Dr. Mary Lapham broke all kinds of boundaries. She was a tomboy, a sailor, a gunwoman, an equestrian, a doctor, a humanitarian, an inventor, and a precursor to the Women’s […]
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 […]
Macon County’s corundum mining placed its shiny pin on the map in the early 1870s. Hiram Crisp, a shoemaker and farmer, was the first in the county to plow up […]
Bloomers and Bicycles. What do they have to do with the Centennial celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote? Just step into Colonel […]
Intrigue, confusion, fear, excitement, joy, tears…it was all there, a full spectrum, and oddly enough, the embodiment of those emotions came into the frame shop one day in a small […]
A crinkled, black-and-white shot of five boys and two girls – all barefoot – with the caption “The No Shoe Gang.” A smiling group beside a snow-stuck car, circa 1965. High […]
As with everyone else in the country right now, Cashiers Historical Society is reviewing their full calendar of seasonal events and fundraisers to accommodate the disruptions caused by COVID-19. At […]
During my 30 year career as a certified professional genealogist, one of the most helpful tools I used was the United States Population Census Schedule. Starting with the year 1790, […]
Highlands graduated from a tiny settlement to a town in the early 1880s. From 1881-83 the midwest and northeast contributed many of Highlands’ first families, among them: Illinois’s H.M. Bascom […]
Longevity and sustainability are two things that are often hard for non-profits to achieve, but Cashiers Historical Society is the very picture of success on both counts. Now in […]
