Looking Back: This week in local history

• Jan 15, 2020

70 years ago - Jan. 12, 1950

Red Cross continues to provide vital services in Jackson

• Jan 15, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

The sound and the screen: Sylva makes way for ‘talkies’

• Jan 8, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

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• Jan 8, 2020

70 years ago - Jan. 12, 1950

1950s dawned with a rabies scare in Jackson

• Jan 1, 2020

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Jan 1, 2020

70 years ago - Jan. 5, 1950

The war on Superman

• Dec 25, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

Remembering the Townhouse

• Dec 25, 2019

By Geoff Cantrell

A good idea then, and now: Buy local

• Dec 18, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Dec 18, 2019

70 years ago - Dec. 15, 1949

The rise and fall of Jackson’s copper industry

• Dec 11, 2019

The History of Jackson County Sesquicentennial Edition notes that copper mining has the oldest recorded history in the county, going back to Welshman David Davies.

Women’s museum celebrates old-timey Christmas

• Dec 11, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

One man’s vision, 50 years on

• Dec 4, 2019

By Steve Ham

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• Dec 4, 2019

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One year, two Thanksgivings

• Nov 26, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

GSMA calendars offer historic photographs

• Nov 26, 2019

Great Smoky Mountains Association is now offering its 2020 Great Smoky Mountains National Park wall calendar, a look back in time through the lenses of gifted Smokies photographers from the pre- and early-park eras. Featuring historic photos carefully selected from park and regional archives…

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• Nov 26, 2019

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Foreshadowing the ‘Day that will live in infamy’

• Nov 20, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

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• Nov 20, 2019

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Remembering WCTC’s best season ever

• Nov 13, 2019

By Tyler Davis

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Nov 13, 2019

70 years ago - Nov. 10, 1949

The War Memorial Fountain has its big day

• Nov 6, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

SMHS students help preserve community voices

• Nov 6, 2019

Since 2015, more than 50 Smoky Mountain High School students have been preserving the voices of the community through the “Mountain People, Mountain Lives” oral history project.

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• Nov 6, 2019

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The path not taken

• Oct 30, 2019

First choice for Parkway route was in Tennessee, not WNC.

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• Oct 30, 2019

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The tale of Jackson County’s (sort of) missing ship

• Oct 23, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

Ellison, McCue are winners of Wolfe Memoria l Literary Award

• Oct 23, 2019

The Western North Carolina Historical Association has announced the 64th winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, an annual recognition of distinction for qualifying works of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry, is “Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography,” by George Ellison a…

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• Oct 23, 2019

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Big Chicken comes to Jackson

• Oct 16, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

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• Oct 16, 2019

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Book on Jackson family garners NCSH awards

• Oct 16, 2019

A Jackson County family was the subject of honors recently announced and presented by the N.C. Society of Historians at their 78th annual Awards Ceremony on Oct. 12 at The Chambers Building on the Davidson College campus.

Wood for war

• Oct 9, 2019

Jackson timber products a vital commodity during World War II

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• Oct 9, 2019

70 years ago - Oct. 6, 1949

Journal’s Tompkins tackled a dark chapter in state’s history

• Oct 2, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

Mountain music gala is the finale of season at Glenville History Museum

• Oct 2, 2019

On Sept. 21 the Glenville History Museum rocked as mountain music lovers enjoyed entertainment while learning the history of old-time music and of the typical instruments played by mountain musicians.

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• Oct 2, 2019

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Grease war

• Sep 25, 2019

Despite pleas from the likes of Uncle Sam and Minnie Mouse, it was likely hard to part with bacon drippings

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• Sep 25, 2019

70 years ago - Sept. 29, 1949

A grateful nation bestows honor on one of Sylva’s own

• Sep 18, 2019

Parris ran with rarefied company in WWII

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Sep 18, 2019

70 years ago - Sept. 22, 1949

Joy’s ‘The Line That Held Us’ among Wolfe literary nominees

• Sep 18, 2019

The Western North Carolina Historical Association has announced the five finalists for this year’s Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, an annual recognition of distinction for qualifying works of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry.

A historic honor for a historic feat: New hall named after Levern Hamlin Allen

• Sep 11, 2019

Last week, history came full circle in Cullowhee.

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• Sep 11, 2019

70 years ago - Sept. 15, 1949

Dan Tompkins: Dedicated to the upbuilding of Jackson County

• Sep 11, 2019

Looking back over the history of local newspapers, one man stands out. Though short in stature, Dan Tompkins was a towering figure in local journalism.

The rise and fall of the Great Atlantic and & Pacific Tea Company

• Sep 4, 2019

“Why Destroy A&P?”

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Sep 4, 2019

70 years ago - Sept. 1, 1949

Author to discuss book on the geology of Panthertown, Highlands-Cashiers plateau

• Sep 4, 2019

Friends of Panthertown will host author and amateur geologist Bill Jacobs at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a free program about the geology of Highlands, Cashiers and Panthertown Valley at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, 249 Frank Allen Road, Cashiers.

A welcome mistake on page one

• Aug 28, 2019

In the newspaper business, it’s important to get the facts right. Most reporters do almost all of the time, but reporters can be compared to offensive linemen in football: You only really notice them when they mess up.

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Aug 28, 2019

70 years ago - Aug. 25, 1949