In case you have ever (or never) pondered how much cross-cultural tolerance there may have been in Asheville in 1929, ponder this Sunday Citizen item from June 9, p. 18.…
Read moreAsheville and the Enka Clock Tower
In this brief post I am not telling anyone much that most Ashevillians (and those in numerous online networks) don’t already know. I just mean to urge that those who…
Read moreThe Several Lives of West Asheville, Part II: Edwin G. Carrier Before West Asheville
The Story So Far Edwin Carrier was born in 1839, so he was in his late forties when he arrived in Western North Carolina (probably in 1885). Early discussions of…
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