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��The History of Blowing Rock
by
Barry ML Buxton
WITH
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JERRY W. BURNS
by
S*
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�to
�Judy
Mrs.
Dr.
Mr.
B.
Mr. Gwyn
Mrs.
Mrs. Amy
Ms.
Durr
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Designer
�A
by contributions
the
individuals
BENEFACTOES
In memory of Mr. John Miles Abernethy
by Caroline J. Abernethy
Mr.
Mrs. John L.
Barbara. Baker Bennett
Blowing Rock Rotary Club
Linda and David Brown
In Memory of J.E. Broyhill
by Mrs. J.E.
Mrs. Allene
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H.
Senator
Mrs.
T. Broyhill
Mr.
Mrs. Willard A. Gortner
Annie L. Cannon Family
by Anne Cannon Forsyth
Dr. H. Frank Forsyth
Mr.
Mrs. Edwin A. Morris
Dr. Jock Tate
Nella Cannon Tate Moores
Zachary R. Tate
Rheba and Jack Crane
Mr.
Mrs. Henry Enterline
Mrs. Clyde H. Harriss
In memory of Laura C.
W.L. Holshouser
by Janice N.
Jerry W. Burns
Judith M. Burns
Sylvia E
H.
June and Merle Dye, Jr.
Katie
Merle Dye
Mr.
Mrs. Howard R Holshouser
and Howard R Holshouser, Jr.
and John W. Holshouser
Mrs. Virginia Holshouser
Louise and William L. Holshouser
William L. Holshouser, Jr.
Louise W. Turner
Ernest C. Williams, M.D.
Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Abernethy, Jr.
American Legion Post 256
Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Gilleland Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs.
E
Mr.
Mrs. John D. Penn
Mrs.
W
Jr.
Mr.
H. Shore, Jr.
Betty
Herbert Swisher
�Zola L.
Kenneth E Adair
Anita
Tom Allison
Mr.
Mrs. Bud Altmayer
Mary Sue
Claude Arm field
In memory of Jed Athas
by Jo Hogshead
Ellen
Bill Afers
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Ball
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Beach
Anne and Alex Bernhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Guy A, Berry
Mrs. Irene R.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Bisanar
Mr.
Mrs. George Bernard
Blumenthal Properties
Mr.
Mrs. Francis S.
In memory of Ethel H. and Jesse M.
by Janice N.
Jerry W.
Judith M. Burns
Sylvia E
Ronald H. Burns
In memory of A.K. Buxton
by Dr.
Mrs. Barry M. Buxton
Mr.
Mrs. Guy L. Byerly, Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. Robert W. Cancfler, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Carpenter
Mr.
Mrs. Paul R. Caruso
Jane
Wayne Cawley
Chetola Properties
Reverend Kenneth Clapp
Mrs.
M.
Mr. H. Glenn
Tbni and Everette Coffey
In memory of C.C. "Kelley" Coffin
by Ann Jackson Coffin
Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Coker
Sarah M. Cooper
Mr.
Mrs. William M. Courtney
Mrs. David J. Craig, Jr.
Linda S. Craig
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Crain
Mr.
Mrs. Richard D. Cmver
Mr.
Mrs. Frank H. Crowe/I
Mr.
Mrs. Walter S. Crump
Jam's and Jim Culp
Mr.
Mrs. John L. Dabbs
Mrs. Jeanne P. Darr
Dr.
Mrs. Charles Davant, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Chalmers G. Davidson
Louis Dessaint
Mr.
Mrs. Robert T. Dickson
Mr.
Mrs. Anthony S.
Mr.
Mrs. J. Robert Dixon
Judge
Mrs. Frank B. Dowling
Elizabeth
Duncan
Mr.
Mrs. Donald B. Dunlap
Mr.
Mrs. Maurice D. Ewing
Dr. William A. Exum
Mr.
Mrs. Robert W. Fisher
Mr. John A. For lines. Jr.
Jim Foreman Creative Photography
Reverend and Mrs. Frederick D. Frey
Mr.
Mrs. Watson R. Gabriel, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gackstatter
Dr. Lucius G. Gage, Jr.
In memory of Jane
Bud Gamble
by Betsy and Pucho Hansen'
Catherine
Troy Garrison
Mr. M. Lee Garrison
Mrs. W.B. Garrison
Mr.
Mrs. William B. Garrison, Jr.
Dr. Lynn D. and Ruth E George
Mr.
Mrs. James E. Gibson, Jr.,
Family
Nancy Ofte and Thomas Coulter Gibson
Peggy W
Robert B. Gibson
Mr. Ralph E. Glaser, Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. Alfred H. Grant
Rachel
David Greene
Mr.
Mrs. John A. Guy ton. Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. Virginia J. Hall
Col.
Mrs. Rufus E. Hallmark
Mr.
Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick, Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. E Gwyn Harper, Jr.
Mr. Claude E. Harris
Mrs. Shearon Harris
Mrs. Bernice Hertfelder
Mr.
Mrs. Leston Hilton
Robert L. Hock
Mrs. B.S.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hoyle
Mr.
Mrs. John H. JsenJiour, Jr.
Carmen E Jackson
John W. Jackson, Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. Harry Richards
Dr.
Mrs. R.S, Jones
Mr.
Mrs. Charles A. Ketchie
Mr.
Mrs. Homer R. Ketchie
Mr. J.E Ketchie
Evelyn
D. Clyde Keyes
Mrs. Kathryn M. King
In memory of Mr. George C Kinsman
by his wife, Jerry Kinsman
Martha
William Koerschner
Opal
Koone
Mr.
Mrs. Dallas S. Lanier
�and Bill
Lee
Charlene
Bill Lentz
Mr.
Mrs. Joseph W Lineberger
Mrs. Quintine J. Lowry
Mr. Clarence Herbert Lutz
Maxine
Horace Lutz
Mr.
Mrs. C.R. Lynch
Mr.
Mrs. W Franklin Mabry
Mr.
Mrs. Jack C. Mallory
Mr. and Mrs. Manning Malloy
Dr. M.L. Marion
Dr.
Mrs. Frank Alfred Mathes
Esther D. McCarthy
Marguerite Haywood McCown
B. Gen. (Ret.)
Mrs. John A, McEwan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McGehee
Mr.
McLeod
Joanne
Dale Mercy
Ann
Larry Meretsky
In memory of Mr. EL Miller, Jr.
by Mrs. EL
Jr.
Dr.
Mrs.
Miller
Mrs. Leonard (Helen) Moretz
Irene Morris
Mr.
Mrs. Thomas J. Morrison
Mr.
Mrs. Andrew H. Nimmo
Mr.
Mrs. Jeff L. Norris
In memory of Annette Olson
by Robert J. Olson
Mr. and Mrs. Green Penn
^enterprises, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden C. Pitts
Sonny
Sam Rabin
Mrs. T.H. (Juel)
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rankin
Dr. and Mrs. Carmen Razzano
Mr.
Mrs. T. Henry Redding
B.J.
Mrs. Lena M. Robbins and Family
Dr. Stacy L. Rollins, Jr.
Saint Mary's of the Hills Episcopal
Pearl S.
and Hovey Scoggins
Mr.
Mrs. Joseph A. Sedlak
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Shaw
Mr.
Mrs. William G. Shelton
Mr. John R. Shepley
Mr. John S. Snerman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs, Adrian L. Shu ford. Jr.
Mr. Harley E Shu ford
Mr.
Mrs. William H.
Mr.
Mrs.
O. Slough
Mr.
Mrs. J. Don Smith
Elizabeth Ann Smith
Anne R. Snively
Mr.
Mrs.
C Snyder, Sr.
The George C. Snyder, Jr. Family
Dr.
Mrs. H. Lisle Snyder
Mr.
Mrs. Luke Snyder II
Mr.
Mrs. Martin Stein
Mr.
Mrs. M.E.
III
Virginia A. and David H. Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. James E Steward
Stonehaven Realty, Inc.
Victoria E. Sylvia
Mary and Charles Tarr
Dr.
Mrs. W. Chandler Thompson
Mr.
Mrs. R.L. Thornton, Jr.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.)
Mrs. John J. To/son III
Delia
Bill Jreneer
Richard Jrexler
Dr. Thomas D.
Carol A, \4nce
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Vosburgh
In memory of Mr. Jack M. Wagner
by Mrs. Jack M. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. Earl D.
Jr.
Ed Walterman
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Watson
Dr. and Mrs.
Q
Mr. and Mrs.
W Whatley
Mrs. J. Francis White
Vira S.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Whitehead
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Williams
John S.
Betty C. Williams
by Louise W Turner
Ernest C. Williams, M.D.
Gene
Lloyd Williams
Jean and Bill Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. WV. Williamson, Jr.
Nancy and Mason Wines
Mr. and Mrs.
H.
Jr.
Mr.
Mrs. William B. Wood
Barbara Lentz Wright
�Lillian B.
Frederick R. Appleton
Mr.
Mrs. S.C.
Blowing Rock Oil
Mrs. Kathryn K.
Dr. and Mrs. C. Lynn Brown
Marian G Calvin
Mr.
Mrs. Perry C. Cartwright, Sr.
Mrs. Viola Coffey Church
Mr.
Mrs. Joe N. Clawson
Mrs. Helen Clear
Mr.
A. Collier, Jr.
In memory of Harry Collins
by Charlene Collins
Rick Crandell
Dr.
Mrs. Charles Davant III
Mr. and Mrs.
C. Deal
Dr.
Mrs. Frank G. Dickey, Sr.
Mr.
Mrs. Joseph D. Dulaney
Mr.
Mrs. CJ. Dulin
Dr.
Mrs. Courtney D. Egerton
S. Falkey
Mr.
Mrs. Richard G. Finley
In memory of Mary Y.
Ralph A. Ford
by Sylvia F.
H. Burns
Mr. C.C. Fox
Mrs. Mary D. Gaddy
Mary May Gillespie
Mr.
Mrs. S.
Graham
Mr. Earl J. Grant
Ann Greene
In
of Nettie
Robert Lee
by Caroline Greene Robbins
Peter Greene
Robert (Pug) Greene
Benjamin L. Greene
Susie L. Greene
Mr.
Mrs.
D.
Susan J.
Mr.
Mrs. M.R. Harrison, Jr.
In memory of
by Dare Hartley Filepski
In memory of Stella Kerley Hartley
by Fred Hartley
Mr.
Mrs. Lyon Harrman
Mr.
Mrs.
M.
Mr.
Mrs. E.J. Kentner
Mrs.
K. Keys
Mrs. Wanda B. Lanahan
Mr.
Mrs.
F. Love III
Mr.
Mrs. C.
Mr.
Mrs. Tom Morris
Mrs. Ceil S. Murphy
Mr. William R. Murphy
Mrs.
Mrs.
W.
Mr. N.O.
Jr.
Elizabeth R. Pope
Mr. and Mrs. WX Price
Pride
Ridgeway Motel
Caroline Greene
C.
Mr. James M.
Barbara and James M. Scott
Mr. William M. Shaheen
L.
Mr. Thomas E. Shreve
Louvene W.
Stone's Carpet Service, Inc.
Harriet H.
Mr.
Mrs. J.L. Thompson^ Jr.
Nancy
Earl Jrexler
Joyce and Joe Villani
Mr. Lee Warnock
Mr.
Mrs. Ray Weakleyt Jr.
Mrs. Julia Williams
Mr.
Mrs. David Wmy
Mr.
Mrs. John Y.
Jr.
�ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in a
as this, it is
and
the people of
are the
Worthy of
of our community's
its
Two
of this
The
and
all
to
who
in the
as a
In
the
a
to
I
to
for
in
Club
to
to
the
the
out this
this
to
like
Bill
Herrin, to
a
a good
of
The
and
on a
of
has
The
his
I am
me
has
in
John
the
has
for A
is
be
Clinton
of community
the
the
has
the
They
in the
a
in
of Gwyn
of
has
of his
of
to my
at the
Norris has
a
a
is
of the
has
for the
Art Rex
the
the
to the
Gene
Lohr, and
by Mr,
My
the
the
has
by
are Clinton
Pitts,
and
Morton,
and
the late Carl
Bill
a
We
My
His
of our
for
Jerry's
of my
Durr,
on
Their
is the
by
Jo
Gibson,
Wood,
job on the
of
to
us all
has
the
and
a
has
for the
the
Jerry
�I
on
of
One
— my
of
to
my
for
My
has
Carrie, the real
and
life.
any
is
has
my
for the
critic,
of this
M.
11
North
1988
�CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
i
Introduction
v
CHAPTER I
Land of the Breeze and Home of the Brave
1
CHAPTER II
Starting A New Century
27
CHAPTER III
Great Estates and Prominent People
53
CHAPTER IV
Hotels, Inns, and Boarding Houses
89
CHAPTER V
"Book Learning" in Blowing Rock
109
CHAPTER VI
Our Religious Heritage
127
CHAPTER VII
Healing the Sick
145
CHAPTER VIII
Becoming a Seasonal Mecca
159
A Photographic Tapestry
193
Blowing Rock Landmarks
209
"Wauhonhasee —
The Legend of Blowing Rock
215
Index
221
��INTRODUCTION
In his
T.S.
us to
our lives. He said
the end of our
will be to
we
and
the
for the first
So it is for me
this
I was
in the old
Clinic in 1949. The
was a
by the
of
Davant, Jr. My
up in
Park, the
in a
of
I
the
High, and
University,
in the
me
in the 70s but I
to
a
at the
Consortium in 1980.
Four
to
I
a
call
a
of the
Judith
The
of the call was to
as to
the
Consortium
be
in
a
of
Rock, Judith,
as
as
felt
a
to be
which
the
Judith's
a
with me
I
to
for
a
my
the
it
not go
Two
on
19, 1986, I was
to
at a
of the
Club.
the end of the
I
to
in
a
for the
Club
be to
in
a
of Blowing Rock. Judith's
idea
fell on
ears
the
Dr.
and Mr. Bob
me to
the
that
I was
to
key
Club at Bob
Bob
Bill
Bob
and
We
the
with
such a
the
for the
the
I
to
to
the
was
to
The
Consortium
as
the
to publish,
the
if it met the Publications
It was at this
in the
Bill
the
of
the
the sale
of the
to the
of
The
was a
of
it
uniform
all
the two
virtually
in
the
with
to see a
concerned about
the town
beautifying the
around Mayview Lake. The compatibility
of the two
the
of both.
historic
in Bob Whatley's
Bill
and Bob Gibson set
a
for the project. Our first
on October 23, 1986 in the American
Four key
of
Caroline Abernethy, Jerry
Pitts, and Chris May. Under
Bill
the
a
The history book/lake
so
we
to publish the history as originally
The
in
and
and
It was
this was an idea
had
and the
of
all of us
With
we
our
for the
and
to
a color
which would
on Blowing Rock
A
of the
was
of Bill
Gibson, Chris
and
We
two
for
the
our
in a
Broyhill, son
late
�J.E.
of the
so
The
of
of the
the
in the
of the
no
We
an
They
Foundation,
to our
Ironically,
an
in
Mayview Lake to its
beauty,
was a
to Anne Cannon Forsyth. In the relatively short history
in
support for the critical
she and Dr.
to
our
on the
trip to
we
one
to see the
a
we
the
of the
was
as
of the
$300,000 of
for
be
so for me,
for the
of the
is it a
a
of
to a
to
a
My
I
of
air
the
to
old
and
of
is still forthcoming,
is
for
publish a community history has
in
of our town. Indeed, we
much for which to
what
Rock has
this project, I
I
I see the
of Eliot^s
My
is
the
of any particular
on my part, nor
this
it
my
and
in
community,
who
of life of
for
to
It has
as a
to
of
Now
I
the
is
A
to
the
my
of
air
Rock.
VI
it is
not
a
who
contributed to our Village.
which,
the
on the
history. It is
for
to
Those
�Village Tapestry
��LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE/Page 1
CHAPTER I
Land Of The Breeze And Home Of The Brave
has
a price from
to
in her
The
by both Indians and whites
Only within the last century-and-a-half
have
to
the growth resulting in the Blowing Rock of today.
The
Rock
this time served
as an
two
tribes,
the Cherokee to the
and the Catawba to the
The
of
the North Carolina mountains. Ships from
at
or other northern
ports,
from the
western jumpingoff point of Pittsburgh
the Great Valley of
Virginia.
Virginia into Kentucky
most of the colonists, and only the
ambitious
(or
of
and
the
of the Tar
Although
and
found in
and Caldwell
dating
of years,
saw few Native Americans.1
A
of
visitor to the Blowing Rock
the
Gottlieb
in 1752. At
time, all of Western North Carolina
in a
property
to the
of Granville. To encourage settlement, he
100,000
to the Moravians,
so
set out
a survey party to
out the
•
An old
known as the Nickajack Trail ran
the
present-day
Hickory, to Lenoir, to Linville,
to the Nickajack Caverns
Chattanooga,
directions
a
hunter soon led the Bishop's party off any
of a trail. Journal entries
to
a
route up the St. John's River,
to the
River
The
valley,
to
New River,
then out of the mountains by way of
Yadkin.
Anyone who has ever
trouble von the trip to Blowing
the Bishop^s account
comfort in
it could hav
ve
worse, much
For
he
"the wol es, whi vch...give us such music of six
cornets, the like of which
I
in my life.**2 The uphill journey
"Part of
we
to crawl on
we
to
the
drag
up the
mountain, for
in
of falling backward."
Finally
by the
of the
them.
"Arrived on
at last, we
hundreds of mountain
all
us,
a
in a storm " Unfortunately for the Moravians, they
not
visitors. The
December 3, 1752,
entry continues to
"We
our tent, but scarcely
we
when
a
us,
we could
it. I
I
in
encountered so
or so cold a wind. The
covered
with snow
—
water froze for us
fire.
Our
thoroughly disheartened."
on a
of
Winston-Salem, at
A
of
Rock
prospective citizen far away.
�2 / Chapter I
Before "The War"
Little
over the next one hundred years. The Revolutionary War
North Carolina; in any
the
family known to
in the
Rock
did not arrive until the 1790s. These
the prolific Greenes. By the micUSOOs,
when the first summer
visiting
Lenoir, the Greene family
with
living
the future site of the Green Park Hotel, and the brothers Joseph
living
the Mount
German Reformed Church.
the Boyden house would be built, Amos
the
location of the
house,
4
Robert by what would be Cone Lake. Lot Estes, who was married to Benjamin's
Chancy, bought the property that would be
into the Chetola
for $5 in
5
1846. The
can rightfully lay
to
the
of
Rock.
The Hayes, Storie,
Bolick,
Coffey families, all prominent in
town history,
early
in southern
County.6 Pioneer life for
a
harsh reality, where
survival
self-sufficiency. A contemporary account of life
with the Reuben Coffey
in the
century
the
ability to cope. "All
out of the ground, both
wearing...The women would
"G.L. Storie s Stock certificate
card, spin,
clothing for
children. They
of
in the Lenoir and Blowing
colors
stripes. They got their colors from indigo of their own raising, copperas,
Rock Turnpike Company "
various kinds of
The first calico
I ever
for my sister,
old. He
a
old
for six
which
the dress."7
Local
primarily south to Lenoir. The
through the
at Council's
(not
yet known as Boone) and then to Wilkesboro. Cabbage, hay,
livestock — mostly
—
brought down
the
for
By the 1840s,
Lenoir
livestock in the mountains, too.
joined by
eager to
the cool
A few
for short
of time, but most of the
out. The
from their
would
local
for talk and trade.8
The
in
the
for a
the
C.
the
of prominent Lenoir merchant
Harper,
the
for the town of Lenoir when it
in 1840. He
the
of the Lenoir community to the
secured the incorporation of the Lenoir-Blowing Rock Turnpike Company in 1845. James C. Harper not only
the
the construction by
of
both
but
as
the
of the Turnpike Company until his
The
built with pick, shovel,
Mules
hauled off the debris. The Turnpike
a
by
pulling
to
the
smooth,
9
to
the
for heavily-laden
wagons.
^ „„
,
. „ , . „ ,
tt
r
Traffic on the Lenoir-Blowing Rock
Turnpike before the turn of the century,
the
ran
ways.
exclusively to Lenoir. In the fall, so
to an
of the
the current county
building)
it
10
as "Hog Wild." Shortly
the Turnpike's completion, the
was
in
Mountain
to this
11
thread.
The
of Lenoir, too,
of the road. A
was
only a
day
was
for
it was
built,
the
Rock,
is
to be the
he
"Summerville" He was
by Millers,
and
Lenoir families.12
common
locally
mill
of
in the
who in 1856
which
prominent
�OF THE
OF THE
3
to
Rock's
as a
the
was
by the call to
five
of
150
the Army
of the Confederacy
County, and
County.
the
Caldwell was 3rd
Joseph B. Clarke, who would
the
of
Rock.13
Due to its
nature,
in
County had
to
Consequently
had
an
of the
The County
Census for 1850
only 84
to 29 free
and 3245
By
the
to 4957, with only
the
of the
economy was not a crucial
to lie low in the
the war
by. As
as 100 are
to
slipped
the
line to
the Union Army.14
The
was one
He
first
on the
side in
of 1862,
by his
who
as his
The two
while
a
to
When a month
without the
of opportunity, the
action.
and
with
oak
to toe. He
to
the unit
with a
and was
as
for
for
her,
was able to
her
by the less
of
her
Blalock was
involved in a less humorous
one
the
by the
When his
rash
his
to
and he
to
he was
by
who
convinced
he was a
to the Confederacy.
Coffey,
fed and
the
they
to Tennessee,
a
Union
Coffey was pointed out to
as a Union
by a
John
He was
a
his
body was
in a
of
When
returned
in 1866, one of his
acts was to
kill
The
was
over; Blalock had
no
to
the killing, and was
of
He was
by the
occupation government, however, and
went to trial
the
century,
of a
in
history.15
Where
the
of war within the
the
from
Kirk
a
of Union
in
had the gall to call
the Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry, United
Army. His
was
of a
of
of
as
In
of 1865,
his
to
he
his
command. One
Lenoir
the
by
to
su
Wilkesboro. Kirk was left in
to
pply lines
the
country
control Kirk, too,
his
Major'Bahney was sent to
Gap to
the east
and
WW.
was sent to
with about two
to watch the
at his
headquarters with about four hundred troops.
For military purposes, Blowing Rock was known as
Gap and
set up a
the
site of the
Rock
He
to give
a
to the
and
the original Harper
was
at this
to
for the
The site was
for its
Fort
As it
few Confederate
left
in the
Far
to
any
the Union
free to raid the
in
of
and
In
responsibility
the
of over one thousand
Lenoir,
for
in Ohio.17
The Civil War
�4/
I
It's a
War's end saw the
to
..
of a
in
Rock. During the
war
the South had fled to the
safe North Carolina
Lenoir was so
by
1864,
the
of a
Colonel
she could
no
(in town) to board.18
Spillover
up the mountains. Although their first
may
by war,
of
as
The
by
not
The
still
the
was built in 1870 as a
The
for
in a
of
to the
with eventual
for fourteen
The Martins, who
a
in
Lenoir,
the
with Mayor J.B. Clarke in 1889,
the Martin
19
a civic
for
years.
the
in 1874,
built
Rockfs
20
He
ran a
office,
real
construction business.
