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.