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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
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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
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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
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Monday, February 06, 2017 / Published in Historic Montford, Local History, Photograph Collection

Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 4: “A Rustling Company” Develops a Streetcar Suburb

Asheville was the first city in North Carolina to have an electric streetcar system, with the first run on February 1, 1889. Asheville was followed by Winston, Charlotte, Raleigh and then Wilmington (1890-1892). Montford was likely the first electric streetcar suburb in the state. Streetcar suburbs, defined as a planned community built around a street
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 / Published in Architecture, Historic Montford, Houses, Local History, Photograph Collection

Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 3: Where the Name Montford Came From

We now know that Richmond Pearson named the new station Montford Park Station. Why the Name Montford? An article in the Daily Citizen of March 31, 1891, titled “Montford Park Station: Asheville’s New Suburb on the French Broad” reveals that “for the privilege of naming the station, Mr. Richmond Pearson, last summer, agreed to erect
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Monday, January 23, 2017 / Published in Historic Montford, Local History, Photograph Collection

Rediscovering Montford’s Early History Part 2: Mr. Pearson’s Fourth of July 1890 Celebration and Montford

Richmond Pearson’s Little-Known Part in the Creation of Montford [Click here to read Rediscovering Montford’s Early History Part 1 post revealing the first newspaper article announcing the creation of Montford Park and the naming of Montford Park Station.] Richmond Pearson was given the honor in the summer of 1890 of naming the new passenger depot on the Asheville Loan, Construction
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 / Published in Historic Montford, Local History, Post Card Collection

Discovering Montford’s Early History, Part 1

A couple of years ago I set out to see if I could find the origins of the name Montford. I pretty much figured I was in for a long haul. Many people have pondered the question: who named it and why was it named Montford? In 1976 when Montford was getting a lot of deserved
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016 / Published in Local History

What Asheville Children Asked For From Santa in 1909

  Dear Santa Claus. how are you By this time am Just six years old and I am sick now But I think I will be well By Christmas and I want you to Bring Me some oranges candy and fire crackers billy goat and too mules and lots of things good By fir this time. Linard
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Friday, December 16, 2016 / Published in Local History

HeardTell Blog Hits 100,279 Views!

We did it! The HeardTell blog hit 100,000 views on Monday, December 12, 2016, at 10:09 p.m. Thank you for making it happen! Thanks to our readers. Thanks to our staff writers and guest writers. Thanks to all who have commented on our posts. And thanks to everyone who has shared our posts and told others about
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