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History

Gun Club

Transylvania county is known for its waterfalls, and Henderson County its apples, but throughout the 1800s, the area was the go-to place for a firearm, thanks to the Gillespies, a family of gunsmiths.

The Real Daniel Boone

Daniel boone spent his life traversing yet another mountain and crossing yet another river into the unknown wilderness.

An Almost Lost Colony

Lawrence Mazzanovich loved to paint, but he had a hard time deciding when a piece was complete.

Drawing the Line

At the turn of the 19th century, there was an uneasy peace between the Cherokee and the ever-growing number of white settlers in the Smoky Mountains.

Queen of the Hill

Grand and posh, the original Battery Park Hotel ushered in Asheville’s tourism boom

Links to the Past

From the opening of the state’s first course 130 years ago to the Morganton amateur who almost won the Masters against Ben Hogan, golf has enjoyed a long and fascinating history in these mountains

Massacre in Madison

It was bitter cold on the 19th of January in 1863. Thirteen ragged-looking men and boys walked listlessly along an old wagon track through the bottomlands of the Shelton Laurel River.

Center Square

Asheville’s cityscape, much like its surrounding landscapes, exists as a living ecosystem.

The Long Road to Victory

The wind still howls through the Catawba Valley, along the shoals of the Watauga and Broad rivers. October colors still melt in a palette of red, yellow, and orange as they did 230 years ago.

Swing Shift

Spring 1949 arrived as a torrent to the mountains. Rain fell nearly every day