The Gloucester Township covers approximately 57 square mile in northwest portion of Transylvania County. It is roughly triangular in shape with Hogback and Eastatoe townships
VETERAN’S DAY U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. The United States Congress passed a resolution on June 4, 1926 requesting
On this day in North Carolina History, “The first train across the Blue Ridge arrives at Asheville, ending the city’s isolation and igniting a tourist
“Miss Daisy” Daisy Norton, known by generations of library users as “Miss Daisy” died on September 7, 1964. Miss Daisy was a fixture at the
On this day in North Carolina History, “The nation’s first forestry school, directed by German immigrant Carl Schenck, opens at George W. Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Forest.”
On this day in North Carolina History, “With a roar heard for miles, the earthen dam on Transylvania County’s Lake Toxaway gives way during a
The original King Mill was built by Jonathan King around 1840 on King Creek north of Brevard. It was used to grind wheat and corn.
On this day in North Carolina History, “The nation’s first year-round Outward Bound school opens in Morganton. North Carolina Outward Bound was originally envisioned as
On this day in North Carolina History, Biltmore House under construction “George W. Vanderbilt, age 25, purchases the first of 661 parcels of land that
Transylvania County was officially formed from Henderson and Jackson Counties on February 15, 1861. Within
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