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Like Easter eggs, names associated with the long and colorful history of Hendersonville High School pop up every few pages of Wilsontown Lynx, Bobby Wilkins’s slightly fictionalized memoir. Read Story »
Tags: History | prep sports | local authors | Bobby Wilkins | HHS bearcats
Tags: History | Laurel Park | Laurel Park centennial
The city of Hendersonville is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a public birthday party in May. Read Story »
Tags: History | Hendersonville City Council | HVL 175
When the Henderson County Cemetery Advisory Committee was chartered in 2005, James Clyde "Jay" Jackson was elected its chair. Read Story »
Tags: History | cemeteries | Cemetery Advisory Committee | James Clyde Jay Jackson
Six years after Judge Mitchell King of Charleston, South Carolina, donated 56 acres of his sprawling summer estate to form a county seat in the newly created Henderson County, the town of Hendersonville was chartered. Read Story »
Tags: hendersonville | History | Hendersonville City Council | Mitchell King | Buncombe Turnpike
The Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society will host a gathering “Remembering Terry Ruscin” from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County History | History | Terry Ruscin
Terry Ruscin, a researcher, writer and photographer who wrote a half dozen books about his adopted home of Hendersonville, died unexpectedly last week after suffering a medical issue while walking his dog, Lucy, friends said in numerous Facebook posts. He was 70. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County History | History | Henderson County Historic Resources Commission | Southern Appalachian culture | Terry Ruscin
Travelers along future I-26 from I-240 to the Buncombe-Madison County line may have noticed the designation, Morris L. McGough Freeway. Read Story »
Tags: Mills River | History | WNC Ag Center | Jere Brittain | Community Clubs
Tags: History | thrift stores | Memorial Day
The State Archives of North Carolina will host a virtual roundtable, “Preservation Pointers for the Public,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12. Read Story »
Tags: History
Andrew Waters, a native of Hendersonville and the son of retired attorney R. Charles Waters, has won recognition for his book on a pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War when the bedraggled Continels led by Gen. Nathaneal Greene managed a "Great Escape" from the pursuing British forces led by Gen. Charles Cornwallis and reached safety in what became known as the "Race to the Dan." Read Story »
Tags: History | Andrew Waters | Revolutionary War
The Hendersonville Police Department is seeking citizens assistance in providing old photographs, names and stories about the departments past. Read Story »
Tags: History | Hendersonville Police Department | Ashe Street police station
The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration evolved to a virtual program this year with a video celebration honoring the civil rights leader and celebrating Hendersonville's community of color during Jim Crow segregation. Read Story »
Tags: History | Ninth Avenue School | Sixth Avenue School | Martin Luther King Jr. | African-American history | James Pilgrim | Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: farming | History | Hendersonville Lightning | Flavor 1st | local authors | Josiah Johnson
A resident in the Stony Mountain Road area found a thick record of local family history on Stony Mountain Road and is seeking to return the book to the owner. Read Story »
FLAT ROCK — Bells rang out as worshipers walked single file down steps and along a dirt path that led from a hilltop to a stone cross that commemorates the slaves buried in the cemetery of St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church. Read Story »
Tags: History | Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site | slavery | St. John in the Wilderness
Tags: History | Grey Hosiery Mill
Tags: History | Civil War Henderson County | West of the French Broad | Jere Brittain
A joint city-county committee announced seven inductees into the Henderson County Walk of Fame on Thursday, including pioneers in the fields of education, transportation, agriculture and the law. Read Story »
Tags: History | Walk of Fame
Tags: History | Historic Courthouse | U.S. Constitution
Henderson County officials on Wednesday dedicated the new display of America’s founding documents at the Historic Courthouse plaza with speeches, a cannon salute, an honor guard and patriotic music. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Courthouse
Ruscin’s new book highlights county history Terry Ruscin will present a slide show on his new book of early Henderson County images at the Historic Courthouse at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County History | History | Henderson County public library | Terry Ruscin | Friends of the Library
People interested in the history and heritage of Henderson County may still register for a spring semester course that begins this week through at Blue Ridge Community College. The classes are open to the public. Read Story »
Tags: History | Jennie Jones Giles
Tags: History | Tom Orr | Walk of Fame
Kara Warren taps a chisel with a hammer, gently chipping off rock-hard adhesive bit by bit. Read Story »
Tags: History | Oakdale Cemetery | Historic preservation | Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission | Wolfe Angel
You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: History | Oakdale Cemetery | land-use planning | Thomas Wolfe | event barn | Wolfe Angel
Tags: History | Henderson County public library | Baker Barber collection
