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Friday, April 11, 2014 / Published in Events, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection, New Donations, Woo-Woo Moments

Asheville and Baseball or Who the Sam Hill is Dan Hill?

A few weeks ago Dan Hill first made his presence known. His face smiled out of a 1922 photograph from the recently-donated Gallatin Roberts Collection. The men in the photograph were  identified by their signatures below their feet. I knew Gallatin Roberts, the sober man second from right. He was Mayor of Asheville in 1922 and again during
BaseballGallatin RobertsHerbert W. PeltonKenesaw Mountain LandisKiwanis ClubPiedmont Baseball LeagueSamuel Winfield Hill

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