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How Cashiers Got Its Name
For 120 years, folksy tales have taken over to explain how Cashiers got its name. Was it named for a prized bull? Supposedly the bull belonged to Wade Hampton III, but Hampton did not purchase land in Cashiers until 1855, and the name was chosen in 1839. Even Judge Felix Alley, from Whiteside Cove, did not know how Cashiers got …
Legends & Folklore
Where Georgia, North and South Carolina joined corners, there was a geographical configuration made to order for moonshiners of the 1800s. If they got in trouble with the law in North Carolina, they’d scatter to Georgia. If Georgia officials came after them, they hightailed it to South Carolina. Each escape was practically a stone’s throw away. Their stills kept percolating …
Southern Highlands Reserve
The emerald green that carpets the summits and coves of this corner of Western North Carolina represents a series of unique botanical ecosystems. Many of these systems are under threat from development and human encroachment. That’s why the Southern Highlands Reserve is so vital to the health of native plant and animal communities. Located at the peak of Toxaway Mountain …
Do Something Adventurous
Mountain Man, that’s the name on his AMX card, was clearly made for adventure! He is a man of adventure, including 50 years of high-paid out-of-town computer and communications consulting and a new-found adventure including long-distance backpacking adventures. The passion for backpacking adventures began with a spontaneous 2015-16 southbound Appalachian Trail winter through-hike. On an impulse, he purchased a book …
Ireland’s Storied Golf Courses
It’s still not too late to book your dream trip to Ireland for 2020. Whether you want to experience the home of this year’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the beautiful courses in Southwest Ireland, or anything in between, Tom’s Golf Tours can arrange a trip you’ll never forget. For more information on our trips to …
The Brown-Headed Cowbird
This bird is plentiful and wide ranging, native to the U.S. Look for it year round in the northeastern U.S. across the continent to the southwest, including Western North Carolina. Some migrate between Canada and Mexico. They were abundant on the Great Plains over a century ago, congregating around the great herds of bison that roamed the continent, breaking up …
Royal Guards of the Garden
This plant almost begs for attention, and deserves every glance. Liatris spicata is a member of the boneset tribe (Eupatoricae), a huge family of over 2,000 species. With a family that big, you have to be something different, or risk being one of the crowd. Also called Gayfeather or Blazing Star, Liatris is in the same family as the aster …
Nonnative Invasive Plant Management
The Coalition for Nonnative Invasive Plant Management, CNIPM, is offering a seminar for the public on Friday, August 2, from 9:00 A. M. until noon at the Highlands Community Building next to the Town Ballfield. The faculty includes Esther Stokes of Stokes Landscape Design in Atlanta. Esther is also Chairman of the Board of the Atlanta Audubon Society and on …
Summer Smallies
Here in the South, we are blessed to have a year-round trout fishery with relatively mild winters by trout standards. Our struggle though, is the dog days of summer when water temperatures rise and trout become lethargic. The silver lining is our other prized gamefish, the Smallmouth Bass. The Smallmouth Bass gets less attention than our cold water trout do, …
Zahner Conservation Lectures
The annual Highlands tradition of Zahner Conservation Lectures continues this month at the Highlands Nature Center. These lectures are free for all and a wonderful opportunity to get to know more about your local habitat. This month we have five lectures focusing on a wide array of topics occurring each Thursday at 6:00 P.M. On August 1, it’s …
Glenville’s High Falls
High Falls is a short hike off Pine Creek Road in Glenville. Hiking down the path sets visitors at the base of an approximately 150-foot waterfall cascading down the two-tiered cliffs of the Tuckasegee Gorge. The view is incredible and well-worth the effort to get there. The trail to High Falls, a.k.a. Cullowhee Falls, is less than a mile with …
Trunk Shows at Josephine’s
When Josephine McDonough opened her Josephine’s Emporium at 40 Burns Street in Cashiers, she promised that renovations would allow her to open her business to vendors of fine arts and treasures. She’s making good on that promise with the arrival of Donnie Grissom of The Grissom Collection of Estate and Fine Jewelry August 1-4. Grissom, based in Mt. Pleasant, …