John Schenck,
Sr.
to
the
so
that lanky
Mr. Stringfellow had to
with his
out the
21
the
on them. The Morris cooking
widely
however,
such
as
for
visits. Room
50 cents a day, or $15 a month.22
The
was
1877 by WW. Sherrill, who built two or
for
had
This
did not
the
was
to the
family.23
LW. "Len"
the Chetola
the town^s
The
was
then
Silver Lake,
trout fishing
a major attraction. Again, the rooms
small,
the
—
for
visitor. In a letter of general
for the Estes*
the
by
"As to the
I
add
chickens,
to
you
both
a
I
Will
in his
night,
is
he
There is a
not far
they
a
Oh!
yell,
they
bell,
are
a
"24
Zeb
in
in Morris1
for
is
he
Vance,
war
politicians, did much by their
in
the
post-war
to
Blowing Rock a resort of choice for socially prominent Carolinians.25
in the
Victorian
They
the
as
life to
to
the
as "cottagers " The
to
three-story
to be
They
to
as
for the
the
77ie Martin Cottage
The Earl Estes Farm and Way Station in 1885, The farm would later become
Boarding House
then Chetola.
to
�OF THE
Light in the
the
Finding a
the
which
a
of
which the
was
AND
was
be
for
by
from
was a bit
the
view. For
for
the
in
who
be
a
6"
not
F
Crockery
the
5
OF THE
not on
but
10'
be set in the
for
The
of a
did not
was
in
by
or
the
Cisterns
the
to
run-off, which
could be
by
and
for
The
of
by the size of the
or not the
was also an option, but the rocky soil
a
of
had to be
A
would be set off, the
lit, and so on to a
of
fifty feet or more. As the well
lucky workman
to be
in a
to
the
the
to the
The
difficult,
would be cut and
to
out the gas.
Outhouses,
by sex but not
an
For
use, the
of construction had to be
as was
for wells. The
was
of
of the
a
was
the
of
in
as
and
by
at the
of the
As a
boy John Miles Abernethy
an
up the Turnpike. He sat in
the
of a
the
of the
cow.
by
run by the
and Millers. Fruits,
by
to
their
by
the
More common
spring
as a source of
ice
was
as
the
of
and to a
of six feet on the
to be
the
by
Local
to cut
of ice
at Chetola in winter,
to the ice
bury
in
When the
the ice
would be
with a
worth of
or
be
in
the
to blocks of ice.
vvthe
be
Dairy
not
for long, but
the
for
perishables.26
life was thus both
A
fine
to a
but only
first
in a tub. The servant who
the
on
at
his privy out
be
^r ^
they are
.^, '
^ than
to
the inconveniences.
The Boy den Cottage
The Patterson Cottage
�6/
I
Do
For the
The Lenoir-Blowing Rock
the
of the
on
the
to
the
The
of
in
to
to
the
— or
in the
the fun.
a
Until Hickory
few
North
trip,
the late
out the
to the
the
A
had
to the Civil War. By 1852 a line
as far
as
but
The
Assembly
a
North
in
to be
by the
the rest to
to
by its
No further
was
so a
was
two
"paper
as the
did not
The
was not yet
as
the
so
the War.
the
the
to the
by
up
and
The
line had to get
the
to tap
rail
In
the line
two
it
the
at
A
line
to
was
the
to
the
south.27
was not on the
line of the
but a
to
was
in 1884. The
leg into Lenoir
an
At
to
the
and
push it
its
the
was
to
of
of
dirt
rail link shortly
this one
the
The
&L
the
in 1882. The Linville Land,
and
Company of Wilmington, North
the less
Linville
Company) was
in
the
of
29
a
the
industry. The
in 1895,
Cranberry to Linville. The
Lumber Company
the
to
in 1900,
the Whiting
it to Shulls Mill in 191546. The
a
to
the
at
in 1918,
the
Collectively,
of
the
&L
North Carolina line
as "Tweetsie."30 (The ET &L WNC was
to by
as the "Eat
&L Wear No Clothes," an
poverty.)31
was mostly
Lenoir was a
for
on the
"Hack Line" run by
to get
to
the
of
to
for the
the day
the trip
Visitors
lay
in Lenoir for a
day or
or
f°r the
of
it
the
up
the mountain.32
The
a
by
This
for a
or
by
or
also
yet less
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE/Page 7
the
to
to the
In the
to
with
constitutions.
Two toll
had to be
on the
Turnpike. The
was
five
north of
at
the end of the
a
cut off to the
Local
or
off
The
was by the
of the Yadkin
to
Rock. The
year-round,
by
At the tum-of-the-century,
a
^
i
ir
cost 25
a
i
was
Blowing Rock in the 1880s—from the papers of Dr. J
Jethro Rumple
p
20 cents, 10
get a
through,
the
33
rate was $L
The trip
a
day, or be
up by an
stay at
as
and
Curtis*,
at
the
point.
the
was
It was not
for
to
to
the
the trip.34
Craig did a
to
at $2.50 per
By 1892,
had
at the
the
and the
for
to
and
and
The
industry accounted for a
of the
not be
for
out
so the
if- £0.,
cut "on the
by
tcsV«!U t,-nc«r unJ %tcwi«i|
the
of the
it was
ox- or
and
to
There, it was
in the
and
with economic
in the
post-Civil
36
was
needed.
A
to the
and
was also
by the
had
16,000
of
Linville
MIX in
He and his
in
the
Linville
its
be
on
roads to the
world. In
the
of
and
ST.
work on the
Trail (or "Trail of the
to
Rock,
the
which would
U.S. 22L37
Men
for a
job
as much as
to
a
day for 25
to 75 cents in
Mules
carried out dirt
by
by the
blast. Drag
the
bed. The
was
in just
two
at the
low
of one
a mile.38
To
With the
of
lines
Caldwell County,
to
of the
of
Rock's environment. The S.A.L.
a
publication
Platsmouth, Va.
to the
Air Line
the
the S.A.L.'s
a
of
in
July
in 1897. The
following
a
of the
the S.A.L's
to inform the
Travelers
over double culvert on the Yonahlossee Road,
�Pbge 8 / Chapter I
had
into the
of
for
Carolina.
if
was
of it.
FOE All
in
is
the
by
is
Air
Wine-Cold, Crystal
Trickling
Rocky Glens.
Verdure
in the
of Scenic
Air,
in
to
in
ing
a
Leno/r,
Linville-United by En-
Laurel,
J?/ioat Low
Drivers
Con-
for the
for the
for
for the
the
Time for
as
of
the
up
as
up
is
to the
the
to
are
as
out the
flee
of the
to the
in
There
the
up by outdoor climbing,
a luxuriance of
to
There the
as
the
on
Act in
an
to
as
the
a
of
we
air
The
of
There the
are
There
of the
of
is
is
is
to its
—
�OF THE
as
AND
9
OF THE
Mr. G.W.F.
are
is an
of the
as a
of
the
are
all
in
to
A
is
is in
to
a
it is no
If the
of
is in a
hurry, the
in
a
The
of
a
to
of
at
at an early hour in the
to
a
of
In
to
1:30 p.m., will
it is
the
of
line they employ
of vehicle
at
for the
of the
of
Their
(part
is
at
of 150
bred), all
or less
the
These
are
the worn,
of
as
in
as
in
his
is
at
very
notch of
Ifbu
a
but we
a
(for
for
to
as
as for
for
like to
for
as
of the
for the
the last
If
a
by
1
all
'Billy. He is a
in ebony—faithful,
careful, civil,
he is
of the
by
by its
if
its
Never
he
in
on
The
Lenoir
Blowing Rock
built in 1847 by a
by the
Hon.
C.
a
of
The
is
up by
is in
condition. For
Lenoir it
the
of the soil
its quick susceptibility to the
of all
of
A few
on, we
to a
(or
of one)
It
is
its
conducted by S.F.
a
of Major Harper of Lenoir. He
has
a
cotton
wool factory
a
grade
in its
is
We
of
— the
hickory, elm. The
is
in her
our path with blossoms. As we
to
a
"Cook's Place,"
six
of
Rock, we
an
of
Valley,
Bill,
a
of
into the
The
Cone
the
of the
its
Within the
limits of Blowing Rock is
vision—the
St. John's
as
The
of Blowing
of a
the
a
of
The
is
300, which is
to
or
the
its
for
or
of which it is
apex
the
up
the
is
the
of
the
is
a
�Page
It is not
of the Sky'
so
an
on
to its
The
to
our
We can
is like a
one
all, no
or the
is
A
to a
up
the
the
this
In
for a
the
of a
by the
to
of
A
Hotels,
was
the Town of
The
to go to
the
charter:
City Is
199,
IN THE
Sec, 1.
In
1889, AN ACT
THE
OF
That the
by the
of law now
That the
W.M.
3.
That the
of a
are
the
Mayor; I.N. Corpening, W.M.
to act until
There
TO
of
be an
OF
THE
OF
in
County
of the Town of
Rock,
in
to
2.
4.
of 1889
DO
be
it
is
be
be as
for
of a
Dr.
are
in
That
be
6.
act on
per annum.
to
That all
of
act
for the
in
for the
be in
and
the
of
J.B.
in
of
who
town thirty
to
full
county
previous
to
by
by
all
be
8.
or
of
That
of
all
7.
no
the
in
the
are held All
twenty-one
in the State twelve months
in the county ninety
in
to
of election,
be
to vote at
election.
5.
to all the
a tax
as are
of The Code,
in
for the
to
the
of the
to
of
its
of
the
be
day
to the
AH»
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE / Page 11
its
and
first
to be
up
but he
who
as a
Clarke. He
he
the
(a
Clarke
He is
to
a
in 1871. Civil
as"
in the
in
a
in
the
for
for the
of
to the
the
in
all
to
He is
to
a
is, a
in
it was
faith.39
in his
or
To
Of
an
be
he
to a
was just a bit too
a
of
he
$1
costs.40
As a
the
his
but the
In an
the
the
County
of
as the
fit to
A
and
which
the
had also
and
Its
As luck
it,
Thornton
a
but was
to
in the Lenoir News-Topic the
life, too.
and
the
as
the
Uncle Joe Clarke
he
he
let
go
a
the
The
its
did not
a
to
in 1886.41 Under
for
the
The
for the
any sale of
of the
two
his
to fill out his
the
As
to sell
his
in
for
a
on the
1,
of the
has a
the
"wet,11
got
as a "dry"
in 1892.
call for a
the
he
An
to
a
resort.43
his
the
his
to
be
will be
a
for his
the
of
of the
the
by Joe
the
tax
a
Trie
Is that of 'beer or no beer* — whether or
a
opened. The
upon
of it, the
an
not
without it,
the
the
would drive
many of the
of visitors
77ie
boldly
no
has
a
Rock will never
to anything until it
a.
The
the
of a
be the
of Blowing
as a
The
1890.44 H.C.
1892,
so the
of
in
year. In
he
W.H.
the
as a
45
�12/Chapter/
was too
again/
for
to call a
and his
to
to
Joe
in
was a
6
The
had
in the
on
14, 1896,
on
L It is
to use
or
in the corporate limits of the town of
to a
of $3.00.
