This article titled 'Road Work Progressing Nicely' from the June 29, 1926, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) highlights the importance of highway improvements in western North Carolina. The article reported on the progress of pouring concrete...
This illustration from Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup's late 19th century travel narrative, 'Heart of the Alleghanies'� (p. 375), is captioned, 'Mt. Pisgah (5,763 feet above sea). View from Swannanoa Hotel' (p. 375). The Swannanoa Hotel...
The Regal Hotel, built in 1910 in Murphy, N.C., also housed the Candler Department Store and the Commercial and Savings Bank. The lettering for these latter two establishments may be seen above the first floor of the building. This postcard was...
The front page of the 'Cherokee Scout' (Murphy, North Carolina) for November 18, 1927, announced the opening of a new Cherokee County courthouse in its article 'Formally Open Cherokee's New Courthouse.'� A fire in 1926 had destroyed a previous...
This sale brochure promotes the products of the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and regional craft shop in Asheville, N.C. In 1925, Clementine Douglas opened the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and retail shop selling a range of local crafts....
This mat was woven by Alice Pratt (1899-1990), a weaver from Buncombe County, North Carolina who was actively producing and selling her woven good from the 1930s until the latter half of the 20th century. This table mat was made more recently, but...
