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Looking Back: This week in local history

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70 years ago - Oct. 26, 1950

Above is a photo provided by Jerry DeWeese that shows the East LaPorte area in March of 1941. Thorpe Dam was under construction, and the pipes that are seen in the left side of this photo became the penstock that is on the right side of N.C. 107 near Glenville traveling South. The pipes also…

From Waynesville to Sylva: Total distance, 611 miles

5 hrs ago

By Jim Buchanan

Cow thief (or trauma victim) leads chase to top of Smokies

Oct 21, 2020

Looking Back: This week in local history

Oct 21, 2020

70 years ago - Oct. 19, 1950

When the paths of two legends on opposite sides of the law crossed

Updated Oct 14, 2020

October of 1948 saw the paths of a legendary Jackson County Sheriff and a legendary North Carolina outlaw cross here.

A first for a storied pigskin tradition in Jackson

Oct 7, 2020

October is a time for football and, with Halloween, for mysteries. This week we have both.

Looking Back: This week in local history

Oct 7, 2020

70 years ago - Oct. 12, 1950

• 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, Dillsboro town board, Town Hall.

Sep 30, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

History: Is ‘Ole Slewfoot’ still out there?

Updated Sep 23, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Then and Now

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From Waynesville to Sylva: Total distance, 611 miles

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By Jim Buchanan

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Cow thief (or trauma victim) leads chase to top of Smokies

Oct 21, 2020

Looking Back: This week in local history

Oct 21, 2020

70 years ago - Oct. 19, 1950

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

When the paths of two legends on opposite sides of the law crossed

Updated Oct 14, 2020

October of 1948 saw the paths of a legendary Jackson County Sheriff and a legendary North Carolina outlaw cross here.

Wednesday, October 07, 2020

A first for a storied pigskin tradition in Jackson

Oct 7, 2020

October is a time for football and, with Halloween, for mysteries. This week we have both.

Looking Back: This week in local history

Oct 7, 2020

70 years ago - Oct. 12, 1950

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

• 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, Dillsboro town board, Town Hall.

Sep 30, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

History: Is ‘Ole Slewfoot’ still out there?

Updated Sep 23, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Looking Back: This week in local history

Sep 16, 2020

70 years ago - Sept. 21, 1950

Wednesday, September 09, 2020

After the flood, a county in chaos

Sep 9, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Sep 9, 2020

70 years ago - Sept. 14, 1950

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Overlooking Sylva, Sylva’s overlooked lady

Sep 2, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Sep 2, 2020

70 years ago - Sept. 7, 1950

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Looking Back: This week in local history

Updated Aug 26, 2020

70 years ago - Aug. 24, 1950

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Jackson County History: Reid arrives, changes begin

Aug 19, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Aug 19, 2020

70 years ago - Aug. 17, 1950

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A local leader at center of suffrage success

Aug 12, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Aug 12, 2020

70 years ago - Aug. 10, 1950

Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Sylva breaks out of the octagon

Aug 5, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Aug 5, 2020

70 years ago - Aug. 3, 1950

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

July 1930: The heat is on

Jul 29, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Jul 29, 2020

70 years ago - July 27, 1950

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Jackson pauses for ‘halftime’ as Japanese invasion awaits

Jul 22, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Jul 22, 2020

70 years ago - July 20, 1950

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

A day for the musical record book in Sylva

Jul 15, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Jul 15, 2020

70 years ago - July 13, 1950

Wednesday, July 08, 2020

From a former empire to a Dillsboro final resting place

Jul 8, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Jul 8, 2020

70 years ago - July 6,1950

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

70 years ago saw launch of a cultural, economic success

Jul 1, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Jul 1, 2020

70 years ago - July 6, 1950

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The ‘Forgotten War,’ remembered

Jun 24, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Jun 24, 2020

70 years ago - June 29,1950

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

‘Spanish Flu’ holds many lessons for today’s pandemic

Jun 17, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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Jun 17, 2020

70 years ago - June 15, 1950

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A last link to the past, with echoes in Jackson

Jun 10, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

Jun 10, 2020

70 years ago - June 8, 1950

Mountain Heritage Center offering activities

Jun 10, 2020

While summer camp programs have been suspended at the Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s Museum of Appalachian Culture will provide “Step Back in Time” activity and crafts packets to elementary school students on a limited basis.

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

When cabbage was king

Jun 3, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history:

Jun 3, 2020

70 years ago - June 1, 1950

Back then

Jun 3, 2020

Readers are invited to submit photos for Back Then, or suggest stories about Jackson County’s past for us to research and write about. Photos can be dropped off or mailed to the newspaper office. Please call 586-2611, or email news@thesylvaherald.com with questions.