On this day in WNC history: Simmering tensions in the Walton “War” between North Carolina and Georgia finally turned deadly
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On this day in WNC history: After a rough ship crossing of the Atlantic and a lengthy train ride from
On this day in WNC history: After years of concerned citizens input and activism, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dropped
On this day in WNC history: The hard work and skill of farmers and women’s groups were presented to the
On this day in WNC history: In a previous post, we discussed a reported WNC duel which was simply a
On this day in WNC history: Amid the charged climate of the Reconstruction period, the Asheville Election Riot occurred on
On this day in WNC history: After a year disrupted by war and the 1918 flu pandemic, Ashevillians returned to
On this day in WNC history: As the contentious and pivotal election of 1898 drew near, Senator Jeter C. Pritchard
On this day in WNC history: Before an audience of 3,400 in the new City Auditorium, renowned singer Marian Anderson
On this day in WNC history: Popularly known as Asheville’s oldest gay bar, O.Henry’s (initially called the Skylight Room) opened
On this day in WNC history: With lead balls and cries of war filling the air around him, the young
On this day in WNC history: On October 3, 1880, the first passenger rail service arrived in Asheville at a
On this day in WNC history: Convening in the St. Paul AME Church in Raleigh, African American representatives from seven
On this day in WNC history: On October 2, 1929, deputies fired into a crowd of striking workers in Marion,
September 26, 1923: One of the most visible incidents of racial terror and intimidation in WNC began on this day
On this day in WNC History: During the midst of the Great Depression, the Black Mountain College opened to students
On this Day in WNC history: Though he made his remarks on the Tennessee side, on this day in 1940,
On this day in WNC history: The second hotel to stand on this prominent hill, Asheville’s new Battery Park Hotel
On this day in WNC history: Dubbed “the greatest event, politically at least, in the history of Asheville and Western
On this day in WNC history: After years of debate, revisions, construction, and even a bomb threat during the ceremony,
On this day in WNC history: Though they hailed from what is today western North Carolina (and several other states),
On this day in WNC history: Defeating the Nashville Cubs 2-1 in a game at McCormick Field, the Asheville Blues
On this day in WNC history: One of the most famous Asheville landmarks opened (unofficially) on this day in 1929
On this day in WNC history: Western North Carolina is a large region, comprising twenty-three counties. But did you know
On this day in WNC history: Western North Carolina is no stranger to flooding. The flood of 1916 wreaked unimagined
On this day in WNC history: On August 8, 1913, the Jackson County Journal reported the dangerous “Chestnut tree bark
On this day in WNC history: In 1985, one of Asheville’s iconic residents passed away at the age of 92.
On this day in WNC history: A steamboat in the mountains? As far-fetched as this may seem today, on August
On this day in WNC history: During a period of immense change and wartime sacrifices, a promise was made to
On this day in WNC history: On July 26, 1827, in New Echota (modern Georgia) the Cherokee Nation adopted a
On this day in WNC history: On July 19, 1898, eleven companies of African American soldiers from North Carolina—including Companies
On this day in WNC history: In 1916, the worst documented flood in WNC ravaged the region, sweeping away people
On this day in WNC history: Engines roared and an estimated 5,000 fans cheered drivers as NASCAR first visited the
On this day in WNC history: Travelling overland by train from San Francisco to St. Louis, and ultimately to Asheville,
On this day in WNC history: On July 4, 1844 James Smith—first owner of the Smith-McDowell House—applied for a pension
On this day in WNC history: In 1857, Dr. Elisha Mitchell, a University of North Carolina professor, fell to his
On June 19, 1865, a Union commander in Texas issued General Order No. 3, freeing all remaining African Americans held
On this day in WNC history: In the grand White Sulphur Springs Hotel outside of Waynesville, the North Carolina Teacher’s
On this day in WNC history: Western North Carolina has served as a film location for numerous movies large and
On this day in WNC history: In a previous post, we covered McCormick Field’s opening as a baseball stadium, but
On this day in WNC history: in 1957, three years after the Brown v Board decision, Levern Hamlin entered
On this day in WNC history: In 2006, a new festival opened in Marion celebrating a food with much older
On this day in WNC history: Crowds lined the streets of Rutherfordton and heard the low rumble of an automobile
On this day in WNC history: On May 27, 1973, “Doc” Watson became Dr. Watson, awarded an honorary doctorate in
On this day in WNC history: On May 18, 1916, Asheville transplant Kiffin Rockwell became the first American to down
On this day in WNC history: The sit-in movement that helped spark desegregation began in North Carolina, at a Greensboro
On this day in WNC history: On May 7, 1929, western North Carolina native Lucy Morgan, director of the Penland
On this day in WNC history: Towering white neoclassical buildings and throngs of presenters greeted guests to Chicago’s “White City”
On this day in WNC history: One of the most popular music festivals in WNC, honoring one of its most
On this day in WNC history: On April 24, 1955, the Asheville Citizen-Times reviewed a new book with lasting local
On this day in WNC history: Play Ball! These words signifying the start of “America’s pastime” were first heard at
On this day in WNC history: At a 1784 meeting of the NC General Assembly, representatives chartered the first town
On this day in WNC History: On April 17, 1832, the Miners’ and Farmers’ Journal broke the news of a
On this day in WNC history: Lula Owl Gloyne, a Cherokee Beloved Woman and a lifelong advocate and public servant
On this day in WNC history: The newspapers called him a “possum hunting amateur,” but Billy Joe Patton, a lumberman
On this day in WNC history: On April 6, 1865, just three days before Robert E. Lee’s army surrendered at
On this day in WNC history: On April 3, 1924, a large forest fire burned in the hilly and heavily-wooded
On this day in WNC history: Following the passage of the Weeks Act on March 1, the U.S. Forest Service
On this day in WNC history: As the Civil War neared its end, a final raid into western North Carolina
On this day in WNC history: On the afternoon of March 22, 1941, workers at the American Enka rayon manufacturing
On this day in WNC history: Entering the second year of conflict between British and French forces in North America,
On this day in WNC history: Seventy years ago, on a cold, snowy night, representatives from fifteen mountain counties gathered
On this day in WNC history: On March 9, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Appalachian Regional Development Act into
On this day in WNC history: The Swain County Herald reported in 1890 that the Nantahala River and several nearby
On this day in WNC history: One hundred is a much neater number than ninety-nine isn’t it? On this day
On this day in WNC history: On the western slope of Beaucatcher Mountain, in Asheville’s East End district, the first
On this day in WNC history: On this day in 1828—the year the Cherokee Nation ratified a constitution, and seven
On this day in WNC history: On a Saturday in 1917, one of Asheville’s oldest residents, and perhaps one of
On this day in WNC history: The mountains of WNC occasionally experience earthquakes, which often pass without much notice or
On this day in WNC history: In a small studio in Ashland, Kentucky in 1928, WNC native Bascom Lamar Lunsford
On this day in WNC history: Just three years after Scranton, Pennsylvania created the nation’s first fully electric streetcar system,
On this day in WNC history: One of the only constants in a city is change; 1920s Asheville was a
Though Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made many public visits to central North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, including
On this day in WNC history: In previous posts, we have discussed the creation of some WNC counties, but did
On this day in WNC history: One hundred years ago today, two women – Florence Deering and Evelyn Morey –
On this day in WNC history: Meeting in Fayetteville, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a new law in 1787
Just a few short months after the last forced Cherokee removal to Oklahoma, North Carolina established its westernmost county—Cherokee—on this