by Alli Marshall | May 29, 2023 | Timeline Stories
It was the eve of Christmas Eve, so a kind of nothing day. Almost a holiday, but really an in-between day. A day for people who cared about Christmas and holidays to rush around buying last-minute gifts. Decorating, wrapping, baking. That’s what was going on at my...
by Katie Senechal | May 18, 2023 | Timeline Stories
by Alli Marshall | May 8, 2023 | Timeline Stories
Gertrude C. Saunders was born in Asheville, North Carolina, on March 25, 1903. When she was a senior at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., she left the school to go on tour with vaudeville and stage performer Billy King. The Billy King Stock Co. was in residence at...
by Alli Marshall | Apr 30, 2023 | Timeline Stories
The day the LaSalle Phaeton arrived was one of those perfect spring days. May 9, 1927. The pink dogwoods and cherry trees had dropped their blossoms, but the azaleas were in full bloom. Everywhere in Woolsey was a riot of reds and purples and the fresh green of new...
by Alli Marshall | Apr 23, 2023 | Timeline Stories
tLike so many others at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Katherine Cutshall needed something to occupy her time while quarantining at home. Perhaps not surprisingly, Cutshall — the collections manager at Buncombe County Special Collections — began going through...
by John Senechal | Feb 24, 2023 | Timeline Stories
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Jen Sparks walked across the street with a spring in her step. She imagined she had dragon’s wings, and they spread as she turned and...
