Mt. Hermon Academy in Brevard was originally intended to be an all-girls boarding school, with plans to add boys’ dormitories and programs that never came

Many readers are familiar with the development of the Rosenwald School in the African American community. Fewer may know about the pioneering educators who worked

Near the very end of the 19th century, a young man graduated high school in Rhode Island and got his first job as a reporter

Creating the regular Picturing the Past column is a source of learning, amusement, and fascination as myself and staff in the NC Room of Transylvania

At around seven o’clock in the morning on August 25, 1909, the fire alarm in Brevard sounded, rousing the all-volunteer fire department, and probably the

The Corn Family has a long history in Transylvania County, as well as neighboring counties. It is said that more Baptist preachers have descended from

The original Goodwill Motor Company Building, currently the location of 3Oak and Platt Home, was constructed in June 1945 by business partners W.C. Burrell, V.H.

When early European settlers came to the area that is now Transylvania County, they were intensely interested in the vast natural resources that could potentially

On October 10, 1946, an ad appeared in the Transylvania Times announcing the opening of The Chatterbox, across the street from Brevard High School, offering

Nancy Barnum Clarke, a great-granddaughter of P.T. Barnum, was born on February 6, 1889 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Soon her family moved to Eastover, South Carolina