Carol M. Bryson

Rumors and speculation still swirl about a mystery beneath the deep waters of Lake Glenville.

A trip to Whitewater Falls in 1885 was an all-day test of agility and stamina.

A drowning shadowed Lake Glenville even before it was completed.

Toxaway Inn set the standard for the Sybaritic Mountain Getaway over 100 years ago.

Elbert Watson served his community throughout his nearly 100 years. For more information about his life and the other big personalities that shaped southern Jackson County, visit GlenvilleCashiersHistory.com.

A series of simple schoolhouses scattered around Cashiers served as vital community landmarks.

The Glenville High School is still remembered with affection and a healthy dose of community pride.

Accommodating tourists was always paramount in the minds of the local citizens of the highest elevations of the Blue Ridge Mountains, from Highlands to Toxaway.   Running boarding houses quickly […]

For 12 years before Cashiers was named “Cashier’s Valley’’ by Jonathan Zachary in 1839, settlers were already coming in and making their homestead claims.  The first to stake a claim […]