On August 1, 1783 both James Davidson and Benjamin Davidson applied to the State of North Carolina for land along the French Broad River.  The

Transylvania County’s Methodist churches got their start by holding services in homes or shared meeting houses.  In remote areas, like the mountains of Western North

Postcard— Trout fishing below White Water Falls  in the beautiful Sapphire section of North Carolina. Trout fishing as a sport in Western North Carolina dates

When Andrew Jackson Lyday attended medical school at the Medical College of Charleston in the mid-1840s he had no idea that the Lyday name would

By 1939 Transylvania County was well on its way to recovering from the Great Depression.  Harry Straus was constructing Ecusta which would bring jobs and

Dr. Robert Stokes purchased property on the French Broad River in the Dunn’s Rock area in May 1920 with the intent of opening the first

Bethel Baptist (1913-1975) on Mills Ave. in Brevard Early African-Americans in Transylvania County attended church at Cathey’s Creek Baptist or other white churches in the

The Mary C. Jenkins Community Center has been the hub of the Rosenwald Community for over 70 years. Mary B. Kilgore, photo  from  Reflections:  TCIO Celebrates

The African-American population in Transylvania County has always been relatively small.  When Transylvania County was created in 1861 there were 447 slaves recorded living in

George Phillips was born in Wurttenburg, Germany in 1862.  As a young man he immigrated to the United States in 1889.  He later became a