II. It is
town
or
to a fine of
for
or
to
or
III. It is
The
the
or
in any kind of
of
Rock,
to put up on the
or to
any
so
to
or
be
or
any filth or to
conviction,
the
in
or
of the
be
of the
as it is
be
so
for
IV, That all
be
in
the
on the
to
of the
or
for
be
V. That all
the
of the
by
of the
to
as
he
or
be
to
the
to
or
for
in
of
for
or
of a
in
be
VI. It shall be unlawful to hitch, ride, or
Any
be
to
on
so
VIII. All
Any
X. All
of the
XL That no
all
shall be
all
or
be
at
be
If
or
be
in
for
be burned or
upon
be
be
or
a tax of
of 25 cts
for
for
the
or
$1.00
of
of
or
for
of
found drunk within
$10.00
to
$1.00
or
be convicted of the
be
to comply with the
IX. Any
or
be
45
ten
fail to
or
the
VII. It
Any
of 18
for
as
by the
for
to run at
the
by the
10 cts
by the
the
of
for
be
goats,
not
of the
the
on the
the
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE/Page 13
be
for
XII. Any
lot
lot
XIII. It
XIV. It
at
or
to be
or
$2.50
all
be
be
of
to sell
Any
be
the
for
to
to
or
of
for
or
so
or in
or
to
until he
XVL The
The
It
dry
or
to
on
in
is
in law XIII: in 1896,
the
for the
a
a
for a
of 66~4.47
1899 by a
a
This
to
be
of his
to
of the
1899,
in
be
the fines and
out the
the
for
or
so
XV. Any
of
in the
The
in
in "civilizing" the
and
its
at the
as
for
was
A
of a
this
the
In
a
the
in
within the
$5.00
conviction, be
the
manufacturers,
the
in
the
In
in the county,
by only 40-17. In
II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, XIV,
XV, all
to
of
Rock
no
of
all
to contribute
50
1914, so
to be
of privately. The
of a
Hog
the
the
for
at
No
to
to
to the
at this
in the
as
or
but
by 200 to 10.49
and
the
The
was the
of his
of
was the
was
a
for
low
a
In the
A few
to
be
be
the
up,
for
en
all
to
by
but
all
as a
the
of hog
for
to
or
�Page 14 /
I
to
in the
of
for
to
the
to
was
The
couldn't
to
as
Joe
on
H.C.
in the
by
to
for
the
of the
The
law
to
of a
the
1890s. H.E. Miller of the
in
"a
is
if he
$150 net
profit"51 The
of the
in
"At no
in the
County
the late war has the
our
so
as it is at this
Our
are
for the
of
a
is
on
and
In
"It is
to
a
and we
say
in the
of
all
the
are
to
52
the sea of
"
This
led
to
the
for
53
for
west,
few
of the
in the
"Watauga boys" in
or
The
"The
of
a
of our
of
to
in the
is
to be
indeed."54
of
at
One
the
of
the
to
a
In
of 1890,the
at
a
of 700
(50?
193 female).55 Their
on a
(of
to
to
The
by
r
the
as
as
P °fit» The
put
could on the
the
In 1897, the
"Our
is
we in
see the
we
fall
people
all
not
What we will
to sell for
is a
to consider"57
the
as
prices,
profit
a
trip to
In a
the
"The
to
is
at last
on
35 to 50 cts per
15 to 50 cts per
the
of
of
to
is at
$5.00, to say
of the
on
fall of 1897,
to
the
"The
is
at
the
are not
the
per load."59
this
the
of
was all the
was
in the
of the
but
and
and
and
The
the
in
the 1891
"Rich
are
an
in the
is no
up at any
It is
the
at
$75,000
the
The
to
in
of this
Of
the
will be
the
of
will
a
deal"60
the
is
to
it was
he
In the
it
as
the
was
the
to
In any
the
of
a
of any
might
the
with the
at
a
law, but by
so
to
of a
�OF THE
to
the
The
of
"It will
to
OF THE
out.61 Such a
in
one
as it is
to our last
15
as,
a major
for
of the
in 1892,
$70.40 cts., and to
it will
the
be $1760. Now, we
$53,453
are
75
and
real
for
law
At 25
on the
of
we see
the
$53,453
to $133.63. Now
see we
still
the
the
$1,626.37. Who will
the
so
for pay?"
On
the
the
of
The plight of the
be
the
"The
is
I
the
is, it will be injurious to the
of
in
is, it
the
has no
He
be
to
or
no stock, for the
up,
"Let me say in
if the
in
law, let
it as the law
ask the
to
up an
to
the
off the sidewalks"62
The
of
was
as
as
A
the
of 1889-1892 by
"They
the
of rum
pig
the
to the
of the
the fair
of
the
[ie,
by
fat, the
of our
or
the
of
If
are
63
a
how much
is the
of a
sty!"
The
saw
It
"Weedon
his
to do
the
and let
of the
the
are in
of
to
It is
a
of
all
or no
64
or no corporation."
The
which
to
is
by the
of
While
the
to
his
to
it
a
of
of
law
was
to the
it
a
to
by a
in 1900,65
by
66
in 1901.
was
lax at
and
the
in the
the
for
In the
the
the
:
,i, i-: * : *" "i
™-
TTie
of a
•
�16 / Chapter I
Downtown Blowing Rock during the first twenty
of incorporation
a
:
; Main
as now
the
of the Village. In
v ;m
1923, a
fire
the
of Main
Avenue to Morris Street. The
of the fire
Jim Lentz's Company Store. The
fire
not yet
no
be
A visitor
the
would
the
Main Street in 1905
67
scene.
At the north end of
at the
of
Drive just
1
the corner on the Linville Road,
the Robbins blacksmith shop,
run by Ed Robbins
his
Ed Robbins
a
at
the
Church,
at the
of the
The
Church
was
At the site of Pitts*
the Miller
Store,68
Where the library now
a livery
with the
Cicero Miller in front of Miller General Store
Hotel, one of the
by Henkel, Craig
Company.
The
of the
The
a two-story
in the
of the property.
it on
was a row of two-room
which
a
porch. The
the Jenkins Realty Company is the last surviving
the Hotel
Next
the Martin House, which still
as a
home, it
to
it as a
The
ran a
in Lenoir.
At the
to
livery
run at one
by Mr. Jim Sudderth.
This
the Mayview
The
two houses,
of
the
which was
by
the
the white
on the
to Colonel
Mrs.
The Cordons1
by fire, was
and can
be
as Tijuana
The Schenck
is still
It was
by
Henry
Schenck,
one of
first
the War. His son,
E Schenck, Sr.,
in the
for
sixty
in the
The
of the
Cotton Mills,
among the Village's
continuous residents.69
The Presbyterian Church
originally a white
on the site
the beautiful
church
The
two
The
no
was
the
of the
The
Dr.
in the
This
on the
lot
to
it was
to an inn, but
the
has
The
Church
on the
Further
up the hill
A
by the
of Peoples ran a
Carpet is now.
to
was Mr.
the
Chestnut Drive
the livery
for the
Hotel
on the
of the
the
was the
the junction of
Main
321, was the
for
The Hayes Cottage
by
Emily Prudden.
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE/Page 17
On the
the
to
of the
Rock Hotel This
for
A few
still
the
The
South
is now.
Dr.
His
ran a
the
the
a
Church
of a Mr.
the
on
Chestnut.
the Nowells*
a York,
Church
m
no
still
Drug
but by
the
by
a
on the
the
Dr. Reeves Drug Store in
on
of
by
the
too
the
would be
in
out of the
to
as
could.70
a
run by the
by Mr.
The
Church
Room,
its
Sonny's Grill is
William
the
the
for
ten
in 1902. The
to
the
in 1918 by Alice Wood,
who
up
to the public school71
North of the
Church
Dr.
a
to Wiley Vannoy,
the twoof Thomas Coffey. Where
Union
the
by W.L "Will"
and his
At the
of the fire Lunce
his
the
It
the
last
to the
to
the
Drive
Holshousers*
the
Joe Clarke, Dr. Calvin
M.
its
The Joe
the
to
the
with his
Just
the
shop
of
Coffey.
to
up
set on the
TJie original Episcopal Church and Reading Room
This 1865 photograph is of the Holshouser and Edmisten families
who were pioneers in Blowing Rock.
W.L. "Will" Holshouser's General Sta
in
A
of
Rock, but
did not
Village in
It
only
live
A less
gap
found
life was
to bring a full
The
a
to
two (or
the
the two groups
the
and
the
the
a
up for the
of
also apt to be
as
and the
to
Blowing Rock Bank
�Page 18 / Chapter I
The
of the mountains
the
of
The
Cone
in 1908 is
it to say that he
for
of
occupied by
and
of the Cone
by the
the 1890s until his
fully in a
as
as
Cone
a
in the
of the word. Appropriately, his
as
the
of Flat Top Manor,
the
her.
did
but it
c/e
to
The Hughes Estate
any
by
on Mrs, Cone.72
WW.
the
to
the
the
Chetola.
The two
for
ten
with the
the
in the late
was an
was the site of
the
was
a
for
recreation.73
The
was the site of the
Cocktail
as
the
War L Alcohol was
but was not
at the Cones*
only
at Chetola.
by the
To add to the air of
the
not
by Mrs.
was
ill, but by the
Mrs.
Charleston, who
to the
household. The
no children,
their
torn
in 1979 to
at the
Grounds.74
The
its
the
of the
to
a
of
Their
at
was
to
an
or two of vacation, while the
in the cool
for an
This
the
the
with the
Mary Nelson Carter, the
of Dr. Charles Carter, is a
in point. In the
she
the Lend-A-Hand Library
a
on the Carter
which she
for four
Her
in children's
of the library's
-odd
for
to the
for
At
Mrs. Carter
nutrition.75
Mrs.
was
in
out to the
A
by a year-round
Mrs.
to
the Christmas of 1893 a
for all "The
a few
the Mt.
a combined Christmas
at Mt.
Church, on Friday
Christmas, at which *Santa
Glaus*
with a
hand. Mrs.
who we all look upon
as one of us, although
her
is in
a
of Christmas
of everything
a toy, to
she and
out of the
for people in
community,
are such,
the
things, to
76
the
of
old
young for
joyous time."
Life was not all
and
for
all an
of
The
was at
in late
the
Lenoir.
to
77
the
had brought.
Three
a
life for
The Watauga Hotel
the
to
78
79
on July 1, 1884. The
on June 17, 1889, and the
its
in late June of 1891.80 Their
not
the
set,
join the
Germans, or
at 10:30 at the
�OF THE
Rock Hotel.
on
at the
Hotel
the
at the
Park, a
town-until 1927,
(at 25
by a
two
81
the sides.
The
The
two or
on the
golf course. Other
and
by
to the
A
to the
the
try to
with
at the
or
horseback.82
On the
in August, 1889,
the
Chorus with
AND
OF THE
19
,
Mountain flower
by
of
by the
A
by the
to
Programme:
—
Mrs. McKinnon
Song
Mr. R.
Recitation
Miss Stowe
Song
Prof, McLean
Piano
flute
— Miss
Harper
Uncle
Song with Guitar
Piano
Song
Piano
Song
Song
Quartette from Village
Mr. Harper
Mr. Turner
Miss Woodward
Gwinn
Miss Stowe
Mrs. Harper
Woodward
Miss
Clementine83
With such a selection of
to choose from, it is little wonder
a visitor could
as
as
O'Neal did in 1893.
it: "Blowing Rock, the
for the
gay
Terpsichore
nightly,
who like to
in
the light
toe
do so, to the
low
of'Home
Home.1 Or
of more
nature, can play tennis or croquet on the lawns of velvety tufted
or
of maturer
roll
ten-pins or
a quiet
of whist in the numerous
airy
of the commodious Green Park
hotel, or the
Ye
by the
to this
'tis a
Ye
who are
why
die? Come up to this
of the Sky."84
A delightfully informative
visitor, a Ms. R.GH. in 1896,
out the only
the
tourists point of view: not enough men.
on her visit to the Green Park
Hotel, "One of the most striking characteristics of the
is the vast
of femininity
There
are tall
short women, women with
just
By the
I
women who
the
T,
the
of
to
the
the
respectively. Then
are women who
with a big
of
�Page 20 / Chapter I
under their arms, where most of it stays. In
to the
are
As yet I
met only one
of the sex
the
to my
I did not
to
her,
I
not
out of
by
so.
It is
are a few
I cannot
on
I
this
can be
would not
be
in a
place."
