History @ Home Make A Rag Doll
Episode 5: Toys Of The Past Part 2 Make A Rag Doll: The term” Rag Doll” is used to describe a doll made from scrap fabric and other scrap …
History @ Home: Cherokee Games & the Butterbean Game
Adapted from instructions provided by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian Designed for Grades K-2 Activity Snapshot: Students will learn about Cherokee sports and games, then learn to play the …
HISTORY@HOME: NATURAL EGG DYES
Today we are going to use some common plants found in the grocery store and in your kitchen to dye eggs. Humans have used the natural resources that surround …
History@Home: Whirligig
Episode 2: Toys of the Past Part 1Whirligig:The whirligig is a simple toy consisting of a flat disc with two centralholes. When a string is threaded through the holes, twisted …
History@Home: Oral History Project
Episode 1: “History never looks like history when you’re living through it”Quote by: John William Gardner Oral History:As we sit at home wondering when this pandemic will be over, we …
Historic ice house building finds new life in Black Mountain
Robert Mills, Special to Black Mountain News Published 11:20 a.m. ET Nov. 29, 2019 Black Mountain’s downtown is constantly changing. Though their facades mostly remain the same, few, if any, …
History tells the story behind one of Black Mountain’s favorite ghost stories
Anne Chesky Smith, Special to Black Mountain News Published 9:06 a.m. ET Oct. 23, 2019 Scarecrows, cornstalks, hay bales and pumpkins huddle on Black Mountain’s street corners, in the Town Square and …
Museum reveals ghostly tales of Black Mountain’s past
Anne Chesky Smith, Special to Black Mountain News Published 9:25 a.m. ET Oct. 9, 2019 Ghosts have drifted down halls, rattled pipes, and made objects move mysteriously in Black Mountain …
Security Blanket
SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM PAYS TRIBUTE TO A LEGENDARY LOCAL MANUFACTURER WNC MagazineSeptember/October 2019 WRITER: Jon Elliston (Left) A classic beacon blanket; (Right) Entrance to Beacon Village In 2002, the Beacon Manufacturing …
Beacon Is Woven Into Swannanoa Valley History
July 26, 2019 by Rachel Pressley, Asheville Made To coincide with the release of Rebecca Williams’ documentary Blanket Town, about the Beacon Blankets Mill in Black Mountain, the Swannanoa Valley Museum …
