Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged asheville nc, charlotte nc, gaston county nc, great wagon raod, hugh mccoll jr, leonidas polk, library of congress, nylon capital of the world on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– Click away a leisurely afternoon with these 206 images of Asheville from the Library of Congress. – “The Nylon Capital of the World… need not embellish its past with a bogus story about Leonidas Polk.” – The distinctive architecture of Gaston County’s oldest building “came down the Great Wagon Road.” – Hugh McColl Jr. [...]
Posted in Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, tagged asheville nc, biltmore house, e.j. harding, president mckinley, white house press corps on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1897: President William McKinley, en route to Washington by train, arrives in Asheville for an overnight stay at the Biltmore House. George W. Vanderbilt is out of the country and has left in charge E.J. Harding, who precipitates a minor flap by briefly refusing entrance to the White House press. “Mr. [...]
