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THE CABIN KIDS!!!

Saturday, February 22, 2014 by packnc

Do any of you remember The Cabin Kids? These Asheville singing talents found Hollywood fame. They traveled the country performing in various venues. Their talents were featured in many films and televisions shows such as “The Little Rascals.” Looks like they started out as “The Jolly Six Sextette” before they made it to the big time.

Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Uncategorized

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Restoring Our Memory of Southside

Saturday, February 15, 2014 by packnc

Wednesday, February 26th, 6:00 until 7:30 PM Pack Library Lord Auditorium Rich Mathews, historian and researcher for Mathews Architecture, will present a slide presentation about the Southside Neighborhood in Asheville Here Rich gives us a preview of his talk. Join us on Wednesday night for MORE! I’m a preservationist. I love old buildings and historic neighborhoods.

Choctaw St Depot St East Riverside Redevelopment Project Historic Preservation Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Rich Mathews South French Broad Ave Southside Ave Southside Neighborhood Urban Renewal

Published in African Americans, Architecture, Buildings, Events, Houses, Local History

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A Valentine for E. W. Pearson, Sr.

Friday, February 07, 2014 by packnc

Edward W. Pearson, Sr. was one of the most energetic and creative forces for positive change that Asheville has ever known. From Pearson’s arrival in Asheville in 1906, until his death in 1946, he worked tirelessly to improve the fortunes and the quality of life of his family and his community. Facing many barriers to

Annette Pearson Cotton Asheville Royal Giants Buncombe County District Colored Agricultural Fair Clifford Cotton III Edward W. Pearson North Carolina College for Negroes Park View Subdivision West Asheville

Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, New Donations, Woo-Woo Moments

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REMEMBERING SARAH UPCHURCH

Saturday, February 01, 2014 by packnc

I joined the staff at Pack Memorial Library in 1990 when I took the position of Special Collections Librarian. Lewis Buck was my closest associate in the North Carolina section. As I studied to get up to speed on Asheville history, he steered me toward the brief histories of Asheville and Buncombe County in Cabins

60 Baird Street Asheville Edith Holmes Lewis Buck Montford N.C.Sarah Upchurch

Published in Architecture, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local History, Volunteers

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CONSIDER THE HORSE

Friday, January 17, 2014 by packnc

The first time that I revisioned a different Asheville, one with horses, was when I read Pauline Moore’s diary she wrote in 1916 at the age of 19. In May, Pauline wrote, “Frank Netherland & I went for a long horse back ride this afternoon. Up by Beaumont Lodge by the Battle Bungalow through Kenilworth

All Souls Episcopal Church Asheville Biltmore Dairy Wagon Biltmore Village C.C. Brown Livery Barn Della Day Ethel Surrett Frank Coxe Horse-drawn Carriages horseback riding horses Livery Stables Mrs. Leva Wright Mrs. Mary Howland O.D. Revell Pauline Bourne Pauline Moore Tally-Ho

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The Lost Picture

Friday, January 10, 2014 by packnc

“Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When? O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.” Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel Recently a man renovating a house on East Chestnut Street found a box of letters and pictures,

Ben Wolfe Court Square Effie Wolfe Fred Wolfe Grover Wolfe H. B. Brown J. A. Tennent Mabel Wolfe Pack Square W.O. Wolfe

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

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THE CABIN KIDS!!!

Restoring Our Memory of Southside

A Valentine for E. W. Pearson, Sr.

REMEMBERING SARAH UPCHURCH

CONSIDER THE HORSE

The Lost Picture

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