You may not know it, but many Thursday afternoons there’s detective work going on in the public library. Twice a month, volunteers gather in the Kaplan Auditorium while their leader, Ron Partin, assembles a batch of 20-30 digital images to display on the giant screen before them. Read Story »
Tags: History | Bearwallow Mountain | Jeremy B. Jones | Jeremy Jones | Baker Barber collection
A collection of more than 150 books about North Carolina’s history, people and culture will be easier to find and purchase through a new partnership between the North Carolina Office of Archives and History and the University of North Carolina Press. Read Story »
Tags: History | North Carolina history
Leaving a Henderson County Board of Commissioners meeting last week, Hall Waddell tried to digest the discussion about Hendersonville High School. One might have gathered from the scary looking estimates on the time and cost of a renovation that the 89-year-old building is beyond salvation. Read Story »
Tags: History | Hendersonville High School
Rugby School is a 450-year-old prep school in a town in Warwickshire, England, that bears the same name. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County | History
Joy Owens has been named the farm director of Historic Johnson Farm. Read Story »
Tags: History | Henderson County Education Foundation | Historic Johnson Farm
The Henderson County Heritage Museum will present a one-act play by Steve Carlisle called "The Sandburgs of Connemara" Oct. 17-18. Read Story »
Members of the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society honored Dr. George A. Jones on his 94th birthday, which happened to fall on the same say of the society's annual meeting, on Aug. 2. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Historical and Genealogical Society | George Jones | History
Although the fall semester Henderson County History and Heritage class began Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Blue Ridge Community College, the college allows late registration. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Community College | History | Jennie Jones Giles
The UNC-TV program North Carolina Now will broadcast a story about the Henderson County Heritage Museum tonight. Read Story »
For the first time, a local history class will be offered on line to public school teachers in a cooperative effort announced today by the Center for Cultural Preservation and Blue Ridge Community College. Read Story »
Tags: History | BRCC | Jennie Jones Giles | Center for Cultural Preservation
FLAT ROCK — One of the most historic homes in Flat Rock — and also one of the most time-ravaged and costly to save — would go to Historic Flat Rock Inc. if a bankruptcy court in South Carolina approves the sale. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Flat Rock | historic homes | Mountain Lodge
Jeremy Jones went looking for his mountainness. Read Story »
Tags: History | Jeremy B. Jones | Blue Ridge Mountains | mountain culture
Jim, Tom and Frank Marshall, sons of Jim and Cosy Marshall and direct descendants of Chief Justice John Marshall, presented the Henderson County Heritage Museum with a portrait of their ancestor last week. Read Story »
Tags: History | Henderson County Heritage Museum | Jim Marshall Jr. | Tom Marshall | Frank Marshall
By neglecting the work of its own volunteer advisory board, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners is poorly serving the county's rich history and failing to follow through on a mission that it set up. Read Story »
Tags: History | Henderson County Commissioners | Historic preservation | Henderson County Historic Resources Commission
Jennie Jones Giles is talking about how the General Assembly stole Saluda from Henderson County by redrawing the Polk County line. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Community College | History | BRCC | Jennie Jones Giles
The Henderson County Heritage Museum will host local author Bill Moss, who will present a slide show and talk on his book, The Westfeldts of Rugby Grange, at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Historic Courthouse. Read Story »
Tags: History | Bill Moss | Henderson County Heritage Museum | historic homes | Vaughan Fitzpatrick | Westfeldt family | Rugby Grange
Brookland, built in 1836 as a summer home, is now surrounded by subdivisions of much newer homes yet still isolated on its own 9½-acre site atop a gentle rise. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Flat Rock | Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission | historic homes
Hendersonville native Cary Booker, father of Cory Booker, the newly elected U.S. senator from New Jersey, died on Oct. 10 after suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years. Read Story »
Tags: History | Cary Booker | Cory Booker
FLAT ROCK — Former students and teachers gathered Saturday, Oct. 5, to celebrate the history of Flat Rock High School and dedicate a historic marker. Read Story »
Tags: Flat Rock | History | Henderson County Education History Initiative | Boyce Whitmire
Family and friends remembered Roy Bush Laughter as a practitioner and preserver of the old mountain ways, a storyteller who always had a quip and most of all a father and grandfather who put his family first. Read Story »
Tags: History | Valley Hill Fire and Rescue | Roy Bush Laughter
FLAT ROCK — Green River native and nationally renowned author Robert Morgan will speak, alumni can thumb through a book listing every graduate from 1925 to 1960 and all can join hands and sing the alma mater when people gather to celebrate the old Flat Rock High School on Saturday. Read Story »
Tags: History | Henderson County Education History Initiative
The Arts and Humanities Series at Blue Ridge Community College will present "U.S.S. Constitution: A Most Unfortunate Ship" on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Patton Auditorium. Read Story »