And the
"The
are
in the minority here" she
"and
are
the
suit
can
'tis true, but they are
in
to the
of the livery horses"
this
was plenty of fun to be
"One
to
a
is a
on
for Friday. In
to
it has
a
the
is
a
of the
for a
This will
a
thirty
get very
on a
Pe°ple learn to
other
up here. Ball-room etiquette is not popular. Often
get
in a
to borrow little
of
left at
collar-buttons,
a
the
use of
of
a
a dinner-tray,
one-half the gravy
a fellow*s
pocket, while the
at
upon the
of the
to his
right;
are out
the
up the buggy,
the bill to be divided — all
and
for the
to
one
or
Finally, "A
the
We are 4300 feet
the sea level,
to
and
The mercury
but
the
notch.
up
You
to
morphine,
or any of the
of
The
out of the spring is
are
in the
For the
the Moody
has
All
are
to
join in the refrain."85
The
of
the
the
for a
life
The
of the Cone
The
the
the
of the
of the
It was an
income.86
to
the
of the
did not
a
in the
for the
the
by the
or
the
life of the
In 1880, the
of
of 340. The 62
62
a
was a
The
Three
one
thirty-five
five
six
ten
size was
Not all
The
one
two
groups
but
so the
this
for
of age* The
"unknown." Six of the
a
in
for the
no
Of
ten
no
two
the two
born"
six, it was Dr. W.B. Councill — the
For the
by
to the
the
slap
and
it was
The
of the
John
was
and
by
five or six
All ages
and
be
full
was
by fire, but the 1900
five to
These
for
Long, and Charley
the
also
giving
a
in the
But
—
in with
as
to
a
in the
The
of
A
—
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE/Page 21
off
of
as Thursday
life,
The
in
Sunday
the
of
Rock's
size and
There
166
a
of 805. The
size
was
by the
with the
in which
Of the 166, 101
"
of
still
or
but
was
that.
-. \ "" ^r -.i/-u' c: r-'^-"""
a
""
•
a
a
a "jewelry
man " a butcher, a
clerks. Diverse
for
up on
Rock's
could
not
the
of
but
was
Within a
had
for
to a
by
The
the Village with the
of
the
of her
while
the
of a
Joe Clarke warned,, "Far
be the day
the
be
a
to 'citify' the
to a
of the
of
conditions."89 The
the
of
The early village with Cone Manor in background
�"~"
•ii
*i
lit
"Arrived on the top at last, ive
hundreds of mountain
all around us,
a
Me
waves in a storm."
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE /Page 23
NOTES
1. For a description of the Cherokee and Catawba tribes, see: Milling, Chapman J. The Red Carolinians.
XIII and XIV: "The
Nation."
For information on excavations in Watauga County, see: Mintz, John et al The Ward Site:
Center for Appalachian Studies. 1985.
The
of
N.C.: The
in
2. Arthur, John Preston. Western North Carolina: A History. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Company, 1974 (original 1914). p.62.
3. Bishop Spangenberg's diary is most extensively quoted in: "All About Old Time." The Lenoir News Topic. December 25, 1889. p.L Extrapolations of
his probable route are included here,
in: Arthur, John Preston. A History of
County, North Carolina.
S.C.: Southern Historical
1976
of 1915
pp.21-29.
4. Arthur, John Preston, A History of
5. Copy of
6.
1976
of 1915
p.219.
County, pp.209-242.
of
on the
Coffey
in Community When Wild
Sr.'s
is
of
8.
S.C.:
by
A
7.
a
p.ll, 1983.
9.
Col.
be
H. Gray,
Here Will I
with: Gwyn
in the
Throughout Area."
of the
file
of
Hotel, to Mrs. Lucille K.
County, 1956.
John
The
Jr. July 2, 1987
10.
in 1939, as
in The
July 1, 1987.
July 2, 1987.
11.
12.
County,
Here
p.121.
Here Will I
Also, journal of
13.
Finley
of John Christian
Here Will I
14. Arthur, A History of
County, p. 146.
15. Keith Blalock's
16. Van
is
in Arthur, A History of
Ina W. "The
18.
in Ina W. Van Noppen,
A.C. Avery's
in the
in
"Old
Aug. 28, 1953.
23. Arthur, A History of
News-Topic.
in
N.C.;
N.C. 1961.
of the
1901.
Clark ed.
and Job
p.33.
County. p,218.
21.
22. TTie
with the
Vol.IV.
Carolina". North Carolina Historical Review. Vol. XL, No.2. Spring 1963. p.177.
Class of Early Days," The Blowing Rock Story.
20. Arthur, A History of
Will I Dwell, pp.136-137.
Raid" in North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. XXXVIII No.l. Jan. 1961, p.43.
"The
19. "Martin
County pp. 160-169
of
17. The Story of Stoneman's
is
For a
see
24.
in
Rock"
Mr. P.O.
County, p.218.
26,
p.L
25. Arthur, A History of Watauga County, p.500.
26. The
of
life draws heavily from "Blowing Rock Memories" by
written in 1975. Helpful interviews
also conducted with the
July
July 16,
July 15,
July 2 and 29,
July 1,
Carrie
Leonard
Gwyn Harper
John Christian
27. A
Ina W.
28.
of Western North Carolina
is in:
John W. Van Noppen. Western North Carolina
County construction is
in "After 65 Ifears,
op cit.
Gaston Gage, an extensive unpublished
the Civil War.
1987
1987
1987
1987
The
Consortium
July 3, 1972, p.13.
1973. p.253-267.
�24 /
I
29. Eller,
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 1982. p.lQL
Miners
30. "Narrow Gauge Railroad Played Part in Developing This Region." The
31.
McD.
32. Vardell
, July 29, 1933. p.l.
Charlotte:
the Blue
House. 1958. p.36.
"Blowing Rock Memories."
33. Interview with John C.
Also,
34.
July 1, 1987.
"Charlie
in
52
of Transportation
in Area."
Gage, op. cit.
35. Lenoir News-Topic June 3, 1892. p.3.
36. Alfred Mordecai letter, The Blowing Rocket, October 25, 1963. p.2. John C. Bernhardt interview July 1, 198?.
37. Dellinger, Clyde J. Tweetsie and the Clinchfield Railroads. Morgan-ton, N.C.: The News Herald Press, 1979, p.2.
38. "History of the
Trail", The
Interview with Hugh Morton, June 23, 1987
Rocket, July 28, 1939. p.ll.
39. "Blowing
in 1889," The Blowing
Story, p,67,1983.
When Clarke died in 1910, the
Democrat reported on October 6, 1910 that the bulk of his
church. Probate eventually divided his property
relatives.
40. Winston^Salem Journal and Sentinel, February 8, 1970. p.l.
A discreet version of the incident is told in his obituary in
41. Whitener,
J. Prohibition in North Carolina, 1715-1945.
42.
July 11,
to the Swedenborgen
Democrat October 6, 1910.
Hill: The University of
p.90.
p.3.
43. Lenoir News-Topic July 2, 1890. p.3.
44.
July 17,
45.
May 7, 1891. p.3.
46. Lenoir
p.3.
5, 1893. p.3.
" 47.
p.3.
7,
48.
Democrat October 31,
49.
p.3.
Democrat May 28,
p.l.
50. "Around Town", The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p.8.
51. For the role of open-range livestock in mountain farming,
and Grady McWhiney. "The
No. 2.
p.147-166. J.
Jr. "The Closing
p.53-70.
52. "Trip to
Rock," T/ie
Story p. 19,
53.
Democrat. June 29,
54.
Democrat.
55.
Democrat. February 2, 1899.
56.
Democrat. January 9, 1890.
57.
Democrat.
58.
Democrat September 30, 1987.
18,
20, 1890, May 15, 1890, May 22, 1890.
59. Watauga Democrat. November 11, 1897.
60.
23,
Democrat. December 2, 1897.
A
Range." Journal of
The Journal of Southern
History, Vol.
Vol.XLI
�LAND OF THE BREEZE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE /Page 25
59.
Democrat.
11, 189?.
60.
Democrat,
2, 1897.
7, 1891.
61.
24, 1892.
62.
63.
Democrat.
64.
3, 1892.
July 5,
65.
p.3.
21, 1893. p.3.
News-Topic.
3, 1900.
66.
67.
6, 1901. p.L
Democrat,
68.
by
has
ar
reconstruction.
In
the
we
69.
ask the
to
as
a
of
July 16, 1987.
70. Interview with Mary Kinnard. June 6, 1987,
71.
July 16, 1987.
72. From Alice Wood 1918
73.
"Old
in
as Our
Community Club
It." Tfie
Story,
at the
p.70.
74. Aid.
75. "Old
as Our Family Knew It."
76. Reminiscence by Blanche Ward in 1979, in
77.
Dr.
of
July 25, 1987.
Community Club at the
Library.
Democrat. January 11, 1894. p.3.
78. Vardell and Gage. "Blowing Rock Memories."
79. P.O. Ciaxton
80. "Blowing
81.
in TTie
Completed In
July 27,
T/ie
p.ll,
Democrat. June 11, 1891,
82. Article "50 Years Ago in Blowing Rock" by Mrs.
83. Lenoir News Topic.
14, 1889, p.2
84. Lenoir News-Topic.
G. Norwell, in The Blowing Rocket. August 4, 1939. p.L
14, 1889. p.3.
85.
Democrat. October 26, 1893. p.L
86. Lenoir News-Topic.
87.
19, 1896. p.L
Democrat. October 23,
p.L
Democrat. August 27, 1891. p.L
88. Alfred Mordecai in The Blowing Rocket.
25, 1963
89. Interview with Lena Robbins and Carrie Buxton July 16, 1987.
C.
July 1, 1987.
in
�Page 26 / Chapter II
�STARTING A NEW CENTURY/Page 27
CHAPTER II
Starting a New Century
could be
up in two
by the
at the
Rock
the commitment to be a tourist town. Now
to
the Village.
Unfortunately,
town
by a fire in the 50s, so
are
in our
of who
in
during the
of
1913 which
a
of
that Joe
was
in 1889, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1903, and 1910.
has it
he was the town's first and only
until his
in 1910;
this is not
he is the
to
the
of 1895-98, 1902, and 19044909.
was
1
Secretary-Treasurer of the Caldwell &L
Turnpike Company in 1901,
was
in
to
a
run
Lenoir to
Rock.
H.C. Martin
mayor in 1891,
prominent in Village
for
a
for
he
the
to H.R
in 1895
to Lenoir.3 His
in
Rock continued, however,
to the
he
his
the
he
elected President of the Caldwell &. Watauga Turnpike Company in
1898.4 In the
1900s Martin
the Lenoir News-Topic In 1915, however, Martin
to
he
a
of the Chamber of Commerce and its
in 1927.5
H.W. Weedon did not let his
at
in the town's
As the
shows, he
a
Justice of the
for
in
6
both 1893
1899. Furthermore, as the owner of the Grand View Hotel, he
a
of tourism.
Dr. CJ. Parlier did not move to
until 18957
to
1899,8 but he
so
he was
mayor in 190L9 He was on the
of Directors of the
and
in
1903
1904,10 and helped found the
of Blowing Rock in 1907. He, as
Joe
as Vice-President,
future mayor G.M.
as
an
for the
These
the
for
transportation
but they
not
L.R
C.V Henkel
a
to
the Blowing
in 1899, y-:
to
and
to Lenoir, Linville, Cranberry, jlj
Elk Park.12 On one
in 1901,
of their H
horses
struck by lightning
the Green m
Park Hotel while pulling a surrey. Fortunately the
p
13
unhurt. A
to the livery
1
|
monopoly
was the
IJf
of the Lenoir-Blowing Rock Turnpike to
it to
|j
automobile traffic.
^i
The
was a &
dirt
for
...
. ,, ,
o
r
'
Sal/ie, George M. and Bettie Sudderth
�lumber hauling.
would
in
hub-deep.14
a
to
visits
to return home.
