This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

Note: This article published May 13, 2026. The building at 212 South Gaston Street housing the Transylvania County Library turns twenty on May 13, 2026.

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This year America celebrates 250 years since its founding, and communities across the nation are taking time to reflect on history from that era. Transylvania

This final installment on the Orphan Strip & The Walton War will address the immediate causes, military engagements, and the near-decade of contention that followed

In Part II of this Picturing the Past series, the focus will primarily be on the extenuating circumstances which inevitably led to the Walton War.