Joseph Silversteen Joseph Silversteen is credited for helping bring industry to Transylvania County in the early 1900s.  In A History of …Estatoe Ford, Jeptha, Toxaway,

Train at Toxaway (Rosman) Depot The first train rolled into Toxaway on the Transylvania Railroad Company’s newly extended line from Brevard on September 1, 1900. 

Browsing through the “Personal Mention” column of early newspapers readers learn about the social lives of local residents.  Visits by out-of-town guests, business trips, trips

Community suppers have long been popular events at the Community Centers throughout the county.  Local residence get together for socials gatherings, benefits or fundraisers, and

Title page from The Ladies of Brevard Baptist Church cookbook, published circa 1930. Culinary arts have boomed in popularity over the last several years.  Whether

This week Picturing the Past is returning to West Probart Street for a look at the homes of two of Brevard’s early doctors, Dr. Mitchell

Margaret Avery Gash was born to Thomas Lenoir and Dovie Ann Deaver Gash near Brevard in 1873. The Gash and Deaver families were instrumental in

Branson’s North Carolina Business Directory, 1896 lists Kilpatrick Brothers Building in Brevard.  Chester Columbus and Robert Porter Kilpatrick were sons of Benjamin and Mary Kilpatrick. 

Architect Richard Sharp Smith was born and educated in England.  He immigrated to the United States in 1882 and in 1886 began working for Richard

In the early 1900s West Probart Street was one of the most desirable streets to live on in Brevard.  The residential area stretches for a