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Thursday, June 28, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

Edith Clarke Moore and Her Friend Gutzon Borglum

  Edith Clarke Moore (1875-1952) was a native of Texas and married Matthew Van Moore in 1892. They moved from Knoxville to Asheville in 1895. Mr. M. V. Moore was the founder and operator of the M.V. Moore and company in Asheville. The clothing store on Patton Avenue was known of as the Men’s Outfitters.
Asheville HistoryEdith Clarke MooreGutzon BorglumPauline MoorePauline Moore BourneVance Statuary CommissionZebulon Vance
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Monday, October 02, 2017 / Published in African Americans, Forgotten People, Historic Montford, Local History, Photograph Collection

Tempie Avery and the Montford Community Center

Tempie Avery was a young girl purchased in Charleston in 1840 by Nicholas Woodfin. During her time on his plantation she became a midwife delivering both black and white babies in Asheville. After the Civil War, Mr. Woodfin deeded property to Tempie at 26 Pearson Drive, the current site of the Montford Community Center. On
Asheville HistoryBuncombe CountyMonford Community CenterPauline MooreStumptownTempie Avery
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Friday, January 17, 2014 / Published in Uncategorized

CONSIDER THE HORSE

The first time that I revisioned a different Asheville, one with horses, was when I read Pauline Moore’s diary she wrote in 1916 at the age of 19.  In May, Pauline wrote, “Frank Netherland & I went for a long horse back ride this afternoon.  Up by Beaumont Lodge by the Battle Bungalow through Kenilworth
All Souls Episcopal ChurchAshevilleBiltmore Dairy WagonBiltmore VillageC.C. Brown Livery BarnDella DayEthel SurrettFrank CoxeHorse-drawn Carriageshorseback ridinghorsesLivery StablesMrs. Leva WrightMrs. Mary HowlandO.D. RevellPauline BournePauline MooreTally-Ho

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