Anne Chesky Smith, Special to Black Mountain NewsPublished 9:05 a.m. ET July 17, 2019 Nestled in a thicket of rhododendron perched above the former estate of Rafael and Francesca Guastavino …
Gillian Cobb, Special to Black Mountain News Published 8:27 a.m. ET May 15, 2019 Asheville and the surrounding areas of North Carolina have long been referred to as “The Land …
Special to Black Mountain News,Published 1:11 p.m. ET April 24, 2019 In honor of May Day, known around the world as International Workers’ Day, the Swannanoa Valley Museum will officially …
Published in the Mountain XpressApril 16, 2019 by Thomas Calder This week’s column is an accompaniment to the preview article on Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center’s upcoming exhibit, Beacon Blankets: The …
published in the Mountain XpressApril 11, 2019 by Thomas Calder Rebecca Williams was asleep inside her Grovemont home, unaware of the conflagration that illuminated the early morning sky. Her husband, Jerry Pope, woke her …
by Fred McCormick, Black Mountain NewsApril 10, 2019 The history of the Swannanoa Valley can be traced back 12,000 years, when the first known inhabitants hunted and fished its rugged …
by Gillian Cobb, intern The Terry Estate, also known as InTheOaks, is a 24,000 square foot private estate built in Black Mountain between 1919 to 1921 by Franklin Silas Terry, …
By Anne Chesky Smith In the midst of the Great Depression, Marcus Lafayette Martin moved his family east to Swannanoa, North Carolina, where he was able to find work in …
By Lilly Lloyd In the wake of the death of beloved community member Nancy Wrenn on December 21, 2017, the Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center acquired a collection of …
by Anne Chesky Smith Though Swannanoa’s downtown is small, its long and vibrant history includes the honor of being the home once of America’s largest blanket manufacturer. In the late …