The
of the
in 1910
that situation. This
with
of
rock
for the
A
crusher,
on a 25-horsepower
as
as one
of
A
would
the rock,
of oil
the
upper
to
to the
to
the rise at a four
grade.15 Among the
the lovely
a
for
travellers.16 With a day-long
now
into an afternoon's
With
by a
Veil Falls,
jaunt,
The
at the
at
up the
into
on
20, 1908 with Osmond Barringer of Charlotte
Carrie
a
of
as the
to
Store, Aunt Jane Holshouser
"Come
quick,
somethin* comin*
nothin1 pushin1 of it
nothin1 pullin1 of it!"
the trip
Lenoir in under two hours without incident,
the
in the Village
Tom Coffey at the
Inn. He
his only
the
when he
"most of the
had
off one of our
in
the
climb,
as it was
to get
in less
we
in to fix the one we had." After
of a
he cut
of
in
the
through
tied the
the
a job
17
all the
home.
The
months
much
Four Hickory
the
to be
with
and
of "Hello, Mr. Barringer!"
Shuford, the
no
yet
"but
the
was the 470th car
in North Carolina...we
4-7-0
in the strip of
which we
to the car"
Rock was
but on
to Linville
a
on a
of
at
to
a
to a turn-off, so the
could pass.18
With the
in 1910,
to the mountains.
Robinson, a
visitor,
in 1913, "The
is the
of the
country
is
this fact
This
has witnessed...in a
month more machines than
come up during the whole
history
19
of the
ten
up
July" Day
visits
commonplace,
irrevocably
the
of tourism and the
Village.
The
did
quick
to
It
the
That was
the case with
and
The
Turnpike,
20
in 1891 by Cpt. TJ. Coffey, had
a
seat to the Lenoir road. . John
Arthur, commenting
on this
population "is a pretty constant quantity, as
are but few visitors to the town
in the
all
at
and
unconscious of the fact
is on the
22
at all"
^n 1910, the Auto Transfer Company of Boone,
proud
of a
of two
ri v
:
•••i,
' -4 'V^ and
Rock.22 The
saw
fc_
!
B.- VfftV;
I
••:,.!? the announcement of a
for
the North
" ^ "\
Wilkesboro-Blowing Rock trip; only
hours!23 Winter
;:i;. _
Lenoir to her northern
1
Jj^ '
by car in 1916. One Village resident commented gratefully,
" •*^?s^^^ "to get the
at 5 o'clock is a luxury we
are not
to"24 Not long
such
Tfie oW and new means of locomotion
as daily bus
to
City (July,
and
�A
the use of a
truck,26
to
to the
24, 1927)
to
29
In an
E
the
in April, 1913, a
he
for
and
G.M.
is
of the
a
n
i x 7.11 i iv/
r\
i
Wagoning on t/ie Boone Turnpike
by the
on
26, 1913* "Our
he
his
as
an
of the
the
cat
has
is
joy
in a
in an
of
The
month,
for
use
in an
he
not
an air
of
the
air of this old
has
yet,
all the
of the
to
fro,
gay
far out
the
in the
of the
the
the
of the
we
of
are
the
has
to stay"28
can
ask —
he
A
good
It
electricity,
— all the
of a
The
in
is not
Mr.
Coffey,
of John's
River
a
in the
of 1897 to put up a
It
in
29
by the
of July
the
at the Coffey Hotel.
the line
for
as
as it
during the
of its
In 1901, the Globe Telephone Company
an
at the
Carolina.30 A
in
until the
of 1916,
31
all
the Village
the
world.
be
or
by
As
Ethel Holshouser
Carrie
to
the right to
a
for
to
at the
Hotel.32
the
without
Bell
to
in 1926.33
on
by the
in January, but
not
July of the
Ed's Cafe
as the "central"
the
on
Drive
be
The
on July 19, 1927, with Mr. Harry Cooper at the
The
full day of
saw the
of 43
the
telephones.35 One
of
at the fire
Rockfs only fire
system.36
the
the
in
— the Cones, the
the
—
gas.37 On
1, 1912
H.
of the
a
his
to
energy to
the
and
Three
H.C.
the
to
his
by
an
3,490 pounds.39
he
to his
his
hot and
water,40
of
did
W.L
the
In 1919, he
to
to the
in 1921 his contract was
to
years.41 When
in 1925, the
by the
The
for the
in the
to
in the
a
a
fire
�Page 30 / Chapter II
$100,000 water and sewer issue in 1926.42 The system required seven miles of water pipe and twelve thousand feet
of sewer pipe. Included in the system were May view Park and Green Park — both of which were annexed in November
of 1926.43
The Village Gets A Face Lift
of its utility
but the
so
a
on
Growth
was on its
the
of a
to the
Dr. J.E.
to
with
up the Village. In
the
1912,
for
Ed
man."50
With
still a
the "privy law"
the
Mayor
on
the
to go. A
of
street.45
the
in October, 1913, in
to
to
the
all
the
to construct "a
the
His
for twelve-and-a-half
per
the "Privy
Committee,"49
to
the
"each privy
or
as
in
The
a
on the
problem.46 In
1914, a
privy so as to
all flies "47 In
houses.48
the
to
be
out by
for
the
in 1917
D.R Coffey
the
"as a nuisance."51 Not
1926
so
without a permit,
of
52
a
streets.
less
led
the
or thaws.44
Coffey,
of
the
to
"improved"" sidewalks. They
"to
in
mouth deep"53
to
a $15,000
in 1919,
of Village
The
to
in
1928.
the Village,
a
In 1915, H.C.
which
the
to
a
on it
in
a
He
The
in 1919,55
by the
in 1921.56 One
the
57
by the State. North
the
to
in
in the
of 1924, one
"I
the
try to
the
in
we
be
for all the
he saw his
for he
in the
to rise no
county
the
of
in 1926.58
out
we
Boone Street, todays Sunset Drive, after surfacing with crushed stone in
me IyJ(/s (C..W. Moody s rurmture Shop on left)
J^ "quaintoCSs" of
^
r
W3S
to
�A
as
will
Coffey be
the
we
in
Rock, the
the
of the job of
is far
in 1919 by a
"Maybe the
(of
of the county
Colonel Tom
a
the
of
c
boast* of
for
a glory of the
for the
is the
on
What
life
to in
Why, lots of
get
say it is
60
againf
One
or
if
not the
No one
old
it
31
the
be
at all, and
be
to be a
the
the
to go
Fire!
"Blowing
could be
On the
Village is
away"
Olds
of
and one could
on a
Lenoir in
3, 1923, a fire
of the
the old
the
its
could
the
Grover's
in
The
the fire
for the fire."63
its
out in the Company
it
Chapel
or
1923.61 His
of John
would
on the
be
of
the
the
out just
on
Street,62
The late
the fire. "It was a
thing to
it
a
all the old
run down,
up
These
not
had it not
the
A
construction
H.C.
on a
brick
By the
six
construction
in the Village as the
on a
boom.65
As for
Main
but it
in
1924. This
a
the
to
was
by the
townfs women.66 William Morris, the
laid out
in the 1870s
had
a row
of
Street.67
of
now be
to
the
of the
The
fire of 1923 had also
the
for a fire
in Blowing Rock. Citizens
in 1926
a
to buy a
fire
The Community Club
$300
and Myra
of her
at
which
$1,000. Other
to
up with the
$5,000.
ap e rrees a ng
The
was
in
°
in
— but it was too late to
the old
Inn, which fell victim to fire on October 29th.
this
the Volunteer Fire
had no
of
Fire chief J. A.
Klutz,
and
to
as his
He had a
on the
day
of the
To
Town
1926,70
H.R
authority
was
of a
in 1914.
was
as
Rock's
Or
a
was
tax
with the
which
of the
71
in 1929. Other
the
1975, A
in
few
his
�Page 32 / Chapter II
The
to be a jack of all
tax
in 1914, his
a tax
on
with
far beyond
order. He
72
five
of all
collected. The
was
in
until 1929. The
the
to
by
so he
out of his
He
for
All
to
on the public
four
a
to the 1917
ten
in 1896) or pay a fee to
found
in
be
to do
in
of a fine. When D.W. Wooten
in
1923, he
the
not
but "1
6
4
1
1
1
watch."73
Police
thus put in the
for tax
in
to
of "forcing
involuntary
servitude" the
with
to live.
only
for the
it was
for
to
only a
or
74
two on the job.
be a
in
For a police
it
be
In 1909,
Willed: Miller
the
of
Pinky
Miller's
a
Miller
him
a
The
Pinky Baldwin and wife Jane at their primitive cabin. (Also pictured are
He
Ellen and Suzanne Coffey
George and Elaine Sudderth.)
to
by
An
in 1910
a
which
in a
of five
for
he
in
to
for a third trial The
Court
his
to be
William
was
innocent.75
The
of its
to the
to be a
for
distributors, while
the
In 1926,
A. Linney, the United
District Attorney in
"Most
in
North Carolina, in my
is
by the
76
of
the
people." This fits in
the
of
like
who
up
Prohibition.77
up,
but the
too
to be
has
the
feet of
an
was $26 a
the townfs
the
in
for
got his
at the
the
her
in the
by the
with
their
of
The
by
be
Cove
it was
The
The
of a
for
W.H.
his
our
White
industry;80 Grover
of
Mill81
the turn-of-the-century, the
is
Price Park, the
a
of
a
would go for
Sr.
to
his
79
a tree.
in
in on the
the Southern
The
Lumber Company
of the Lost
the
the
82
Wilkesboro.
�A
Their
The
the
in 1912
Company
23 1/2
to record!83
The
be as
The
an
at North
to the
It was
33
the
by turnW.R.
for
190,000
as the
the
which
in this way in
A
bicycle,
one
the top of the
The
is
on
in the
and the
and tan
are
the flume. One
is
the
of
In this
the
of the
is
100,000 feet
the
is
a
end of
100
and tan
and laid on top of it. In this
a
amount of
50,000
of tan
in a day can be
the
dry. The
of water
into the
the
and
of bark, the
run
the top to the
taking five or six hours.84
J.G
log
in repair.85
The
on Lenoir. In 1917,
the
the
in
an
by rail to
—
the 1916
in the
and
to
to the
Grover Robbins, Sr. (on /eft) in his uncle's Shulls Mill
out
in
it was no
and
its
�34 /
II
:
<y,^
—^
-gqp
up the
via the Turnpike.86
in the
too.
A
mill fire in 1925 cost
to
in
and
feet of
For all its
to
of the Village
by
by
lakes.88
was the
of
The
was
the
left
cutting. The lapwas
for a
In 1926,
"The
is
all
this
fire
of
the
of the
will be
for
to comef89
The
of
the
industry
in a
the
Dr.
"The
the
Young
worn-out
T
to
silk
90
to use lipstick."
was an
of
The
"Shulls Mill" was one
of the
era.
"In the
1920s Whiting
Company cut the
on
They
the
to a
Mill,
the
set. Old
has
me
cut one
it
When it
in the
the
of the
ten
high. Around
job
a
They
a
on a
— which is to this day
as Whores' Knob."91
Fin long
I'm tall, Lord,
I'm skinny
I'm mean.
When the women
me
You
them scream.
The
on
Dam,
They think they're so fine,
But I'll
trie women on Whores* Knob
Every doggone time.
My old double bit,
It's
filed
and keen,
It's the choppin'est axe
That's ever been seen.
�A
My axe
I
in
The
on
Thinks Fm
35
my
Got to
the
Filled up all the
Got to
the
Or you can't
a runnin*
a
I
that log
it's
I
it
Till I
my pay.
a-coming,
Coin1 by the
Only
to get my pay.
I won't
a
WTien it comes pay day.
TTie girls at Shulls Mill
Got
on
But the
on
Wants money all the
Goinf to
the big
fall.
Coin' to
I can
Old Whiting's log
Away up on
Mountain,
Makin9 the big
fall.
