From the Beginning

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From the Beginning
Compiled by Pat Johnson
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MountainWildernessTowering Forests, Clear
Rushing Streams, and Difficult TerrainFrom
Harpers Weekly
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Buncombe Countys Rugged Mountains
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Land of The Sky D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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French Broad Valley above Asheville
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Indian Village
Archeologist, Roy Dickens Conception from
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Cherokee Indians
North Carolina Indians
Illustration from The French Broad, by
Constance Fenimore Woolson, in Harpers New
Monthly Magazine, Vol. 50, Issue 299, April 1875,
p.633.
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC
Asheville 28804
L.C. LeComptes Postcard Collection
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Cherokee Life
L.C. LeComptes Postcard Collection D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Indian Path in Buncombe Country
Map ind002 D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
? Indian Path Approximate Asheville Harmony
Village Site
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Asheville/Buncombe Map
Dotted Lines Show Mountain Trails
Approximate Asheville Harmony Village Site
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Western NC Topographic Map
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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A French Broad Ferry
Shirley Stipp Ephemera Collection, Picturesque
America, 146 D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Stagecoach at Eagle Hotel, 1814
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Oxen Wagon on S Main Street, 1881/83
Luther M. McCurry Photographs, D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Buncombe Turnpike, 1828
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
East Side of French Broad River from Greenville,
SC to Greenville, TN ? Drovers Inns
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Buncombe Turnpike
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Buncombe Turnpike at Warm Springs (Later Hot
Springs)
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Hog Drovers on Buncombe Turnpike
B152-5uc Courtesy of Pack Library, D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Alexander Inn (North of Asheville) on Buncombe
Turnpike
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Tattered Schooner Wagon Mulesas they must have
looked on Buncombe Turnpike
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Central Methodist Church
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Central Methodist Church Built in 1837.
Presbyterians and Baptists followed and Nazareth
First Baptist Church opened in 1867 for African
Americans. Chronology, Heritage WNC-A
Collaborative Database The first Synagogue in
Asheville, Beth-Ha-Tephila Congregation opened in
1891. Beth Ha-Tephila Congregation (Asheville,
NC) 1891-1976 D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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West Asheville Map
E. G. Carrier, Compliments of West Asheville
Improvement Company
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View of French Broad River from Strawberry Hill,
W. Asheville
E. G. Carrier, Compliments of West Asheville
Improvement Company
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Jerseys at the back of Sulphur Springs Hotel
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View of Black Mountain fromSulphur Springs Hotel
E. G. Carrier, Compliments of West Asheville
Improvement Company
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View of Pisgah fromSulphur Springs Hotel
E. G. Carrier, Compliments of West Asheville
Improvement Company
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View of Cedar Mountainfrom Sulphur Springs Hotel
E. G. Carrier, Compliments of West Asheville
Improvement Company
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Current Marker at North End of Old Haywood Road
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Remains of Sulphur SpringsMarch 2009
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Side View of Sulphur SpringsMarch 2009
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Interior View of Sulphur SpringsMarch 2009
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Snow Ice Along River
W.B. McEwen Caroline Nicols McEwen Collection
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC
Asheville 28804
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Prairie Schooner Wagon in Mud on South Main
Street, 1850
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Asheville Road in Woods
Land of the Sky, D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Carrier Hotel (AKA Belmont Hotel), 1861
E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Pioneer Selling Apples
Asheville in Pictures, H.W. Pelton, Asheville
Citizen-Times Archive
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NC Citizen Building, 1870 - 1885
WNC Heritage, Ashevilles Built Environment
B085-5 D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections,
UNC Asheville 28804
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Patton Ave from Courthouse, 1881/82
Taylor Jones, Land of the Sky 51, A004-5
Courtesy of Pack Library, D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Battery Park Hotel, 1886
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Birds Eye View, Asheville 1891
Burleigh Lithographing Establishment
http//memory.loc.gov
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Asheville, 1891
Burleigh Lithographing Establishment
http//memory.loc.gov
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Montford, 1891
Burleigh Lithographing Establishment
http//memory.loc.gov
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West Haywood Street, 1891
Burleigh Lithographing Establishment
http//memory.loc.gov
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Western Edge of Asheville, 1891
Burleigh Lithographing Establishment
http//memory.loc.gov
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Late 1800s Farm
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Man and Woman on Their Farm
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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South Main Street
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
Note Stepping Stones for Muddy Street
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Wood Burning Work EngineWestern NC Railroad
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Railroad Stone Bridge
R. Henry Scadin Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Steam Locomotive
East Riverside Photographs, eas054 D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Train Depot on Depot Street
W.B. McEwen and Caroline Nichols McEwen
Collection D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Early Electric Street Car, 1887
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
Asheville Had First Electric Street Car in NC
Second in the World after Richmond
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View of Asheville from Beaucatcher1890
Ashevilles Built Environment, T.H.Lindsey D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804
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Asheville Free Kindergarten, 1899
Later Became Childrens Emergency Hospital
Ashevilles First School Opened on Union Hill by
Robert Henry in 1793
WNC Heritage D.H. Ramsey Library Special
Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Dr. Mary Shulford Childrenat Stump Town
Community Center
Asheville in Pictures, Bert Shipman, Asheville
Citizen-Times Archive
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Asheville School, 1900
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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African American Life, 1900s
Young Mens Institute (YMI), a Recreation Center
for African Americans Was Purchased from George
Vanderbilt in 1906.
