaneCensusCommunitiesCommunity HistoryDaymon DillinghamDillinghamEnslaved peoplesEnslavementFamiliesFaulknerGenealogyHistoryIsaac DillinghamJessee DillinghamLocal HistoryMillsMolassesMountain MastersRebecca Foster DillinghamSlaveryUnity Dillinghamvital records
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History

Working Together on Burton Street: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

“On the west side of Asheville between Patton and Haywood/A community holds on, tries to create a sustainable model, /Relationship-building between people/What can I say: Burton Street?” -DeWayne Barton “Burton Street Working Together” from 27 Views of Asheville, Eno Publishers, ed. We have discussed the Burton Street Community a few times this year, especially highlighting
African AmericansAshevilleBuffalo StreetBurton StreetCity of AshevilleCommunitiesCommunityCommunity HistoryDeWayne BartonE.W. PearsonEarly Asheville HistoryF.A. SondleyHood HuggersNorth CarolinaSchoolsStreetsUrban PlanningUrban RenewalWest Asheville
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Books, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Women

The Littlest Library You Ever Saw: 52 Weeks 52 Communities

Did you ever visit the Broad River Community Library? The tiny little library in this rural southeast Buncombe County community first made an appearance thanks to the New Deal-era program called the WPA or Works Progress Administration. The WPA funded all manner of social programs, including arts and literary efforts, like rural libraries. The Broad River
AppalachiaAsheville Normal SchoolAunt Mae GilliamBookmobileBroad RiverBroad River Community LibraryBuncombe CountyGilliamGreat DepressionLibrariesMae GilliamNew DealPublic LibrariesRuralRural CommunitiesRural LibrariesStone Mountain RoadWorks Progress AdministrationWPAWWII
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Oral History, Postcard Collection

Building Biltmore Forest: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

When you think of Biltmore Forest the first thing that comes to mind is probably a sea of early 20th century wealthy white golfers. In this week’s edition of 52 Weeks, 52 Communities we’re sharing an Oral History from our archives that sheds light on the construction of Biltmore Forest by African American workers. Take a look
African American HistoryAshevilleAsheville HistoryBiltmoreBiltmore ForestChauncey BeadleCommunity HistoryGolfLanscapingSamuel Abdul-AllahstorytellingWorking Class History
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