Last week Picturing the Past covered the selection and laying out of a site for the town to serve as the seat of the newly

2018 marks the 150th year of the town of Brevard.  Although the site was selected, surveyed, and laid out in 1861 the town was not

The popular board game Monopoly dates back to the early 1900s.  The main objective of the game is to purchase property and become rich, ultimately

The State Climate Office of North Carolina has operated through the University of North Carolina system for over 40 years.  Since 1980 it has been

The first Christmas card was created by Sir Henry Cole in England in 1843.  Cole was looking for an efficient way to respond to hundreds

Checking the tree crop on a Balsam Grove farm in 1961. The modern Christmas tree, which found its way to the United States with German

Santa arrives downtown at 6:30 pm on Friday, December 1, 1950 on a Brevard fire truck. Community-wide holiday festivities have long been an important part

This Brevard Institute receipt shows a breakdown of possible expenses. This week Picturing the Past continues to feature items from a collection of County Commissioners

The Local History Room at the Transylvania County Library has a rather random collection of County Commissioner documents from 1899-1940 that include a variety of

This photograph was likely taken in the mid-1890s. Alexander England (right) died on March 6, 1896. The early photograph of Main Street in Brevard looking