The Red Barn
Those of us in the Cashiers area find it necessary to drive to Sylva at least a couple of times a year as that’s where Jackson County’s business takes place. […]
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Article Author: Jane Gibson Nardy - Cashiers Historical Society
1800s Mountain Life
“Were I a poet I’d like to tell of the grandeur, the beauty, of the mountains, the lofty peaks surrounding my early childhood home. What a happy family we were! […]
“Madge” Dillard Merrel
Until a few weeks before her death on her 99th birthday, Madge Merrell’s mind was sharp and her memory unbelievable. She could repeat word for word conversations from 70 years […]
Kannie Frances Heaton Knox
Kannie Frances Heaton, named after a Zachary relative, was born September 8, 1879, in Cashiers Valley, the sixth child of Hannibal Heaton and Louisa Emmelie Zachary. When Kannie was age […]
Jack Thomas Lombard
Jack Thomas Lombard, age 87, of Mountain Rest, South Carolina, died peacefully at his lifelong residence before dawn on Monday, September 1. In accordance with his wishes, Jack was laid […]
Eng and Chang
My phone rang one night a few years back and on the other end of the line was a 50-year summer resident of Glenville who introduced himself as Woody Haynes. […]
At the Crossroads, 1987
One of my recently discovered cousins, Doug Tritt, who knows I’m always looking for a subject for a new article, told me about this old 1987 aerial view of the […]
Monte Vista, Part II
Beyond the dining room was the kitchen with a wood burning stove, the kitchen sink, and above the sink was the “pie shelf,” a screened alcove to the outside where […]
A Curvy Climb
Several years ago Lillian Norwood Moore, now in her 90s, wrote a 20-page type-script entitled “Monte-Vista, A Brief History.” It’s a fascinating story of the South Carolina Norwood family’s beloved summer […]
1800s Cabin Still Home
In the Winter 2010 issue of Laurel Magazine was an article on page 43 entitled, “1923 Photograph of a Bull Pen Area Bryson Family” and about 23 people were pictured. […]
