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This week in local history: 

An old legend ready for a comeback in Glenville?

• Jul 28, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back

• Jul 28, 2021

This week in local history: 

Collection being digitized at WCU focus of program

• Jul 28, 2021

On Aug. 5 at 3 pm, the Marianna Black Library and Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery will host a program related to the Kelly Bennett Photograph Collection, which is presently being digitized by Hunter Library Special Collections at Western Carolina University.

The miracle cure-all, DDT, was all the rage at Jackson dairy farms

• Jul 21, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back

• Jul 21, 2021

70 years ago - July 19, 1951

Glenville Area Historical Society events on schedule

• Jul 21, 2021

Planning is underway for the Glenville Area Historical Society’s annual Ice Cream Social on Saturday, July 31, at the historic Glenville Wesleyan Church.

Town grapples with grips of the Great Depression

• Jul 14, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Filling in the details on the long journey of Russell Hamilton

• Jul 7, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back

• Jul 7, 2021

70 years ago - July 12, 1951

History of things that go boom, and don’t, in North Carolina a bit hazy

• Jun 30, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Jun 30, 2021

70 years ago - July 5, 1951

The day Mark Twain - er, Hal Holbrook - came to Cullowhee

• Jun 23, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back

• Jun 23, 2021

70 years ago - June 28, 1951

Worldwide conflagration hits home here in Jackson

• Jun 16, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Jun 16, 2021

70 years ago - June 21, 1951

Looking Back: This Week in local History

• Jun 9, 2021

70 years ago - June 14, 1951

History: When the Plowboys reached the end of the row

• Jun 9, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

The downfall of Old King Coal

• Updated Jun 2, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

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• Jun 2, 2021

70 years ago - June 4, 1951

Memorial Day, and the poppies return again

• Updated May 26, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

From the shores of Lake Glenville to the Big Leagues

• May 19, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• May 19, 2021

70 years ago - May 17, 1951

Whittier’s Hill pens story of life of airman Lloyd Newton

• May 12, 2021

By Mark Stevens

Looking Back: This Week in Local History

• May 12, 2021

70 years ago - May 10, 1951

Serpentine saga slithers through Sylva

• May 5, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: this week in local history

• May 5, 2021

70 years ago - May 3, 1951

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Apr 28, 2021

70 years ago - April 28, 1951

A break in the logjam blocking GSMNP’s path forward

• Apr 28, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

History: Remembering the service of Deputy Gene Ashe

• Apr 21, 2021

On April 13, 26 years ago, Jackson County Deputy Gene Ashe died of a heart attack, shortly after helping to pursue a member of an area militia movement.

Looking Back: This Week in Local History

• Apr 21, 2021

70 years ago - April 19, 1951

WNCHA to honor Woodford

• Apr 21, 2021

The Western North Carolina Historical Association 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award will be presented to Ann Miller Woodford for her work preserving and promoting the history of African American people in far Western North Carolina, at 6:30 p.m. May 18 via Zoom.

Hodges looks back, looks ahead

• Apr 14, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back - This week in local history

• Apr 14, 2021

70 years ago - April 19, 1951

A call to arms, or an editorial writer goes to the dogs

• Apr 7, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

A brush with history

• Mar 31, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Mar 31, 2021

70 years ago - April 5, 1951

History: The night we almost lost Jarrett Memorial (not to mention the rest of Dillsboro)

• Mar 24, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Relic of the past surfaces, but who wore it?

• Mar 17, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Mar 17, 2021

70 years ago - March 15, 1951

A rich legacy and a life of challenges well-lived

• Mar 10, 2021

Editor’s note: Bette Jeanne Reagan, age 88, of Sylva passed away on Nov. 25, 2020. Her obituary reflected an accomplished life. A cousin, Claude Allison of Wilmington, felt there was more to the story worth sharing of the hurdles Bette Jeanne overcame and of their rich family history.

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Mar 10, 2021

70 years ago - March 8, 1951

Bringing a lost county back into the state fold

• Mar 3, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Mar 3, 2021

70 years ago - March 1, 1951

History: The right way, and the wrong way - with fatal consequences

• Feb 24, 2021

By Jim Buchanan

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Feb 24, 2021

70 years ago - Feb. 22, 1950

A legacy for the ages

• Updated Feb 17, 2021

By Logan Iwanek

Looking Back: This Week in Local History

• Feb 17, 2021

70 years ago - Feb. 15, 1951

Looking Back: This week in local history

• Feb 10, 2021

70 years ago - Feb. 8, 1951

The engagement at Deep Creek, and Major Sellers

• Feb 10, 2021

By Jim Buchanan