The Aikens were kin to, married to, or in business with many of the first families to settle what is now Transylvania County. One Aiken with multiple connections was Julius […]
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The Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room collects and preserves materials about Transylvania County families, businesses, organizations, and history. The Local History staff assists with family and personal research, architectural and cultural history, and use of technology and resources.
Dig into Transylvania County’s past through the library’s Picturing the Past blog.
The Aikens were kin to, married to, or in business with many of the first families to settle what is now Transylvania County. One Aiken with multiple connections was Julius […]
Read More...William H. Allison, born to Alexander D.B. Allison and Eveline Lister in 1856, grew up on Beechnut Farm, where Straus Park is today. In the early 1900s Allison was given […]
Read More...At the turn of the century, many urban industrialists were drawn to the southern Appalachian mountains as an escape from the stresses of their city lives. In 1906 one such […]
Read More...On January 19, 1906 new advertisements began appearing in the Sylvan Valley News for Southern Stock and Farming Company of North Carolina. The company was owned by B.G. Estes of […]
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