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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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Friday, August 28, 2015 / Published in Exhibits, Local History, Post Card Collection

A Cherokee Cloth Doll

The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library currently has on exhibit through September, four exhibit cases highlighting Asheville and Western North Carolina Tourism Souvenirs. Of course, the exhibit set us on a research binge, trying to find out all that we could about the local souvenir trade and how it developed. This is the sixth of
CherokeeCherokee Indian SouvenirsCloth DollsNCRag DollsTourism Souvenirs

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