by mcncdmin | Nov 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
The First World War, which began in Europe in 1914 and was joined by the US in 1917, ended in 1918 with a “cessation of hostilities” or an armistice. The armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiegne, France, to take effect at the 11thhour of the...
by mcncdmin | Nov 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Several Bakersville United Community Bank staff and one customer told a member of the Historical Society that they had seen a ghostly figure on several separate occasions in the lobby and vault area of the bank. Often beginning with: “You may think I’m crazy, but…”...
by mcncdmin | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Before the 1940’s, those who wanted to go to the top of the Roan Mountain from Bakersville had to travel by horse or buggy – or up an old post road for those brave enough with their cars. In 1939, a public road was constructed from Bakersville to the top of the...
by mcncdmin | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Mitchell County Historical Society in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is participating in the national program “Bells of Peace.” This is a call to citizens and organizations across the nation to toll bells in...
by mcncdmin | Oct 16, 2018 | Heritage, History, People, Uncategorized
In 2015 Joy Jarvits, who lives near Chapel Hill, called fellow quilter Jean Biddix Buchanan about a project she began in 2001 to collect a quilt block from all 100 counties of North Carolina. The blocks would be used to make a quilt celebrating the opening of the...
by mcncdmin | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pictured here are Samuel Washington Silver (1884-1949) and Mamie J. Pendley (1882-1956), with their younger children. Sam Sr. is holding Samuel Washington Silver, Jr. (1920-1998), while Mary Irene (1913-1979) and Myrtle Melvina (1909-2000) are seated to Mamie’s...
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