Probart Street’s Namesake Part 1
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
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
Ghost stories have common themes, regardless of where they are located. One such theme is that of the star-crossed lovers. Usually there are some kinds of circumstances in life that
In researching local history and genealogy, many spend time pouring over marriage licenses, death certificates, property deeds or maps. Historical newspapers and periodicals are additional resources that are often overlooked.
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
Elizabeth Ann Neill (Morris), great-granddaughter of Lambert Clayton and Sarah Davidson Clayton, is another real historical figure who appears in Parker and Borhaug’s “To Stand on Solid Ground: A Civil
Last week’s article ended with the Godfreys selling the historic Godfrey-Barnette house on South Broad Street to the Stokes family in 1929. This week will include house history to modern
The Godfrey-Barnette House, which has at times been called Linden Tree Manor, was built in 1918 on land that belonged to George McCoy Hixson. The house was constructed in the
In the 1880s, the Hart family settled in the Pisgah Forest area and built a homestead on what was once Hart Lane. According to the 1990-1991 Transylvania County Architectural Survey,
On June 23, 1997, developer William McKee purchased the 315-acre Harry H. Straus Park from P.H. Glatfelter, then-owner of the old Ecusta/Olin paper factory, for $4,000,000. In today’s money, McKee
History can sometimes be difficult to pin down, with contradictory sources. Previous research did not indicate that enslaved people were present on the land that would become Everett Farm; new
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