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 Kelly Kelbel | Feb 5, 2023 | Timeline Stories
The broom closet’s singular light bulb, with a handheld mirror, was enough for Joey to apply her muted black mascara and vermilion lipstick, a shade she never dared allow her Mama to see spread across her lips. She scrunched her short curls even though...
by Hannah Epperson | Oct 29, 2022 | Timeline Stories
Glory Hancock and wounded soldiers As it happened, Madelon was home on leave April 6, 1917, the day the US entered the Great War. She wondered about the reaction of her fellow nurses in the field hospital just behind the front lines in Belgium. Elation, perhaps, at...
by John Senechal | Oct 26, 2022 | Timeline Stories
After this picture was taken, the rest of the railroad bridge fell into the flood waters. “I don’t know what to do.” Martha said to Jan. “Well, you have to go back. That much you know already. Doesn’t a lot depend on how Randall reacts?” Jan’s eyebrows were lowered...
by John Senechal | Oct 11, 2022 | Timeline Stories
The Evolution From Historic Boarding House to Affordable Housing KEVIN SPARGO PHOTOS In 2001, I took on a rehab project that featured energy retrofits, historic restoration, and affordable housing. At the time, the building at 100 Biltmore Ave. was falling apart and...
