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24003
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Asheville's Buncombe Turnpike connected thousands of drovers from Tennessee and North Carolina to South Carolina's railroads. The turnpike provided French Broad River residents with a way to get their herds across the river. Eventually, the West Asheville Bridge was constructed in 1911 to the flood of traffic across the French Broad River.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 4, April 2014,
p79, il
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24102
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The author discusses the history of opera houses in America and the opening of Asheville's Grand Opera House in 1890.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 7, July 2012,
p116, il
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24611
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During World War II, David Finley, the first director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. needed a sanctuary for the fine art in the gallery. Finley turned to his friend Edith Vanderbilt, who willingly agreed to hide these rare pieces of art at the Biltmore Estate. Painstaking effort ensured that the pieces were hidden and stored in a room with steel vaulted doors and steel barred windows. Some pieces kept at the Biltmore included Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, Raphael’s Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, and Titian’s Venus with a Mirror.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 5, October 2014,
p40-42, 44, 46-47, il, por
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27278
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Two buildings in Asheville’s downtown were affectionately called “Asheville’s Odd Couple” during the mid-twentieth century. Both built in 1924, the Westall Building and the Jackson Building have different architectural styles, Gothic Revival and English Norman combined with Spanish Romanesque, respectively.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 10, October 2016,
p31, il
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12029
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First settled in 1784, Buncombe County became more accessible to outsiders with the opening of US Highway 70. Sustained via tourism, agriculture, and industry, Buncombe residents enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains, the city of Asheville, as well as the world-famous Biltmore Estate.
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24709
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The author discusses the various ways both city dwellers and urbanites have joined together to create a program to develop the Buncombe County agriculturally. The community works together to help agriculture make a slow but steady comeback.
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23906
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In 1975, Elvis Presley performed three shows in Asheville. Residents and attendees of those concerts remember Presley's visit as they prepare for celebrating the event's 40th anniversary.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 9 Issue 4, July/Aug 2015,
p48-50, 52-53, il, por
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36454
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Western North Carolina played an important role in the state’s economic and occupational development, through its railroads delivering raw materials such as lumber and mica across the state. Pictorial evidence Western Carolina University preserves includes the accompanying photo of the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Through such endeavors, acknowledgment of railroads’ place in North Carolina history chugging along.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 1, January 2016,
p108
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Western North Carolina archives--Asheville; Archives--North Carolina; Railroads; Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); Lumber trade--North Carolina; Bryson City--Description and travel; Swain County--History; Blue Ridge Mountains--Description and travel; Locomotives--History; Mines and mineral resources; Buncombe County--History; Western Carolina University
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12031
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Including Weaverville, Swannanoa, Leicester, Arden-Skyland, and Candler, this article offers brief histories of the towns and cities comprising Buncombe County.
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24024
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The author traces various artistic interpretations of Western North Carolina's landscapes since the 18th century, focusing primarily on William Bartram, who traveled throughout the area in 1775. The painter and botanist observed customs and traditions of the Cherokee, publishing his accounts as 'Travels' in 1791.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 11, November 2014,
p48-49, il
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24112
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The author discusses the history of fire trucks in Asheville, from horse drawn apparatuses to the trucks we see today.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 10, October 2012,
p58-59, il
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12030
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Arriving to Buncombe County during the last decade of the 18th-century, Scottish Presbyterians, locally known as the Swanino Circuit, opened the first school and church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Followed by Methodists, Baptists, and Episcopalians, the region gradually developed as did the number of learning institutions and houses of worship.
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24105
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The author discusses white water rafting in Asheville and talks about the history of French Broad Rafting Expeditions, the oldest rafting company in the area.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 8, August 2012,
p92-93, il
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24085
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The building that houses Grove Arcade is a historical icon in Asheville and first opened in 1929. The Grove Arcade was opened by Wiley Grove (1850-1927), who made his fortune initially by selling 'Grove's tasteless Chill Tonic.'
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 11, November 2012,
p106, il
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27818
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Biltmore Estate Industries began in the late nineteenth century with an instructional woodworking class taught by Charlotte Yale and Eleanor Vance, and supported by Edith Vanderbilt. In the early 20th century, Yale and Vance expanded the reach of these classes to teach mountain women how to produce finer wool fabric. Biltmore Estate Industries demonstrated how popular and viable commercial weaving could be for the Asheville area. Following George Vanderbilt’s death, ownership changed hands and the material produced by the women came to be known as Biltmore Homespun. Today, the industry is owned and operated by the Blomberg family who purchased it in the 1950s.
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