Rupert “Henry” Scadin, self-portrait Rupert “Henry” Scadin was a western regional photographer well-known at the turn of the 20th century. Although he called himself a landscape photographer, what he captured with

  Eugene C. Sawyer (2nd from left) and friends, July 4, 1895 There has been a long history of biking in the mountains of Transylvania County that goes well beyond

Hume Hotel ruins with James “Perry” Cantrell, Hettie M. Raxter Cantrell, and Walter Cantrell One of the greatest parts about looking into history is seeing old photographs and discovering the

On August 5, 1914, Mr. J.A. Miller’s property on North Country Club Road and home to Mr. E.F. Moffitt and 36 boarders, went up in flames. On August 5, 1914,

Last week’s “Picturing the Past”, Transylvanians Organize in the Fight Against Polio, Part I, recounted the fight against polio and the fundraising efforts and search for a vaccine.  Advertisement for

This article is the first in a two-part “Picturing the Past” series on Transylvania County’s fight against polio in the first half of the 20th century.   During the mid-twentieth century, March

Picture of James Morris- Courtesy of Mary Galyon We cannot dismiss the value of the oral history that still fills these mountains, if we dare to ask, dare to listen. 

January 1st marks the 89th anniversary of the official opening, in 1932, of the highway connecting Brevard and Greenville. Then known as highway 284 in North Carolina (now U.S. Route

For 37 years—from 1940 to 1977—Gaither’s Restaurant, also known as ‘The Grill’, ‘Gaither’s Grill’ or simply, ‘Gaither’s’, offered tasty food and good cheer to Western North Carolinians. Owned and operated

At the dawn of the 20th century, public restrooms were hard to come by, and Brevard lacked a dedicated public restroom for women. But the town and surrounding areas were