When I
my pay
Hain't
work a-tall
Moves to
of the
control the lumber
River. The
for the
1900, At
H* Cone
on
the
was
who will
such a
would
and
and
Our
the value of our
They
built
"The
us."92
"that
the
be
and the
land" Linney's
not
For
the
as the
They
93
a
M.
of an
In 1907, Cone
fire" to "Bring wealthy
Linney
no
a
of
a
to its
the
the cities
of their
They
of the South set in bouquets of
of colors.
the
and
at
to our
has
in
us as
the
to
like
us by
and all
one
in
had
�Page 36 /
II
their
might
shadowy
air
the
to the music of the
They
artificial
by the silver moon-beams—and all
they might enjoy the
the
Now
to
of
and
to the
of the
saw mill, as it
not
the
oak
the
the
should
for future timber.
Col. Linney, do you know how you are
the
of
by your
the
reserve? Do they
they
got you down as
in
of the
that ever a
of your
in on God's earth? Why, if the
was
the
for a
years, with his
ten
of sulphur
his
the
of
with all this
he could not perpetuate so
an
the mountain people
as
of
the glory of
country for the
of
generations.94
with
of a
to
the
In 1917, the
North
did
a
to
the top of
95
reserve. Ultimately, the
to
in 1924 to
Carolina, Virginia,
on a
at the
The
in
as
a Civilian
the
did not
the
was
the
the offer.96 The
of
at
for a
on the
Carolina
a
by
of the
but the
Camp
Globe in 1933. The
to
98
the
blight.
the
in the
1920s,
in
a chestnut. This
in the
the
the
the
for
for
the
to
Chestnut
a
the
a
as it
The
was
a
of the
the
for
Today,
is
a
In the
of the
it was
as
to
The
was a
of
to
the
The
was a
to the
lumber industry
alike."
in the
in
a
Gwyn of
a
to
The
had
the
the
but
in the 1920s
30s to
it to the
as a
The
by both
was
to pay
taxes,101 Gwyn's
to the
but
not
it. Only
World
II,
as
his
of the
of the Linville
Corporation,
to
the
beauty,102
to
to
the
a
the
of the
for
to
Corps
"United We Stand"
a
Yet, in the
The
o'clock in
in the
is
of
of
is the
of
the
1913,
to its
as follows: Tuesday
night the Merfs club in the
the
at the
at the
of its
a
Thursday
a
the
a
on Friday
and
to
at 3
is
the
�STARTING A NEW CENTURY/Page 37
the one on Fridays
in our
is
for
six in all,
in the
Quite a busy
Most
the chief
a
for
Joe Clarke was
the
in the
a school
every
of the four
of all
church,103
for a
in the
for the
to
on
like to
of the
of the town.
to
the
the
273 in 1899, the
its
458 AF &L AM,
by
The
of
of an
in the lodge.104
Lodge
church.
When Clarke
in 1910, he was
a
in Lenoir and his
was
by
T.H. Coffey
G.M. Sudderth,105
the
in 1916.106
William
a
he
He
us a
of "Uncle
Joe" at his
"He
no
the
be, in
of
or
or
if
the
of the
he would
Uncle Joe1
as he is yet
of
by the
in
of
the
a
up the
a
the
to
the late
was
to
the
for a communication"107 Local
in
for the
at Oxford. They
The
its
on the Village not as an
per se,
108
but
the
of its members.
For
less
in the
of Masonry, a Merfs
Club
by
They
the Winter of 1913 at the
on
There
would
"a
of
of
the
in
Rock,
and
yarns,
the
"109
by the
formally
the
of the
or
or
Topics
the
of a
for
to who
by the
the
or Indian. No
topic
too hot to
the
suffrage.110 The
out the
in 1913,
the
of the
"out of courtesy to our Blowing
Rock
are
fair
the
in
of the
not one of the fair sex of our
of
Three
for the ladies!"111
The
of
in
was
the
when a
occurrence [sic] for a
will go out to
town.
to
a
a public
in
A
time"112
with "quite a crowd
not
to
a
her, as it is a
or a
Social conventions
Rock's
for entertainment or service to
the public. The Community Club was one of the
the
such
for women.
It's
to the
of Mary
Carter's "Lend-A-Hand Library." The library
in
October, 1913,
its
in a
on her
to the
House
on Main
113
Street. Mrs. Carter
in
for the construction of the
building.114
was
in
the
her
"it was
her vision to see
the
of the
in
by
and
the evil one
fall
the
of the street"115
The Mary
Carter
fell
was
to Virginia
in 1916.
Alice Wood
a
of the
the
of the
House in
1918,
in the 1923 fire. These few
by
all
�Page 38 / Chapter H
of the
by
Lend-A-Hand
1928. The
in
to the
in
the
13,
saw the
the
five
Child Life,
1936,
the
had
six
of a
the
and
to the
In
the
last
entities.
The Community Club did
the
for
with
the
of the 1930s, no
The Community Club
in the
The Katty Klub
room was very
Club
work.117 An
the
Club
in January.119 The
in 1923
was
the
to
and
bounty
Library,120
of
to
The
the
a
for the town. The
to
to buy
a
for the children. Pupils
hot
who
not
at Club
The Community Club was
involved in
to its
the
did as
to aid the
its
too, and
For the Club,
the
of
the
A
at the
of two of
groups,
worthy of
a
at
the
of
(on
4, 1925) at her
on
Street. The living
yellow and
chrysanthemums. Cards
and
by
Johnson,
Lee Crisp,
Dorothy Hayes.
Coffey was
as a
of the club,
consisting of Jello with
cream,
and cocoa. A
was spent.123
The
Club, at its
this
21, 1928)
Holshouser, carried
out a
honoring
Lincoln
The
was
by the
of America the
Coffey
the
and led in
This was
by the
of the Gettysburg
by
To
by Mrs.
Cannon;
of the Life
of
Greene; Sketch of the Life of Lincoln' Mrs.
Greene; Anecdotes Pertaining to
Lincoln' Mrs. I.E. Story; 'Story of
Holshouser; 'Lincoln's Favorite Poem*
Webb.
by Mrs. W.L.
of the
by
and
Mary
Williams.124
Such
Dorothy
of
the
in our
did
was first
had
of the
is
St.
the first
a
the Cone
by
Not all
Village. Box
The
and
who
is
the
a
the
of
role in
the
of the
with
youth
Community Club and her
first
but the
1923.125 They,
the aid of Mrs.
Fire
in
at
in 1915, the
Camp.126
127
the
Boy
in 1914 as well A Tribe of Lone Scouts,
in 1915 and
on the Boy
was
in 1916 by
on
128
was
the
of
Greene. These
but a few of the
to
into
was
as the
of American life.
to be
the
of a club, of course.
in the
as
for
or church, or just for
the 1930s,
awe by
and
by
of
or
at Mrs.
the
in
the
sing and
the
clan
stay
a
odd
and
�A
39
on.129
cows,
its
to the
the
set up
in the
Such
c
The
given a while ago 0uly 1913) by
Mexican Joe1
well
who, without the
of a
a big
for
the
for
the
in
air or
the
for the
an
the
or two in a
with wit or
with
but
of
to
on
at the
and
o'clock, not a
out to
he
to
the Union
in
town!130
It
in
be
to the hilt. The
Rock, as
People just
of July,
at the
the
was
a
by
to the
of our citizens,
gazing at
feet
was
to be
Henry V.
9:30
an
of
to
for
of the
In 1912,
by
4th of July at
Rock, North Carolina, Be
the
Pole', and lots of other
f
at 12 o clock with the
of the
AM to 3:00 PM. Fun for
and the
of July just
you are
or you will
lots of fun,
Plenty to see and
to eat,
10 o'clock at
and
the
of your life.131
go
In
and in 1915 the
"an
to
was the
Cubs
the
show"132 The
to
a
sport,
both the
the
for
of a
to
to a
11:30
Aho,
the Cubs in 1923,
a
—
Cubs 60 — ML Zion 14.134 The
town
school,
be no
The
of
12, 1928,135
in fact all the
to
a
the
fun,133
of
the
The
The
left Mt Zion
in the
School Licks Town
In an exciting ten-inning
Saturday, the Blowing Rock school
the
town
by a
of 11 to 9. Although both
a little out of
ball
plays, among which
a double play by
high school
Bynum Crisp
hit, a home run to left field.
The line-ups:
Donald Greene, rf;
Crisp, c; Clarence Greene,
Bolick, 3b; William
p;
Holshouser, ss;
cf;
Story, If; Glenn Coffey, IK
Ibwn:
Mays, cf;
3b; L
ss;
Drentine, c;
Ward, Ib; G.
p;
Greene, 2b; Ed Pitts, rf; Claud
B.K. Jenkins, If.
The
by innings:
High
.000 310 140 2-11
Town
Ill 020 220 0-9
�at
In the
of
the one
to
it a
was a
The
in 1904,
Linville
a
in the 1890s. The
for a
the only
was
to the
J.
LR
and CV
had
the
and
in
the
By 1913,
to
the
of the Green
Hotel
365
the
of the
Company.
^,
In 1915, the Company
an
•»_. park neighbor Rufus L. Patterson to
a
on
for five
construction
for 5/9ths of any
The Company
the
if the nine-hole
was a
it
be
to a full
Seven
in 1922, a
was
to
to
holes,
the
on
one
of
six,
the
are
He
to
Green Par
in
for
to
playing
The
Norwood
Golf Course
to pay all
for the
136
expansion.
a
in the North
The
was
of
it was the
which
up the
the
was
The
cut out
off by
the
of
to be
out
The work
to
the
the
be
The
in, but the
the
hollows in the
not
the
to
be
in
"down the
quickly
in
tees are a
at
and
At
Mules, oxen, horses, wagons, dynamite and plenty of muscle were needed
to fashion a golf course from the Appalachian Forest.
late
The
a
two feet tall
in
A
full of
was
the
own tees of wet
by
with
to
a tee.
to the
for a
to
thirty to
would
to
by
�A NEW
two
would
75
a
at the
25
tip.
While the golf course
to the
of
visitors
their
the
Company
a point
of
it as a public course. Even
the
Country Club
with the
in 1950,
The Country
Club did not buy the
until 1973. Since
it has
with
has primarily
guests.137
Most
dwellers. They
41
Old Goforth Road
makes way for
the back nine
in 1922.
in 1900
not
in the
country on
of
selfsufficiency. John Walt
born in 1882,
up
the full
of tourism had
felt.
Golfers enjoy a day on the links as a Model T cruises past
on the Turnpike. (Green Park Hotel in the background )
Back then we raised nearly everything we had to eat. The whole family would work in the
and then
would help in
harvest. We would dry everything in the sun, it
the only way we had to preserve anything.
The
would be hung up on
when they turned dark
got very dry, we called them leather
breeches. They
really good on a cold winter day, cooked with a chunk of pork. 1 remember how good fried
apple pies were after you
the dried
overnight....
I worked in the
business many a day for ten hours or more
sixty cents. I know we could
go to the
with a horse and a
for ten dollars you could buy everything you needed to
out the
winter. You got a
of coffee,
hundred pounds of flour, fifty pounds of salt, twenty-five pounds of sugar....We
the
syrup from our own trees, we had
to eat, not to mention trout from the
streams, and wild turkey
from the woods.138
Tourism
the
Southern
of life. The
or "cottagers" as they
The WW
and the
Cone
W.
was a
of the South Carolina
Court. Dr.
