During the 1990s, one of my Cashiers cousins, the late Madge Dillard Merrell, asked me to find out who was the man behind “Kirk’s Raiders” or “Kirk’s Army.” Since she […]
Many generations back in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, people were outnumbered by the wild animals of the forests. Several times a year, every homesteader had to […]
The Cashiers Historical Society’s October 2019 Cemetery Ramble started inside the Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church with a lecture on the history of the church presented by Carol […]
Thomas Allison Dillard and his wife Susan Fugate Dillard, parents of seven children, moved in 1900 from Dillard’s Canyon (now known as Lonesome Valley) to property now owned by the […]
In the 1890s, a group of Pennsylvania investors established the Toxaway Company and bought thousands of acres of mountain land in Jackson and Transylvania Counties. Their initial plan was to […]
The very first article I wrote for The Laurel was printed in March of 2005 and it was about the grandfather clock that Col. John A. Zachary brought with him […]
For many years, starting in 1920, the Dr. Van Epp family drove over primitive highways, from the West Palm Beach, Florida area to summer in Cashiers Valley, renting the north […]
Later this year, a coffee-table type book will be published by the Cashiers Historical Society titled “Faces & Places of Cashiers Valley.” Scores of folks, headed by Millie Lathan, have […]
I n 1889, the Cullowhee Academy was founded in Jackson County with Robert Lee Madison as the school’s head. By 1891 the school’s name had changed to Cullowhee High School, […]
Twenty enthusiastic people attended the October 16, 2018, Cashiers Historical Society’s Historic Sites Ramble #2 with speakers Ann McKee Austin, Carol Bryson, and Jane Nardy telling the stories at each […]
