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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 / Published in Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Houses

Correcting the Record.

A few months ago some questions arose about a couple photographs in the North Carolina Room’s Special Collection. They show a group of African-American masons erecting a wall up against a building with a large “Drink Pepsi-Cola” sign painted on it. Zoe asked me if I could confirm the details in the description. Here’s part
BuildingJames Vester MillerManufacturingNeighborhoodsPepsiSanborn MapsSouthsideSouthside AveUNC Asheville
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Houses

Becoming a “Townie” in Malvern Hills: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Pleasant Alexander Calhoun lived most of his adult life in a place Horace Kephart described as the “back of beyond.” Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was so remote that few outsiders had ever ventured into the isolated community nestled deep in the Great Smoky Mountains. It’s not probable that he thought his final years would be spent in an
1920'sALCOAAmerican EnkaAppalachiaAshevilleAsheville SchoolBack of BeyondBeacon BlanketsBuncombe CountyChicken HillCity DirectoriesDel Rio. TNFontana LakeGreat Smoky MountainsGrovemontHaywood RoadHorace KephartJackson CountyKenilworthKeoweeMalvern HillsMimosa Dr.Newton M. AndersonOconeeRobert HenrySanborn MapsSchool Rd.Six AssociatesSmokiesSubdivisionsSulphur SpringsWest Asheville

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