Mountain Feist
March 21st, 2018
A Mountain Feist is a type of small hunting dog. Like the many others varieties of feists, it is not a specific breed. The ancestral [...]
Rob Tiger, 2012
Mountain Heritage Award, 2012 Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Awards for 2012 were presented Saturday (Sept. 29) to Rob Tiger, a Hayesville community leader who has led numerous efforts to preserve that town’s historic and cultural heritage, and the...Young Adult Choir, Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, 2001
Mountain Heritage Award Comments SEPT. 29, 2001 Winner: Young Adult Choir of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church. Accepting Award: choir director Cornell Proctor The Young Adult Choir of Asheville’s Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church has carried on the tradition...Bea Hensley, 1995
The Sylva Herald Blacksmith Bea Hensley Wins 1995 Mountain Heritage Award. Oct. 5 1995 Bea Hensley, a master blacksmith whose decorative ironwork can be found in all 50 states and many foreign countries, is the 1995 recipient of the Mountain Heritage Award....Penland School of Crafts, 1985
Penland School of Craft Honored By WCU John Parris Asheville Citizens Times 9/29/85 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1985 Mountain Heritage Award went Saturday to the Penland School of Crafts, a mountain institution founded by a mountain woman for...John B. Battle, 1983
WCU Honors Battle Asheville Citizens Times John Parris 9/25/83 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1983 Mountain Heritage award went Saturday to John Bascomb Battle, an 86-year-old native of Jackson County who has spent a lifetime putting together...About The Digital Heritage Project
DigitalHeritage.org includes essays, video interviews, and other materials created by the students of Western Carolina University. It also includes regional lesson plans created by teachers participating in the Adventure of the American Mind project sponsored by the Library of Congress. Radio spots created by WCU faculty and students may be heard on stations WKSF-FM, WMXF-AM, WPEK-AM, WWCU-FM, and WWNC-AM. A print version is available each month in the Laurel of Asheville.
