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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Friends of the NC Room, Local History

Swannanoa: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

I volunteered this week to create the post for Swannanoa in part because it has been my home for the majority of my life. I was educated in grades 1-12 in “the Valley” (as you will hear natives often call the community including Black Mountain and Ridgecrest). In the 20th century, Swannanoa was transformed by
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Local History, North Carolina Room Staff

Farming Family connections in Fairview: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

One of my earliest childhood memories is in a big, old house full of people gathered for Christmas dinner. In a dining room with a large table and wood floors, the chandelier lit with candles dripped down onto the table. At just five years old or so, it was a method of lighting I had
A.C Reynolds High SchoolAgeragricultureAnnie AgerBearwallowBearwallow MountainBradleyBuncombe CountyChirstmasCommunity Based ArchivesElspeth ClarkeFairviewFarmer's FederationGarren CreekHickory Nut GapHickory Nut Gap FarmJamie ClarkeJohn AgerLittle PisgahMcClureNational Register of Historic PlacesOld Brevard RoadOral HistoryRural HistorySettlesSherrill's InnThe Lords AcreUS 74We Plow Gods Fields
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Friday, April 26, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection

Where are All the Chickens on Chicken Hill? : 52 Weeks 52 Communities

Sometimes things just make you wonder, like the name “Chicken Hill.” As a Buncombe County native, I remember asking my dad as we would cut through West Haywood to avoid (what we called then) the Westgate Bridge, “Why is that place called Chicken Hill?” and his response, always trying to teach me better observe my
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection, Postcard Collection

Catawba Grapes and Scenic Views of Old Charlotte Highway in Cane Creek: 52 Weeks 52 Communities

It’s hard to say exactly where the Cane Creek community begins and ends. Maybe the area between the Limestone and Fairview fire districts? Is it a mile-wide corridor along the entire length of Cane Creek stretching plumb from South Asheville nearly to Gerton? It’s really hard to say, but however you want to describe the
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesCane CreekCatawba GrapesEphraim ClaytonFairviewFairview Community History ProjectFox GrapeGertonLambert ClaytonLimestoneOld Charlotte HWYRural CommunitiesRural HistorySouth AshevilleSpecial CollectionsTweed's ChapelUS 74-AVance Pollock
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Tuesday, April 09, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Oral History, Photograph Collection, Women

Voices from Old Candlertown: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

The voices of our community members are one way we learn about our past. Eleanor Newcomb Rice knew this, and made it her work to collect the voices of “Old Candlertown” for many years. Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924, but when she was young, her parents moved her and her three older
AppalachiaArchivesCandlerCandlertownCommunityCommunity HistoryCultureEleanor Newcomb RiceEnkaHistoryHominy ValleyJugtownLibrariesManuscript CollectionMountainsMt.PisgahOral HistoryPhotographyRural HistorySpecial CollectionsstorytellingWomen
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architectural Drawing Collection, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

52 Weeks, 52 Communities: Barnardsville,What’s in the North Carolina Collection?

Fetching its name from Hezekiah Barnard, who owned stock stand and inn near the Forks of Ivy in the 19th century, Barnardsville is one of Buncombe County’s most rural communities. Things get a little fuzzy on where exactly Barnardsville ends and Democrat and Dillingham begin, but we’ll get into that when we look at those
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