Record #:

43144

Author(s):

Averill, Graham

Abstract:

""in the mid-1930s, fueled by America's growing fascination with the automobile, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a massive program to cut a 469-mile road through the North Carolina and Virginia mountains. more than 80 years later, the Blue Ridge Parkway remains the most popular scenic byway in the country.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p122-132 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blue Ridge Parkway; Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942; Cumberland Knob Trail

Record #:

43145

Author(s):

Sykes, Morgan

Abstract:

"At the Folk Art Center just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, artisans share the language of Appalachian craft with younger generations." A repository for Appalachian craft, the Folk Art Center in addition to being a museum, houses a bookstore, library, auditorium and the Southern Highland Craft Guild's Allanstand Craft Shop. established in 1895, it's the oldest shop of its king in America.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p214-216 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk Art Center (Asheville); Allanstand Craft Shop (Asheville); Southern Highland Handicraft Guild (Asheville)

Record #:

43146

Author(s):

Schramm, Stephen

Abstract:

"In the era before integration, Ridgeview High School's football team was the pride of Hickory, breaking state record left and right. Today, the remaining players are seeing to it that their legacy is not forgotten." Dubbed the "Untouchables", the team won the Class AA title fromthe North Carolina High School Athletic Conference in 1964.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p234-242 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ridgeview High School Football Team (Hickory); Hickory--football teams

Record #:

43147

Author(s):

McGivney, Jen Tota

Abstract:

"Dozens of families once called the cottages surrounding the textile factory on the banks of the Henry River home. Today, the humble tract of houses near Hickory has found new purpose and a promising future." Calvin Reyes is co-owner of the 72-acre Henry River Mill Village. The mill shuttered in 1970 and later burned in 1977. the current owners are working to preserve the history of the village.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p82-88 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mill villages; Hickory--Description and travel; Historic preservation--Hickory

Record #:

43148

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick jumped from a hot-air balloon in the 1908 North Carolina State Fair.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p264 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Broadwick, Georgia "Tiny"; Parachute artist