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Asheville’s First Public Schools For Blacks For more than a year, I have collected every newspaper article on the Beaumont … More

A Most Exceptional Man: The Conclusion of the Edward S. Stephens Story

The first two posts in this series traced Edward Stephens’s career from St. Louis to Asheville to Topeka. We saw … More

In Part One we focused on Stephens’s work as a principal and teacher in the Asheville City Schools and as … More

This post begins the two-part story of Edward Stephens and his work in Asheville and other cities. Although Stephens wasn’t … More

This installment offers a look at the life and career of the fifth of the five original teachers at Asheville’s … More

The Creation of a Public School System for the City of Asheville, 1887-1888 Setting Up the System and Hiring the … More

Oakley, like all of the communities we’ve featured this year, has seen significant changes over time with the ebb and … More

Throughout the year as I’ve continued to work on this series and it has gained traction and popularity, hints and … More

Nestled in a cove in the eastern end of Buncombe County lies the tiny town of Montreat. The town has … More