During the second decade of the 20th century North Carolina enacted a Quarantine Law requiring physicians, parents and teachers report every case of whooping cough,

The first official air mail service in the U.S. took place on May 15, 1918.  Twenty years later Postmaster General James. A. Farley came up

A May 8, 1903 Sylvan Valley News article titled, “A Visit to Lake Toxaway” provides a vivid picture of scenery, both natural and man-made, surrounding

Although not located in Transylvania County, Caesar’s Head Hotel has played an important role in the history of tourism in the county.  The hotel property

After coming across old photographs of children in small wood carts pulled by a goat Kim Anderson and Ian Dunn with the Special Collection Section

The Brevard Music Lovers’ Club was organized in November 1922.   The first meeting, hosted by Mrs. O.L. Erwin, included a discussion of music history and

WWNC hosted Brevard’s first night on the air on Thursday, May 19, 1927 in their Asheville radio studio.  The hour long program sponsored by the

Baxter Franklin “Cyclone Mack” McLendon Baxter Franklin McLendon was born into a poor tenant farming family in South Carolina in 1879.  He received little formal

April 1 is the official date for the 2020 Census, information provided by individuals should include everyone living in the household on that date.  The

One of the most active and longest operating women’s organizations in Transylvania County was the Women’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.  Established in 1925,