Treasures: Very Special Items – Buncombe County Special Collections

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Buildings, Houses, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Treasures: Very Special Items

A Trip to the Store in Democrat, 1876: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

If you were taking a trip to Burnsville from Asheville between 1847 and 1890 there was, for the most part, only one way to get there. Along the road, there would be a few choice places to stop, but the most famous was Carter’s. It was, like most other Stock Stands along the various turnpike

agriculture Asheville Barnardsville Big Ivy Burnsville Carter-Swain House Democrat Community Dry Goods John A. Carter John Inscoe Lewis Cass Mountain Master Popuslar Soverignty Stock Stands Zachary Taylor