Asheville: Few clouds, 84.2 °F
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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. |
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The Real Daniel Boone Daniel boone spent his life traversing yet another mountain and crossing yet another river into the unknown wilderness. |
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An Almost Lost Colony Lawrence Mazzanovich loved to paint, but he had a hard time deciding when a piece was complete. |
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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. |
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Queen of the Hill Grand and posh, the original Battery Park Hotel ushered in Asheville’s tourism boom |
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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 |
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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. |
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Center Square Asheville’s cityscape, much like its surrounding landscapes, exists as a living ecosystem. |
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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. |
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Swing Shift Spring 1949 arrived as a torrent to the mountains. Rain fell nearly every day |
