The Quebec community extends from Quebec Mountain, east of Silversteen Rd, to approximately Reid Road along Highway 64.  In the late 1800s the area was

The 1920s were generally a time of prosperity throughout the United States.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked at 381.17 on September 3, 1929 but

During the Depression, the federal government built over 1,100 post offices throughout the country as part of the New Deal, including at least twelve in

October is Fire Prevention Month.  National Fire Prevention Week is observed during the week in which October 9 falls in commemoration of the Great Chicago

Edward Gaine Cannon was born in the Calvert community of Transylvania County in 1900 to James and Anna Whitmire Cannon.  James Cannon was a physician

Settlers began moving into the valleys and mountains along the North Fork of the French Broad River in the early 1800s.  Among the early settlers

Quebec School, before taxes The early families scattered throughout the mountains and valleys to the west of Rosman provided for the education of their children

For over a hundred years black children in Transylvania County attended separate schools from white children.  With limited resources the dedicated teachers of French Broad,

Education has always been a strong part of the African American community in Transylvania County.  Originally, African American children attended schools near the communities where

From the late 1930s through the late 1950s Transylvania County began consolidating schools.  The smaller rural schools that had been scattered throughout the county were