The Girl Scout “Little House” today The Girl Scout “Little House” is nestled among the trees in Franklin Park and has been providing meeting space for Girl Scout troops of

  Calvert Prison Camp Transylvania County has operated several jails in its history, including the original one located in the courthouse.  However, many residents are unaware that a state prison

  Elise Greer, owner, outside the Bearwallow Springs Jelly House in Sapphire, NC circa 1961 The Sapphire community once was home to the Bearwallow Springs Jelly House. The Jelly House

Moore Mill, the first mill near what would later be named Hooker Falls Hooker Falls is a well-loved recreation destination in DuPont State Forest. During the early settlement of what

  The Pierce Moore Hotel, date unknown Built 1926 by Grace Timanda Piercy in 1926, the Pierce Moore hotel was on the corner of West Main and Oaklawn and originally

  Dr. William M. Lyday in the office he inherited along with secretary Mae Garren. The books seen on his desk are the same volumes now housed in the NC

  Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck in 1951 during his visit to the former site of Biltmore Forest School A major first that occurred in the United States that can be

  Mary Jane King was born in 1896 in Brevard.  A lifelong resident of Transylvania County, she became an enthusiast for local history at a very young age due to

Mary Sue “Mamie” Fisher Galloway, Rhoda Emmaline Walker Fisher Neal, and Rosa Fisher Durham The three women pictured all come from the Fisher line, one family that traces its roots

  Cornelius Hunt (1919-1990) A Brevard native, Cornelius F. Hunt was a well-known leader in Transylvania County and had a significant impact on the community. Born in 1919, his parents