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

Aston Heath, first Rosman School bus driver. With school starting today it is a good time to remind drivers to be alert around school buses

The beginning of the 20th century brought rapid growth throughout Transylvania County.  The Brevard Schools, like the Rosman Schools featured last week, did not have

Methodist Church and 5-room school  in center at tree-line. The first school in the Rosman area was a subscription school at the old Zion Church

In the early 1900s when the railroad and Joseph Silversteen’s tannery and then lumber company came to Toxaway (later Rosman), the little village quickly grew

J.F. (Frances) Hayes was an industrialist from Pennsylvania who, like many others, came to western North Carolina for the business opportunities.  He and his associates

The town of Rosman was officially established on February 20, 1905.  However the history of settlement in the area now known as Rosman goes back

In the early 1800 about 50 families had settled in an area where cherry trees grew in small clumps and along a creek dividing land