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Tuesday, May 30, 2017 / Published in Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection

Wonderful Western North Carolina: WWNC

I’m rarely surprised by items I find in my online searches. I thought: What an odd postage stamp. Why does it have the call letters of Asheville’s oldest continually operating radio station? I placed my bid and waited. When the stamp was mine (for the time being), I knew there was research in my future. In
Asheville HistoryBuncombe CountyJ. E. Mainer's Crazy MountaineersRadio StationsRhododendron FestivalWWNC
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 / Published in Events, Local History, Photograph Collection

EVENT: “Made with the Simplest of Tools–Appalachian Rustic Style”

“Made with the Simplest of Tools: Appalachian Rustic Style” Speaker: Lynne Poirier Wilson Date: Wednesday. May 31st Time: 12:00 to 1:00 Brown Bag Lunch Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium lower level Whether made of rhododendron, mountain laurel, bent hickory, chestnut, unidentified twigs, barn board or box slats – rustic furniture and the rustic style had
Appalachian CraftsAppalachian RusticAsheville HistoryBuncombe County
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Friday, May 12, 2017 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Local History

Margaret’s Supper Club, A Smith & Carrier Building, And A Wrecking Ball

“My parent’s favorite spot for dinner and dancing was Margaret’s Supper Club on the Weaverville Highway.” After a recent North Asheville History Project oral interview, Ed Sheary, who grew up at 37 Melrose Avenue, was talking about brown bagging prior to 1979 when Asheville enacted the liquor-by-the-drink law. People would take their liquor to a restaurant (which
72 BroadwayAmerican LegionAsheville HistoryBrown BaggingBuncombe CountyC.P. AmblerFlem FlemingLantern GrillLiquor RaidsMargaret FlemingMargaret's Supper ClubNorth Asheville HistorySmith & Carrier Architects
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Thursday, May 04, 2017 / Published in Local History

North Asheville’s Music Scene: There’s More!

 “One of the most popular bands in the sixties in Asheville was Bee Bumble and the Stingers. They were a garage band that the whole neighborhood in Lakeview Park near Robinhood, used to hear practice in their garage. A lot of Asheville’s finest were raised in North Asheville.” [From an oral interview with Nancy Alenier
Asheville DiscothequesAsheville HistoryAsheville Music SceneAsheville NightclubsBee Bumble and the StingersBuncombe CountyChez Paul RestaurantCosmic BallroomDoc's Rock ShopGarage BandsNorth Ashevillerock and roll
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 / Published in Events, Local History

“Mountain Scenery’–Discovering WNC from the 1850s, Asheville, Ancestors, and Immortality”

Please Join Us For Our Next Local History Program Title: “‘Mountain Scenery’–Discovering WNC from the 1850s, Asheville, Ancestors, and Immortality” Speaker: Elizabeth “Liz” Colton Date: Wednesday, April 26th Time: ***Evening Program 6:00-7:30 PM Henry Elliott Colton (1836-1892), was a naturalist, geologist and author. He was born in Fayetteville, NC and published his first, and most famous book
AshevilleAsheville HistoryBuncombe CountyElizabeth ColtonHenry E. Colton
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Photograph Collection

Librarian Got the Answer Wrong!

Just last week the North Carolina Room got a phone call. “Is it true that Asheville’s famous World War II fighter pilot, Robert Morgan, really flew the Memphis Belle between the Asheville City Hall and the Buncombe County Courthouse?” They were working on an aviation display in Greensboro and wanted to include the story. They found it mentioned in
Asheville HistoryBuncombe CountyMemphis BelleRobert K. MorganWorld War II
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Friday, March 31, 2017 / Published in Events, Houses, Local History, Photograph Collection

ANNOUNCING: THE NORTH ASHEVILLE HISTORY PROJECT

The North Asheville History Project (NAHP) The NAHP is being conducted by the North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library through the North Asheville Library branch. 1030 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804 TEL:  828-250-4752 The purpose of this project is to preserve the unique characteristics of living in North Asheville. This is a pilot program which
Asheville HistoryBuncombe CountyNorth Asheville
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 / Published in Events, Exhibits, Local History

Greetings From Asheville! Postcards in the North Carolina Collection

  Greetings From Asheville: Postcards in the North Carolina Collection. Speaker: Terry Taylor Date: Wednesday, March 29th 2017 Time: 12:00 to 1:00   Q: Who has over 3,654 individual postcards and 300 souvenir post card folders in their ever-growing collection? A: The North Carolina Collection at Pack Library , of course! In addition the collection has  11 large postcard
AshevilleAsheville HistoryAsheville Post Card CompanyBuncombe County
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 / Published in Buildings, Local History, Manuscript Collection, New Donations, Photograph Collection

G. O. Shepherd Sr., Mover and Shaker

Gaylord Oscar (G.O.) Shepherd Sr. settled in Asheville in 1919. At age 24, his arrival was well timed as the city began a decade of rapid growth, ripe for the energies of a young man with ambition. Through hard work  he became, according to the Asheville Citizen, “one of the leading advertising agents in the state.”  Yet advertising was
AshevilleAsheville HistoryAsheville's Business Club's Saxopone BandConquest of CanaanFontainebleauGaylord Oscar Shepherd Sr.KenilworthKenilworth LakeThomas MeighanTom MixW.W.N.C.
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