Tags: History
SALUDA — Saluda native Aaron Burdett and his band will play at Saluda's free Top of the Grade concert at 6:30 p.m. Friday after the Saluda Tailgate Market. Read Story »
Tags: Saluda | Music | History | Saluda Grade | Robert Morgan
The elaborate production of "Les Miserables" on the main stage of the Flat Rock Playhouse is a long way from the summer stock that Alan Sader remembers from 50 years ago. Read Story »
Tags: Flat Rock Playhouse | History | performing arts | Robroy Farquhar | Alan Sader
Tom Orr was being Tom Orr, which meant channeling his days as the Hendersonville High School drama teacher directing the senior play, which meant pulling his hair out. Read Story »
"Sunbonnet and Straw Hat," an original play portraying Henderson County history and celebrating native-born writer and poet Robert Morgan, will debut at 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, in the courtroom of the Historic Courthouse on Main Street. Additional performances are scheduled Saturday, June 27, at 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Read Story »
Tags: History | Tom Orr | Historic Courthouse | Henderson County Heritage Museum | Robert Morgan | Carolyn Justus
The North Carolina Humanities Council has awarded a $9,000 grant to a Hendersonville-based project that seeks to collect and preserve oral histories of Southern Appalachian people and their lifestyles. Read Story »
Tags: History | David Weintraub | Connecting with Elders | Southern Appalachian culture
Henderson County folks wear the cloak of history. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic preservation | Flat Rock Village Council | Henderson County Historic Resources Commission
Sixty years ago, construction was under way on a new hospital on Sixth Avenue between Justice and Fleming streets. Read Story »
Tags: History | Pardee Hospital | Pardee Hospital Foundation
Like a lot of little boys, Larry Morton got a train set one Christmas. Read Story »
Tags: History | Henderson County Heritage Museum | Apple Valley Model Railroad Club | Saluda Grade
FLAT ROCK — An early to mid-1880s house restored by Historic Flat Rock Inc. has been sold to an Asheville couple. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Flat Rock | Historic preservation
EDNEYVILLE — When the county school system closed Edneyville High School in 1993, Jamie Hill McMurray realized that a lot of important history was headed for the ash heap of history. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County History | History | Edneyville | Henderson County Education History Initiative
Larry Morton pointed to a tiny pond beside the railroad tracks between Saluda and East Flat Rock, where an even tinier figure was perched on a rock. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Historic Courthouse | transportation | Henderson County Heritage Museum
Most of the young men who were drafted into the armed services from Henderson County had their first physical and were sworn in at Camp Croft near Spartanburg. I was among a group of 99 who went through that experience in March of 1943. Read Story »
Tags: History | Frederick b. Jones
MILLS RIVER — Long before the state created schools, community leaders built log structures and started educating children on their own. Read Story »
Tags: Mills River | Henderson County Public Schools | History
This is the last week to see the education exhibit at the Heritage Museum located in the Historic Courthouse on Main Street. Read Story »
The Henderson County Heritage Museum is accepting volunteers to assist with the opening of the display depicting "The Golden Age of Henderson County 1879 – 1926" and the "Coming of the Railroad." Read Story »
As Friday dawned, Rocky Hyder wondered just how big the coming snowfall would be. Read Story »
Tags: Weather | History | Rocky Hyder
Members of the county-appointed board responsible for researching historic properties say they might as well go out of business if the Henderson County Board of Commissioners continues to withhold approval of its work. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Historical and Genealogical Society | History | Historic preservation | Saint's Paul Episcopal Church | Henderson County Historic Resources Commission | Don Wilson | Sue Shepherd Sneeringer | Poplar Lodge
Walter Eugene Brothers Jr. enlisted in the Navy in June 1939. Born in Charleston, S.C., he lived in Hendersonville most of his life. He was a local paper carrier and an outstanding football player at Hendersonville High School. Read Story »
Tags: History | Frederick b. Jones
Terrell T. Garren fights his war with records and archives. And after studying more than 1,500 records of men from Henderson County who fought in the Civil War he concludes that oft-told tales of broad Union support here is based on myth. Read Story »
Tags: History | Terrell T. Garren | Civil War Henderson County
For teaching and coaching, starting venerable traditions, bringing honor to the school through career success and civic engagement, even birthing future Bearcat generations, the Hendersonville High School Alumni Association honored its 2012 Hall of Fame inductees on Friday night. Read Story »
Tags: History | Hendersonville High School
"The Day Carl Sandburg Died," the documentary by Flat Rock native Paul Bonesteel on the poet who lived the last 22 years of his life at Connemara, will be broadcast nationally next week. Read Story »
Tags: History | Carl Sandburg National Historic Site | Connie Backlund | Paul Bonesteel
The annual Spring Festival at the Historic Johnson Farm will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the farm at 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County | Henderson County Public Schools | Festivals | History