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Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913. Second edition. John Preston Arthur. Hardbound, (1914), repr. 1996, Appendix, Biblio., Illus., Index, 679 pp.
From the introduction to the appendix, this volume is filled with interesting information. Covering seventeen counties�Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey�the author spent about ten years searching and gathering materials. Book content includes chapters on: Boundaries; Colonial Days; Daniel Boone; Revolutionary Days; The State of Franklin; Grants and Litigation; County History; Pioneer Preachers; Roads, Stage Coaches, and Taverns; Manners and Customs; Extraordinary Events; Humorous and Romantic; Duels; Bench and Bar; Notable Cases and Decisions; Schools and Colleges; Newspapers; Swepson and Littlefield; Railroads; Notable Resorts and Improvements; Flora and Fauna; Physical Peculiarities; Mineralogy and Geology; Mines and Mining; the Cherokees; the Civil War Period; and Political. John Preston Arthur was born in 1851 in Columbia, South Carolina. After moving to Asheville, North Carolina in 1887, he was made Secretary of the Street Railway Company, later becoming Manager and Superintendent until 1894. After later becoming a lawyer, he was urged to write a history of western North Carolina, with support from the D.A.R. #TOPNC9702 |