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Registration open for local history class

By Bill Moss, Published: December 31, 2014

Online registration is open for the spring semester of courses on the history and heritage of Henderson County. Classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 6, through the Continuing Education Department at Blue Ridge Community College. The classes are open to the public.
Classes are held on Tuesdays. There is a day class and a night class that cover the same material. The day class is 1 to 2:30 p.m. and the night class is 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Henderson County History and Heritage I, covering prehistory to 1860, is taught the first half of the spring semester, from Jan. 6 to Feb. 24. Topics include geography and natural resources, Cherokee and Catawba history and culture, Revolutionary War and treaties with the Cherokee, early settlers and backgrounds, Appalachian culture, political and economic history, agriculture, transportation, religious history, education, early communities, black history, and noteworthy families and people in the early history of the county. Registration is $60.
Henderson County History and Heritage II, covering 1860 to the mid-20th century, is held March 3 to April 28. Topics include the Civil War, Reconstruction, black history, Appalachian culture and stereotypes, political and economic history, industry, agriculture, transportation, religious history, education, tourism, 19th and 20th century communities, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, World War I and World War II. Registration is $60.
The instructor is Jennie Jones Giles.
To register online, visit http://www.blueridge.edu/continuing-education/registration-information. Beginning Monday, Jan. 5, persons can also register from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Continuing Education Building, Room 123, or call 694-1735 for more information.