by mcncdmin | Oct 25, 2018 | People
Young ladies have always enjoyed dressing in their finest when they go out with friends. Hats may not be the height of fashion these days, but they were just that a century or so ago! Also stylish were the high-necked, long-sleeved white shirtwaists (blouses) three...
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | History, People
Hernando De Soto is believed to have been the first European to have traveled into the interior of what is now the United States. Seeking gold, his journey began in Florida in 1539 with over 600 men, 200 horses, many dogs, and several hundred pigs. In 1540 he came...
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | People
A.W. Sullins, born 1825 in Rutherford County, NC, was the son of Jesse and Catherine Eaves Sullins. He married Susan Harmon, and they had 4 children prior to her death about 1860. Leaving the children with their maternal grandparents, Sullins moved to Mitchell...
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | Communities, People
Notes accompanying this photo identify the first graduating class from a school sponsored by the Buladean Presbyterian Church, which was organized by the Holston Presbytery in 1922. There was no date with the photo; however, Churches of the Mayland Fellowship record...
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | People
David was born in 1910 at Valley, NC, near the Yellow Mountain Road, now Avery County, to Franklin and Elizabeth Perry King. The family moved to Bakersville when David was a child and he lived the remainder of his life in a house off Hwy 261 just outside the town....
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | People
Mitchell County has produced many fine musicians, especially those playing traditional Appalachian music and Bluegrass. One family with its share and more of talented musicians was the Ledford family of Glen Ayre. The father of this musical family was A.W. (Amos...
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