The news on a late September Sunday morning in 1928 that the American Enka Corporation was going to build a $10 million plant in Buncombe County pleased virtually everyone.…
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 moreEvery Marriage Is Two Marriages: John Whisnant and Mary Neal Rudisill Whisnant’s Early Years Together, 1934-1940
Every marriage is two marriages: his and hers. Jessie Bernard, The Future of Marriage (1973)((See also Jessie Bernard.)) After a short train ride north from Asheville in late August 1934,…
Read moreWelcome to Asheville Junction
A One-Minute History of Asheville and “The Land of the Sky” Chartered 1797; turkey and hog drives on drovers’ roads, and early trade; early “stands” and inns; Buncombe Turnpike opens (1828); hotels and…
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