Hidden Gem
Perched precipitously at the top of Howard’s Gap between two mountains that loom over Tryon below, Saluda has always been a kind of frontier…
Read MorePerched precipitously at the top of Howard’s Gap between two mountains that loom over Tryon below, Saluda has always been a kind of frontier…
Read MoreNo one in Columbus ever had trouble noticing when George Scofield drove through town. Known throughout Polk County as “the flag man,” George’s car…
Read MoreIt may not be generally known that Henderson County and its county seat are named for someone who never set foot in either place….
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln look-a-like contests are a fun staple of many county fairs and festivals. But very few people can claim direct family ties to…
Read MoreJudy Abrell is no stranger to the world of community museums. Before moving to the mountains from Miami, Florida, she served on the Miami-Dade…
Read MorePerhaps you’ve driven through the tiny, but hopelessly quaint town of Saluda and wondered, “I wonder how such a town came to be. If…
Read MoreWhen you mention Transylvania County, many people think of Brevard’s white squirrels, the Mountain Song Festival at Brevard Music Center or the more than…
Read MoreGrand estates have given Historic Flat Rock its raison d’être. Even so, Saluda Cottages stands out like the fattest bud on a prize magnolia….
Read MoreFor 27 years, she used a notebook as a Times-News reporter to record the stories of the county and its people. Today, Jenny Jones…
Read MoreMary Louise Bailey remembers when the big attraction in downtown Hendersonville was an embalmed, four-legged chicken on display at Shepherd’s Undertaking Parlor. It was…
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