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Greetings From Asheville! Postcards in the North Carolina Collection

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 by packnc

Greetings From Asheville: Postcards in the North Carolina Collection. Speaker: Terry Taylor Date: Wednesday, March 29th 2017 Time: 12:00 to 1:00 Q: Who has over 3,654 individual postcards and 300 souvenir post card folders in their ever-growing collection? A: The North Carolina Collection at Pack Library , of course! In addition the collection has 11 large postcard

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G. O. Shepherd Sr., Mover and Shaker

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 by packnc

Gaylord Oscar (G.O.) Shepherd Sr. settled in Asheville in 1919. At age 24, his arrival was well timed as the city began a decade of rapid growth, ripe for the energies of a young man with ambition. Through hard work he became, according to the Asheville Citizen, “one of the leading advertising agents in the state.” Yet advertising was

Asheville Asheville History Asheville's Business Club's Saxopone Band Conquest of Canaan Fontainebleau Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Sr.Kenilworth Kenilworth Lake Thomas Meighan Tom Mix W.W.N.C.

Published in Buildings, Local History, Manuscript Collection, New Donations, Photograph Collection

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Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 5: “What Got Done!”

Saturday, March 04, 2017 by packnc

It is common for local historians to say of the Asheville, Loan, Construction & Improvement Company, that the “enterprise languished until it was taken over by George Willis Pack.” (Quote from Asheville’s Historic Montford District, edited by Michael T. Southern, 1985.) What the Asheville, Loan, Construction & Improvement Company did do needs to be on record. After the company

Published in Historic Montford, Houses, Local History, Photograph Collection

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Roy Harris and Sheneika Smith: “Poetry Reading, Storytelling and Singing”

Monday, February 20, 2017 by packnc

In Celebration of Black History Month Check our “Programs” page for more information on these additional events sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room, scheduled for Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library: February 22 12n-1p Roy Harris and Sheneika Smith — Poetry Reading, Storytelling and Singing Roy Harris is President of the Asheville

Asheville Buncombe County Roy Harris Sheneika Smith storytelling

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Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 4: “A Rustling Company” Develops a Streetcar Suburb

Monday, February 06, 2017 by packnc

Asheville was the first city in North Carolina to have an electric streetcar system, with the first run on February 1, 1889. Asheville was followed by Winston, Charlotte, Raleigh and then Wilmington (1890-1892). Montford was likely the first electric streetcar suburb in the state. Streetcar suburbs, defined as a planned community built around a street

Asheville Asheville History Asheville Loan Buncombe County Construction and Improvement Company Montford Streetcar Suburb

Published in Historic Montford, Local History, Photograph Collection

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Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 3: Where the Name Montford Came From

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by packnc

We now know that Richmond Pearson named the new station Montford Park Station. Why the Name Montford? An article in the Daily Citizen of March 31, 1891, titled “Montford Park Station: Asheville’s New Suburb on the French Broad” reveals that “for the privilege of naming the station, Mr. Richmond Pearson, last summer, agreed to erect

Asheville Asheville History Buncombe County Montford Richmond Pearson

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Greetings From Asheville! Postcards in the North Carolina Collection

G. O. Shepherd Sr., Mover and Shaker

Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 5: “What Got Done!”

Roy Harris and Sheneika Smith: “Poetry Reading, Storytelling and Singing”

Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 4: “A Rustling Company” Develops a Streetcar Suburb

Discovering Montford’s Early History Part 3: Where the Name Montford Came From

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