by Rhonda Gunter | Nov 4, 2017 | About the County
School started up again this week. North Carolina state law mandates 180 days of school today, but Mitchell County’s student population a century ago didn’t get that many days of instruction. Like other rural children, they were likely to attend school in the winter...
by Rhonda Gunter | Nov 4, 2017 | About the County, Places
These photos provide a unique comparative look at Bakersville before and after the May Flood of 1901. We know that the photo on the right was taken before 1906-07 when the Courthouse of 1868, shown in the foreground, was replaced with the current Historic...
by mcncdmin | Jun 25, 2017 | About the County, Communities, History
While most of America honors their dead on Memorial Day with flowers, wreaths, and special services, there is a distinctive tradition that has endured for generations in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Beginning in June of every year and lasting through October, mountain...
by Rhonda Gunter | May 21, 2017 | About the County, Economics
Initial mining in Mitchell County, in the 1880s, was for mica, dug in a few large operations but also in small family mines which brought in extra money when men were not busy farming. By the 20th century, however, the county was found to be rich in other minerals,...
by Rhonda Gunter | Feb 16, 2017 | About the County, Icons
Ford Motor Company produced 15 million Model T automobiles from October 1, 1908 through May 26, 1927. They were sometimes referred to as “Tin Lizzies” or a “flivvers.” Ford Model T’s relied on a removable hand crank in the front of the vehicle until 1920, when the...
by mcncdmin | Jan 16, 2017 | About the County, History
Mitchell County was created in 1861. The original boundary of Mitchell County ran from the top of Grandfather Mountain to Bearwallow Gap at Little Switzerland, then to Three Knobs at the Yancey/McDowell border, turning down Crabtree Creek and continuing on to the...
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