Search Results

History of the Gloucester Township

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 to the south, Cathey’s Creek

Read More »

Veteran’s Day

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 that President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation

Read More »

A Train to Asheville

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 explosion. In the coming decade,

Read More »

Do You Remember “Miss Daisy”?

“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 Transylvania County Library since the

Read More »

The Nation’s First Forestry School

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.” (1898) Source: Powell, L. (1996).

Read More »

Lake Toxaway Dam Failed in 1916

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 storm. Water from the 540-acre

Read More »

Biltmore Beginnings

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 will ultimately become his 125,000-acre

Read More »

search our catalog

search our events

search our website

search our catalog

search our events

search our website

(828) 884-3151

212 S Gaston St, Brevard, NC 28712