Featured Heritage Moments
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual
Friday, 06 November 2009 21:34
Essay by Tonya Caroll
History M.A.
WCU 2009
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc. was founded in 1946. Its goal is to preserve Cherokee arts and crafts and provide Cherokee people a means to sell their crafts year-round. Before Qualla Arts and Crafts was founded, Cherokee artists were only able to sell their artwork during the summer season and for many this was their only means of making money. After Qualla Arts and Crafts was created artists were able to sell their crafts to the store, receiving top dollar year round.
Cherokee Indian Fair
Friday, 06 November 2009 19:52
Essay by Tonya Carroll
History M.A.
WCU 2009
Starting on the first Tuesday of October and ending the following Saturday, the Cherokee Indian Fair is an annual event one would not want to miss. After over ninety years, this fair has grown to be one of Cherokee’s favorite traditions.
Railroads in Western North Carolina
Sunday, 06 July 2008 19:15
Essay by Timothy N. Osment
History, M.A.
WCU 2008
"From Asheville to the Tennessee line, the Southern Railway follow the tortuous windings of the French Broad River, crossing it from bank to bank several times." ~From "With Pen and Camera thro' the Land of the Sky, 1904."
Apples
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 20:07
Essay by Timothy N. Osment
History, M.A.
WCU 2008
"The Carolina Mountains are, by nature, one of the best fruit regions in eastern America. Apples, grapes, and berries, especially, thrive exceedingly well." ~Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders, 1913. pp 38
Grove Park Inn
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 19:06
We have pure air, common-sense, digestible food, quiet in the bedrooms at night, the finest orchestra outside of New York and Boston, a great organ, and an atmosphere where refined people and busy business men with their families find great cofort and a good time." ~From the 1916 Maps and Road Book of Western North Carolina."
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