Working in local history archives at UNCA Ramsey Library and at Pack Library’s North Carolina Room, I thought often about … More
Category: Women
On a Staircase in Reems Creek: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
If you grew up in Buncombe County any time after 1960, chances are you took a trip either with your … More
Stumping for Suffrage in Jackson Park (Woolsey): 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
If you live in Asheville, you’ve probably taken a drive through it many times. Say, you’re headed to the Beaver … More
A Couple of Folks from Five Points: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
Hiding away in the Five Points neighborhood of Asheville are some of Asheville’s stories of philanthropy and heroism. The neighborhood, … More
Welkom Bij Het Dorp Enka! 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
In the late 1920’s a group of Asheville investors, boosters, and executives (including Fred Seely, son in law of the … More
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 … More
The Littlest Library You Ever Saw: 52 Weeks 52 Communities
Did you ever visit the Broad River Community Library? The tiny little library in this rural southeast Buncombe County community first … More
“You Have to Start a Thing” a Quick Introduction to Some Self-Starting Ladies of Biltmore Village: 52 Weeks 52 Communities
March is Women’s History Month, and I would never forgive myself if I didn’t share some of the amazing photos … More
