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Friday, November 04, 2016 / Published in Local History, New Donations, Photograph Collection

1910: Jacksonville (Fla) to Asheville in Only 60 Hours!

Early one Monday morning in September, 1910, news reached Asheville that Mr. Herbert B. Race and his “mechanician” J. E. McCants had arrived safely in Greenville, South Carolina, and were expected to reach downtown Asheville by noon that day.  The two had departed from Jacksonville, Florida, at the crack of dawn on Saturday, attempting a
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