by mcncdmin | Jul 16, 2019 | Communities, People
Judge Heriot Clarkson of Charlotte and his family were the developers of the resort community of Little Switzerland in 1910. The community between Grassy Mountain and Chestnut Ridge had been settled by several generations of hardy pioneers by the time Clarkson arrived...
by mcncdmin | Jul 8, 2019 | People
Harvey James Miller was known to many as Harvey J., perhaps to differentiate him from another Harvey Miller that lived at the same time. He also was known as “the Man with a Thousand Stories;” however, the label “Sage,” given by Ashton Chapman, is more appropriate for...
by mcncdmin | Jun 30, 2019 | History, People
Historical records indicate that the area around what today is called Bakersville was known at one time as Baker’s Place and/or Baker’s Plantation. To date, the first confirmed use of the name Bakersville is as a designated post office—1827, in newspapers as...
by mcncdmin | Jun 25, 2019 | Economics, People
The building in the photograph was on the corner of Greenwood Road and Highland Avenue, just across from Town Hall, according to Max L. Gouge (1926-2015), who made notes and drew a map on the reverse of the photo. His notes state that the original Esso Station in...
by mcncdmin | Jun 19, 2019 | Economics, People
J.E. Burleson operated this mica house atop Burleson Hill, the location of the current Spruce Pine Town Cemetery. Burleson began opening mica mines in 1894 and ground mica beginning in the 1900s. He was the largest individual mica operator in the region. His...
by mcncdmin | Jun 7, 2019 | People
Charles Arnold Carpenter was born 7/1/1898 and died 9/26/1980. He was the son of Henry F. and Dona Willis Carpenter; his wife was Agnes Gunter, and they had 6 children. Rev. Carpenter was pastor at Beaver Creek and Hall’s Chapel Baptist Churches. He was...
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