Table of Contents
Foreword Heather South 13
Acknowledgements 15
Introduction 17
Part I Sterling Characters
1 The Lost Picture Betsy Murray 21
2 In One Photo, a Window on Family History Zoe Rhine 25
3 Gallatin Roberts: A Stolen Suit and the Fickle Finger of Fate Betsy Murray 28
4 Who in the Sam Hill Is Dan Hill? Betsy Murray 32
5 Western North Carolina's Wing Walker Lyme Kedic Jon Elliston 36
Part II Local Heroes and Heroines
6 Dr. Irma Henderson Smathers: Five Feet Tall and One Hundred Pounds of Determination Betsy Murray 41
7 E.W Pearson's Remarkable Run Betsy Murray 46
8 Tempie Aveiy: From Slavery to Community Bedrock Betsy Murray 50
9 G.O. Shepherd Sr.: A Far-Reaching Community Voice Laura Gaskin 54
10 Flower Ladies of Southern Appalachia Zoe Rhine 60
11 Robert Morgan's History-Making Flights Zoe Rhine 65
12 Ever Wonder How Asheville Got to Be So Cool? The 1980s Zoe Rhine 68
Part III Contraptions from the Past
13 A Weather Kiosk on Pack Square? Laura Gaskin 81
14 This Is a Card Catalog Zoe Rhine 85
15 Ferry Me to the Races Zoe Rhine 89
16 The Old German Cannon on Pack Square Laura Gaskin 93
17 Do You Know What a Fire Alarm Box Was? Zoe Rhine 97
Part IV Outsiders, Photographers and Mountain Crafts
18 Photographers' Painted Backdrops and Props Zoe Rhine 103
19 Hidden Mother Victorian Portraits Zoe Rhine 108
20 Rustic Furniture Set Against a Modern Gas Stove Demonstration-1905 Lyme Poirier-Wilson 112
21 Remembering Artist Leroy Baxter Betsy Murray 115
22 Appalachian Rustic Souvenirs Lynne Poirier-Wilson 118
23 Hugh Brown, the Treasure Chest and Three Mountaineers: Southern Mountain Craft Industries Zoe Rhine 121
24 The Cabin Kids Lyme Kedic Zoe Rhine 129
25 Swannanoa Wood Carver Wade Martin Carves One Last Piece Zoe Rhine 132
Part V The Coming and Going of Sacred Places
26 South Slope: The Demolition, 1926 Ione Whitlock 137
27 February 1980: The Leveling of an Entire City Block Zoe Rhine 142
28 Tourists' Homes: Hanging Out Places Zoe Rhine 145
29 Grace: A Community that Got Absorbed by an Avenue Lone Whitlock 149
30 Camp Dellwood Laura Gaskin 154
31 Catholic Education in Asheville Ed Sheary 159
32 Margaret's Supper Club and Brown Bagging and A Smith & Carrier Building and the Wrecking Ball Zoe Rhine 162
33 Ora Street Church Terry Taylor 165
Part VI Immigrants Find a Home
34 The Pearlman Family: Three Generations of Selling Furniture Zoe Rhine 171
35 Americanization Classes at the Grove Park Inn Zoe Rhine 176
36 The Sad Story of Hop Wo, the Chinese Laundryman Zoe Rhine 179
37 Yutaka Minakuchi: A Story in a Name David Mayeux 182
38 The Jewish Family Store Zoe Rhine 185
Part VII Getting Around
39 Consider the Horse Zoe Rhine 193
40 Asheville's First Motor Mile: Coxe Avenue Ed Sheary 197
41 Asheville's Landing Strips Lynne Poirier-Wilson 201
42 Three Mountain Toll Roads Terry Taylor 205
Part VIII Quirks and Kerfuffles
43 The Mikado Room-An Asheville Original Lynne Poirier-Wilson 211
44 There's Nothing Like a Picnic Zoe Wane 215
45 Asheville's Blue Laws Zoe Rhine 219
46 A Very Big Boy Terry Taylor 222
Part IX Asheville Architecture
47 Standing on One Corner hi Asheville Terry Taylor 227
48 The Other Douglas Ellington Buildings Asheville Didn't Get Zoe Rhine 233
49 What's Not in This Photograph? Zoe Plane 237
50 Anthony Lord: Artist, Architect, Craftsman Zoe Rhine 240
Epilogue 245
Index 249
About the North Carolina Room 253
About the Editor 255