East Riverside Urban Development Photographs
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC
Asheville 28804
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1901 Asheville Map
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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East Side of French Broad River 1901
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
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Craggy Road, before Pavement in 1907
Asheville in Pictures, Asheville Citizen-Times
Archive
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Asheville Train Station, 1913
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Opened Sided Trolley Car, 1919
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Hendersonville Road after Rain, 1920s
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Trolley Car, 1924/25
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Asheville Had Trolley Service from 1889-1934
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Hominy River Valley, 1925
Pack Memorial Library, Asheville NC
Approximate Asheville Harmony Village Site
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Lower Hominy Valleyand Location within Buncombe
County
Approximate Asheville Harmony Village Site
Douglas Swain, ed., Cabins and Castles The
History Architecture of Buncombe County NC
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Bledsoe Building, Bryans Pharmacy,771-779
Haywood Road, 1927
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Since 2001, West End Bakery
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Barkers Dept. Store Employees458-460 Haywood
Road, 1927
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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West Asheville Post Office, Palace Theatre, Gas
Station, Movie Theatre, 1929/30
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Pritchard Park Streetcar, 1931
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Haywood Road, 1937
Asheville in Pictures, Asheville Citizen-Times
Archive
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Lexington Ave. Open Air Market, 1938
Asheville in Pictures, Asheville Citizen-Times
Archive
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Isis Theater, 743 Haywood Road, 1938
E.M. Ball Collection D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
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Operating Room at Colored Hospital, 1945
Asheville in Pictures, Asheville Citizen-Times
Archive
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W. Asheville Fire Department, 1976
Asheville Area Photographic Collection D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804
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West Asheville, 1976
Asheville Area Photographic Collection D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804
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Rainbow of Color in West Asheville
Photographs Pat Johnson
Multi Cultures Enrich Our Lives
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Ethnic Groups Add Diversity, Interest and
Knowledge
Skirts of Russia Ukraine
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
www.folkware.com
Buddhist Meditation
10th Anniversary St Nicholas Russian Orthodox
Church
Mahayana Buddhist Center
www.holytrinityasheville.com
Photo St Nicholas Parish Public Gallery
Islamic Center of Asheville
Beth Israel Synagogue
Temple Alter, Beth-Ha-Tephila
Theme by Todd Ricker GraFox DeZine
www.ashevillemasjid.com
beth3523, Geraldine Immel, Photographer
Series 04 Congregation B I Papers
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC
Asheville 28804
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Demographics
Composition 2007 Black/African
(Race/Ethnicity) White American
American Indian Asian
Hispanic Asheville City 79.9 15.1
0.3 1.4 5.7 Buncombe
County 89.9 6.3 0.3
1.0 4.1 Asheville MSA 91.7
4.6 0.3 0.7
4.8 North Carolina 71.1 20.8 1.3
1.9 7.0 United States
74.5 12.0 0.8 4.7
15.1 Source SRC, LLC The Asheville MSA
consists of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and
Madison Counties.
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Ashevilles Heritage Groups
Asheville Ancestry and Family History
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Old Homestead
Hans Curt Pfalzgraf Photograph Collection D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804
Asheville Harmony Village Sites Former Owners
May Have Had a Similar Home
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Asheville Harmony Village Site,May 2008
Photographs Pat Johnson
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AHV Site, September 2008
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Two Barns Remain, September 2008
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Over 500 Tires Had to Be Removed
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Checking Out the 2-Seater Outhouse
Photograph Marianne Kilkenny
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Jean Marie Led Our BlessingSeptember 16, 2008
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Blessing Centerpiece Head Marker Stones
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Waiting for Marianne
Photograph Marianne Kilkenny
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Blessing is Completed
Photograph Jean Marie Luce
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Cleared Underbrush, Sept 2008
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Fire Circles Began in Oct 2008
Photograph Pat Johnson
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October Fire Circle
Photograph Pat Johnson
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November Fire Circle
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Focus Group, March 19, 2009
Photograph Pat Johnson
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Focus Group Refreshments
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Focus Group Conversation
Photographs Pat Johnson
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Morning
Asheville Harmony Village
Living Simply, Sustainably and Treading Lightly
on Mother Earth!
L.C. LeComptes Postcard Collection D.H. Ramsey
Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Sunset
Hans Curt Pfalzgraf Photograph Collection D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804
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Asheville Harmony Village
Designed by Valeria C. Wyda
We Welcome All Who Share Our Values Including
Ethnic Groups and People of Color
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Thank You for Reviewing This History
Hans Curt Pfalzgraf Photograph Collection D.H.
Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville
28804