In 2005 Leslie Borhaug, a middle-school teacher at Davidson River School, assigned a class project that ultimately inspired Tom Dierolf, a first-time filmmaker, to create an award-winning documentary about the

Early Appalachian settlers were isolated from the conveniences of cities and stores, and so many gifts were handmade from local materials. Immigrants brought traditions from their homelands. CHILDREN AS MINIATURE

The Local History collection at the Transylvania County Library includes recipes and stories of a well-loved lady of yesteryear who lived in the See-Off Mountain community, Allie B. Harllee. Allie

It may be hard to believe, but at one time a small four-acre lake may have once existed at the intersection of Country Club Road and Illahee Road as part

Many industries have brought employment to Transylvania County residents over time. One such industry was the American Thread plant in the Calvert area of Transylvania County near the Rosman Highway.

Note: This article is part of a series on street namesakes in Brevard. When the city of Brevard was founded in 1861, many of the earliest organizers had streets named

When Carl Schenck created the first forestry school in America in the Pisgah Forest, Biltmore Forest School (BFS), he managed the 100,000-acre tract owned by George Vanderbilt with the precision