Saluda Stories
Perhaps you’ve driven through the tiny, but hopelessly quaint town of Saluda and wondered, “I wonder how such a town came to be. If…
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Transylvania County Celebrates a Sesquicentennial
When 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 MoreMakeover at Saluda Cottages
Grand estates have given Historic Flat Rock its raison d’être. Even so, Saluda Cottages stands out like the fattest bud on a prize magnolia….
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History Nut
For 27 years, she used a notebook as a Times-News reporter to record the stories of the county and its people. Today, Jenny Jones…
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Setting the Record Straight
Mary 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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A Toy Story
If not for a small sign near the curb, most people passing by 154 White…
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The Blue & The Grey
When Michael Arrowood talks about a certain 19th-century national dispute, the words “Civil War” will pass his lips only reluctantly. Instead, he will point…
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Archival Revival
When you hear the word “museum,” cities like Paris or London probably come to mind. Well, prepare to be surprised. Collectors and enthusiasts from…
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Marking Time: Traveling Through the Past in Henderson County
Roadside taverns. Gambling. Murder. Welcome to Henderson County. Henderson County of the early to mid-1800s, that is. A typical Western North Carolina mountain county,…
Read MoreCulture Watch: A Lucky Strike
Like most mountain counties, Henderson County’s past is tied to the region’s most abundant natural resource — minerals such as gold. Many of county’s…
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