Asheville Citizen-Times WNC History: Infidelity may have led to Guastavino’s move here, work on Biltmore, basilica Anne Chesky Sat, September
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WNC History: The wild ride of Asheville streetcars, 1889-1934 by Anne Chesky “One toddler joined a line of folks waiting
by Anne Chesky “The Captain Juan Pardo went out from the city of Santa Elena on November 1, 1566, to
Rumors of Babe Ruth’s death after Asheville stop were greatly exaggerated By Anne Chesky “Babe Ruth, American
“According to local legend, Beacon’s owner, Charles D. Owen, when Owen heard Martin’s masterful fiddling, he offered him a
The rich life of Lula Owl Gloyne, 1st RN and 1st World War I officer from Cherokee BY ANNE
Journey started in Asheville for 1st US woman to earn medical degree BY ANNE CHESKY “If I could have been
Integration at Black Mountain College by Anne Chesky Smith “If Black Mountain College wants to have Negro students, it will
‘Black Mountain Blues’ at Roseland Gardens “I’m bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun…I’m out
Inside the 1948 fire that killed Zelda Fitzgerald On March 9, 1948, Zelda wrote to her daughter, “there is promise
Carl Sandburg, an iconic American, gets a reappraisal John Quinley’s recently-published book “Discovering Carl Sandburg: The Eclectic Life of an
Waste Basket Boutique paper dresses were made in Asheville by Mars Women could get a paper dress, branded a “Paper
“Rockefeller was a real cheapskate. I asked him what he was doing, and he said it was his usual
Through Rock and Time: The Railroad Comes to the Mountains by Trevor Freeman “The railroad they were to build was
A Ghost in Black Mountain “A guest named Petunia fell, or jumped, from a window in Room 13 of
1882 Cowee Tunnel Disaster heroism, mistaken identity Ranging from 15 to 55 years of age at the time of
MLK’s trips to Black Mountain & Montreat “Solicitor Robert S. Swain of Buncombe County said Monday after conferring with
Who was the dead swindler on a pedestal in an Asheville funeral home? “I don’t care if he never
The Revolutionary journeys of 2 young WNC women Her name does not appear in the written record until her
Story behind the accused murderer in 1936 Battery Park Hotel homicide Back at the courthouse, Martin was taken into
Story behind the WWII detainee camps at Grove Park Inn, Montreat Assembly Inn Above: A rare color photo of
Bettie Sims was not a typical moonshiner Knowing, as she said, that “nine out of every ten men will
Rumbling Bald was rumbling in 1874 Newspapers of the day, rife with speculation and exaggeration, reported that Owensby held
A trek of self-liberation from Asheville to Tennessee In trying to determine whether Bob found freedom in 1819, the
Incarcerated laborers on railroad attempted freedom Despite being chained, watched by armed guards, and weakened by the harsh climate,