The Castle on the Hill

The ‘Castle on the Hill,’ Stephens Lee High School, opened March 7, 1923, on the former spot of Catholic Hill…

Nina Simone’s High School

Did you know Nina Simone went to High School in Asheville? Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon NC in 1933,…

The 1920s roared into Asheville bringing with it financial prosperity and a real estate boom, but in 1929 the banks…

In late February 1827 a sulphur spring was discovered in West Asheville on land owned by Robert Henry, either by…

The Church building that houses the congregation now dubbed ‘Holy Chaos’ was originally built around 1891. It was renovated in…

James Vester Miller was born just prior to the Civil War, on April 21, 1860 (according to his grave, although…

Asheville was a well-known and prominent figure in the treatment of tuberculosis in the United States – many people flocking…

This is a guest post by Terry Roberts, the award-winning author and Asheville native who grew up in ‘Sander Court.’ …

I recently saw an Asheville historian point to the Grove Park and say “Fitzgerald did a lot of writing there,”…

Thomas Wolfe Start off your day with breakfast at the Writer’s Bistro located 31 Woodfin in the Renaissance Hotel. ‘Inspired by…

Only in the last fifty years has access to Asheville’s hospitals been available to every citizen. Before the 1950s a…

Early one friday in mid-March I headed east on I-40 past Greensboro to Sedalia, NC. population 622. I was…

I have wanted to go on a Hood Huggers Tour for a few months, and I’m glad I finally made…

Martin Luther King Jr’s second trip to Western North Carolina was in the summer of 1965, again following on the…

Part One: On January 20th-22nd 1964 Martin Luther King Jr and his Civil Rights organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,…