Most people who have lived in Transylvania County for over twenty years are familiar with B&B Feed & Seed, formerly located on Gaston Street.  However

Over the next few weeks Picturing the Past will take a closer look at some photographs from the collection in the Local History Room at

Thanksgiving in the United States traces its origin to 1621 when the Pilgrims at Plymouth celebrated a successful fall harvest. For more than 200 years

On November 11, 1918 “engines whistled, church bells rang, the fire bell clanged, guns and pistols were fired, even firecrackers appeared from somewhere and added

During World War I African American soldiers in the U.S. military faced an enormous degree of discrimination from the draft process throughout their service.  They

Nathaniel Hall was born in Brevard to D.C. and Etta Gash Hall on January 17, 1916. Hall was educated at Rosenwald School. He moved to

Lewis Redmond—moonshiner, murderer, notorious outlaw or folk hero? In “King of the Moonshiners: Lewis R. Redmond in Fact and Fiction” historian Bruce Stewart brings together

In the preface of his book, “Shadows of the Past: Return to Reba”, Ed Comer wrote, “Long before the Connestee Falls community existed, its land

Transylvania Memories, published in 2011, captured the stories of some of Transylvania County’s older residents through oral interviews. Peggy Hansen recorded their memories of growing

Vera’s father was the caretaker at the Cedar Mountain Hotel not far from Caesar’s Head for the first thirteen years of her life. Vera Jones