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Tag: tourism

Remembering the Kenhurst Lodge on Elk Mountain Scenic Highway

Remembering the Kenhurst lodge North Carolina Room Friend Cliff Lively is the current resident of the stately home on Elk … More

Carrie Kennard, Elk Mountain Scenic Highway, Francis Joseph Kennard, Kenwood Inn, tourism

Update on Arden: Some Notes on Enslaved Labor in Buncombe County

We’re posting an addendum to our Instagram post on Arden thanks to the really insightful question posed by local writer … More

19th Century, Alexander Robertson, Arden, Asheville, Buncombe County, civil rights, Civil War, enslaved people, Maps, Slave Quarters, South Carolina, tourism

Local Hand Crafts Also Made the Market as Souvenirs

The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library currently has on exhibit through September, four exhibit cases highlighting Asheville Tourism Souvenirs. … More

Allanstand Cottage Industries, Asheville, Biltmore Estate Industries, Biltmore Industries, handcrafts, Spinning Wheel, The Treasure Chest, Three Mountaineer's Inc., tourism, Tourism Souvenirs

Appalachian Rustic Souvenirs

The Appalachians have long been noted for the rugged individualism of their inhabitants. The terrain was and is difficult, limiting … More

Appalachian Rustic, Asheville, Folk Art, Miniatures, The Treasure Chest, tourism, Tourism Souveniers

Tourist Court Expedition Taken by Library Staff

Fearing that tourist courts were fast disappearing, Library Director Ed Sheary and North Carolina Room staff Ann Wright, Zoe Rhine, and Peggy … More

Asheville, Ed Sheary, Motor Courts, Rockola Motel, tourism, Tourists' Courts

Tourists’ Camps

Who were the early tourist pioneers and where did they stay? Before there were tourists’ courts, there were automobile tourists’ … More

Asheville, Asheville Mineral Springs Cabins, Babblin Brook Tourist Camp, Beaucatcher Tourist Camp, Fortune's Street Car Tourist Camp, Homeland Park, Malvern Springs Park, tourism, Tourists' Camps

Miss Price’s Guest House

As I began to create a record for this postcard purchased recently on eBay, I got that funny sensation that … More

333 Merrimon Ave, boarding houses, craftsman style bungalow, Guest Houses, Miss Leone Price, tourism

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