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Staying in the Land of the Sky: Tourism in Asheville in the 1920s

Tomorrow – 2pm at the Reuter Center on UNC Asheville’s campus – sponsored by the Western North Carolina Historical Association … More

1920s, Asheville, battery park, Grove Park Inn, History, hotels, Kenilworth Inn, Princess Anne Hotel, tourism, Vanderbilt

Found Old Highways

Quite by accident the other day Kris and I stumbled upon a fantastic surprise – a closed off portion of … More

Asheville, Bears, Biking, Black Mountain, Highway, Hiking, History, Old Fort

Douglas Ellington at the Asheville Center for History

Every once in a while I still volunteer at the Smith McDowell House, Asheville’s first mansion and oldest surviving house, … More

art deco, arts and crafts, Asheville, asheville history, douglas ellington, History, smith mcdowell house

The Colonel’s Court & Cafe – Asheville, NC

Corbin, Kentucky’s claim to fame is the Colonel Sanders Museum and Cafe, the birthplace of KFC. But is it? What … More

Asheville, colonel sanders, food, History, hotels, kfc, motels, motor courts

Another Stone Wall

I’m just going to keep running with the “Old Stone Wall” theme because I walked past another one last night, … More

Asheville, battery park, e.w. grove, grove arcade, History

That Old Stone Wall – Harris Teeter and the home of G.W. Pack

If you’ve driven down East Chestnut Street to get to Greenlife or the new Harris Teeter, you’ve no doubt noticed … More

Asheville, Five Points, Greenlife, Harris Teeter, History, Montford

Asheville Free Walking Tour

Started in June 2013, the Asheville Free Walking Tour meets at the Vance Monument Weekdays at 11am, and all you … More

Asheville, grove arcade, History, walking tours

Sulphur Springs

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

Asheville, History, West Asheville

Great Smoky Mountain Railroad

Somehow I had made it decades through life and across the United States and never ridden on a train. I … More

Asheville, History, railroads

Living History

Ever since I started working on my book, Historic Inns of Asheville, I can’t walk or drive through town without … More

Asheville, History

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