Last week Picturing the Past shared the story of the Summit Camps airstrip, this week continues the airstrip’s story after the camps closed.  A special

For the next several months Picturing the Past will be presenting an A to Z tour of Transylvania County.  We are starting off with A

During July 1916 Western North Carolina, along with much of the southeastern U.S., suffered massive flooding when two hurricanes struck the region.  The first, on

Rowell Bosse’s interests in hiking, botany, and history led him to spend over 20 years working to preserve the history of Transylvania County. The North Carolina

The Bosse family, 1906.  From left:  W.T., Ernest, Effie, Karl. The Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room at the Transylvania County Library is named for local

The March 1940 issue of the Ecusta Echo expressed the need for an athletic program.  The goals of program were to get employees outdoors, provide

A recent search through photographs of the courthouse show a water fountain located in front of the building since the early 1900s.  Over the years

Since Transylvania County was created in 1861 there have been 27 different sheriffs.  Last week’s Picturing the Past briefly mentioned some of the activities of

The early Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Transylvania County contain a wealth of information about the development of the county

Firefighters used Duke Power Company’s “cherry picker”  to reach the fire in the Henning Inn attic on March 23, 1967. The Local History Room worked