Mrs. Carter
to Blowing Rock
for
as did
of the
These
the country
into the
economy of the
town in
to
As early as 1897, Lenoir
IW. Thomas
that
"Blowing
was
People,
walking,
driving,
on bicycles,
or
Vendors
on hand in
numbers with melons, grapes,
that the
as much as $1,000 a day."139
To
the
Mary Nelson Carter
a
North Carolina
in 1900, which
her
criticism for inscnsitivity due to its
use of
on the
of the poor mountaineer.140 Her work actually
a
of
for the
which
at work. The following account is of a
an
was
at the Elliott
art school:
"Is that a ghost or a cow?" I
to a
"T'ain't
one,"
Mrs. Smith. "It's one o'them
full of 'em" she added. "A body'd think they could git
biggotty.,,,"141 Mrs. Smith
reminiscing:
"When I
young, one o'them
to
up
on the hillside,
fellers paintin' picturs. The mountings is plum
o'work to do if they tried.
on 'em's right
Us gals
a
o'what he
�Page 42 / Chapter H
posirf for him. But, Lor'
as I
Ma, I'd a
ruther work in the corn. A body
plum tired standin'
or
Them
he
haddn't no
o'me than that dog's got. I
let on like I thought
for it
to hurt a body's feelin's. He
a mighty
man hisself..."
Mrs.
her
with her
while she
our
at his work.
"That
over
all the mornin"' she
"I see him when I
up to hunt the cow.
That
thing you see is his umbrell. I
he's
the sunll
him" she
chuckling. "I
o'the
t'other day what she
put powder on her
for. She
it
to
her
fadinf
Mrs. Smith.
Then,
her sunbonnet and
her face on her
she
"The sun is mighty hot
it won't
my gownd," she
laughing heartily at her own joke. "I got a
but I
if to
to preachin'
Sunday school"141
If the
of
this
art
the
While
of The
At the
There is a
the
are
We
your
for the
you carry home.142
While the
was
to this
a
had
as a
of the
to
day. When one of
in the
to
in our
in culinary
to- say,
is a
with
given to
of
things.
to
for
life. We eat
as
as
as in cosmic
for this
Rock's
of
:
•
William
of
1900s, was not
l
the
a
ff
" 4'
"
Cycling in the Village
-
and
the
a
in 1911 to
of an
poor
log
: :
Hr::;::sp
for
He
::i
as a
a
in the
by
' " jr -"
/" J^s
""
he
the
Mid-Summer
of change. His
of would-be
for
papers
c
for the
%
• /
grow,
this
and
' 1^;yii
/
the
of this town
not
with the
for
of their
for the
and
indifference." Certainly, local
churches, but they
suspicious of
In the
of 1913, the
an
event. An
drew 2,500
and
G.M.
the
to
was
"in
of our mountain
the
who
in the
of
write
of
. . - •• ,., -.with
'•-••-"<* " "
whites^144
r
fc
SPHjvV5
^e - :
!
in 1913
for the use of
"it is
it
.;iif -.
""" ?: " r " '
the
to be derived from the
of a berry patch. The hot rip of the thorn
line of blood that
at the surface, but
not overflow, the tingling sensation
body for a moment, — for this you willingly
the
that
for hours
touch
Moreover, you would
the
so
of the feel of the sun, of the
and for the rich booty
the
that
a
her
of the
in
humor,
W.
which was
in Blowing Rock, she
of
to
that "he
family,1
for
the
this Interesting*
up north to 'show' how
of
North Carolina live!"145
�A
it to say, this is still a
is
by
Just as
45
a
in
to the
of
of
on
living,
People
to
to the
of the
at Christmas),
to
Churchman
until
for
"Galacking,"
the
plant which was
in
a
pursuit.
an
in 1902 for two
which
146
for the
of King
VII.
to Teddy
at the White House.147 H.C.
as a
at
1924, doing
a
of 10,000
to
dry, Thorton
the
of his
by
a
root
factory in 1909.149 Grover
of his
in the 1920s
the Wildwood
Company.150
the
as a
for
on
to
He
151
to
for
to
states.
the
of the
with
in
an
in the
Workshop; a
in
of
W.G
The
in 1907 with
for
The
Rock
by
by the
Mrs.
in 1910.
the
a
on
sale
for
as "a bell for the
house, an
rustic
for the
pump,
articles"152
It
When
of 1916
The
War
concern.
Mid-July of 1916 saw the
a
"To
on
for
to join the
The Trout
It would not be
at
the
to a
For
or
the
of
The
for the
to
to hit
County. On the
the
the
in
by the
last
be futile, indeed....But
all
demolished."153 The
fell
was
in
and
in the
Blowing
to both Lenoir
all communication
the
them.
at the Cone
the
Flannery Fork.
in
Conefs lifetime. Fortunately, the
at
as did the old
by Chetola.154 The
Turnpike was in a
up the
to Green Park
the
in a
to
The
up
and
was
we
not
this
at all. The first ten
of this
a
of this
just
a
bed.
The
houses, and a church
and carried
and left
the
Twice
we
to
us
through. Once we were stuck in the middle of a
we
fording
it
half an hour
we could
get help.
After
out of this
we
to climb the mountain.
all
the route, and
so badly that there
hardly room to get by. To
excitement, when five
from Green
Park a heavy
us.
�Page 44 /
II
We got within 1 1/2
the
his
we
out.
we
in a
the
as Providence would
it, the
the
at us as if we
the dead.155
The
The Whiting
of the
the
cut,
the
investments.158 Those
Green
Hotel,
on
felt in the
in
the county. The
old
on a
to
The
of
of
Lumber Company
Much of the
the
the
A
the
by
out to a
firm shortly
not to
was
at the
157
Nature's anger.
World War I, the
the
the
of our
community.
left
and
to "fight the Hun." At home,
the
less
as
and
a
of
and
far
the
of the
For a
town,
Rock*s contribution
The
of
who
Crump, Melvin Cox,
Ward,
Walter
Austin,
Niley Cook,
Vannoy,
Klutz, Clark Brown, Charles Downs,
"Mr.
the
Office."
in the
unit in
to
—
E of the 113th
Artillery.159
Those left
the war
A
Cross
at the
$101,
fifty
a
admission.160
Cross
to
overseas.161
The
was the site of a war
songs.162 In July of 1918, a
Dupont,
at the
Church in a
by WW. Stringfellow.163 In
a
Convention
downtown,
by
throughout the
Governor T.W. Bickett.164
victory was
was
of
to the
The
of the
Cross led
for aid to the
the Armenian-Syrian
Fund,
the
"suffering Serbians"
out of the
of the
Society
touched
everyone.
in
Truly,
up is
the Village to
The
He
to do. The
The
of
the
by
to
it is
his
"the
the
use of
in Music
on
on
the
the
of
at
of
the
times"165
a
of the
on this
at a
to the
was not the only one
—
if
go wrong?"167
he
"yet
and bad
horizon, which 'clouds* can be
only by the
was
by the
in the
of a
is
on the
of the
of
now-a-days, the unattractive,
the
of the
day by the
soft
on the
day of the
of
the
time,"
in "boisterous
of the town"166
a
in 1913
"Our
to
up the
In his
and
are
clouds1 on the
the "Sun of Righteousness! "168 The
he
a "Tend to Your Own
Society" at
�STARTING A NEW
45
a town
be a
a tulip.169
By 1915, the
was
to be
to
an
to
the
of
Many of the town's
a
which
in the county
"It is proposed"
"to
a
of
the winter,
for the
of our
town to
the
of
for the
to
up the
habit,
vulgarity,
the little
of our town,
for the young
to
for a
and
will be eliminated.,..to
in the Public
Library, which is to be the
of all work, whether for
or
at
of
might be
for the
of
in a
our much
170
community"
No
is
of this
due to an
of
First, in December,
1915, for the
in
all
in
due to a
Shortly
the
group of
Rock
in the service. Those two
of the
171
which
by youthful exuberance.
The perception of a
still
however,
the
of Mayor D.R Coffey
in October, 1916, blew the
with $80. "The community is
up
the robbery,"
wrote, "the
in the
of the town, only
to our lot
who
with
or
lock
bar them, no
the proverbial
of
days."172
When the town
in 1917, a
was
in an
to
children off the
out of trouble. Article 15
"That it
be
for any
the age of fifteen
to be upon the
of the Town of
the hour of
o'clock P.M. or to be
one half hour
upon the
town" The curfew age
two
in 1922, but
to "all
places" which now
to
at 8 o'clock on
9 o*clock on Saturday,
due to the
.at Dr.
drug
were
173
in 1920
in 1922,
Sunday
entertainment.
With
in question, the
of alcohol consumption once
a dominant concern
to
community. For
who
intent on
Blowing Rock's
reputation,
in the
A
in 1922
a
at the
Church, with an
of forty-seven. They
to
the "great evil" of alcohol They
led by prominent
W.L. Holshouser
President, T.H.
Coffey, Vice-President,
J.H. Winkler secretary.174
into other channels.
County
a
which
other communities
never
a
in
Rock. While there
a
black population, they
mostly
of summer visitors or cooks, musicians, or
with' the hotels. Local blacks
could
did vote, but the May
November
elections
place off-season,
so the political
of the black
never important.
Nevertheless,
Ku Klux Klan
in
county in
1920s. Their major concerns
Prohibition
of conservative Christian morality. The
Democrat
favorable
to cross-burnings,
the
for
with
in
up the
liquor trade.175 The
only
a county man, who
white,
to
for
to
his children to
Sunday school.176
At a
when
a
throughout
poor, rural south, Blowing
Rock
revival
in full
evangelical
work,
contributions.177
�Page 46 / Chapter II
the
the
the 1920s was the
of a
the
of 1924. Front-
page
t
;
~ *•* -
> ^ '"""
- ^B' '-'**"
At 2 a.m. Christmas
Blowing Rock
the
their
of
by
JP
of
in such
as they
might
in the
to
Thomas Coffey, Lee Robbins, Thomas Coffey Sr., and Jim Sudderth relax
The
was in
of the
on Main Street.
building, and the car
on up the
where
every
in the
was
to say
and
and
dimensions.
Mr. Craig was
the
due only to the fact
he
the
to
The Bank and
the
and
did not
the vandals. Each in turn got the
of the
which left ruin in its
The car
on out to the
Road,
no
at
It
discovered when
that the
the powder
of the
the
town,
being a lot of it missing.178
A
Christmas,
but
the
will traditionally
with the
celebration.
A
A
of
fire of 1923 only
foundations.
a
the 1930s as a tough
her briefly, but she
the
in
her. Even dynamite couldn't
to
the 30s
of unique
town.
the
her
of
Beauty and commerce mingle on
Main Street /n 1933.
�STARTING A NEW CENTURY/Page 47
NOTES
1.
Democrat, May 16, 1901
2. Watauga Democrat, May 7, 1891
3. Watauga Democrat, November 7, 1895
4.
Democrat, June 11, 1896 and May 19, 1898
5.
Democrat, July 14, 1927
6. Watauga Democrat, December 17, 1914
7.
Democrat, June 27, 1895
8.
Democrat, May 25, 1899
9. Watauga Democrat, May 16, 1901
10.
Democrat , May 19, 1904
11.
Democrat, July 4, 1907
12.
Democrat, July 20, 1899
13.
Democrat, July 18, 1901
14. Van Noppen, Ina W. and John J. Western North Carolina Since the Civil War. Boone, NC; The Appalachian Consortium
1973,
15. Lenoir News-Topic, April 29, 1910
16. Watauga Democrat, November 30, 1922
17. Barringer,
Osmond.
"An
Automobile
Trip
to
Blowing
Rock",
in
Country
Life
Magazine,
June
1909,
18. Hickory Daily Record, January 12, 1968
19. Watauga Democrat, August 21, 1913
20.
Democrat, October 22, 1891
21. Arthur, John Preston. A History of Watauga County.
22. Watauga Democrat,
25, 1910
23. Watauga Democrat , December 13, 1911
24. Watauga Democrat , February 24, 1916
25.
Democrat, July 28, 1927
26. Watauga Democrat , October 27, 1927
27. Watauga Democrat, April 10, 1913
28.
Democrat, July 24, 1913
29. Watauga Democrat, July 8, 1897
30.
Democrat,
22, 1901
31.
Democrat, July 19, 1916
32. Interview with Carrie M. Buxton July 16, 1987
33. Town Council minutes, January 9, 1926
34.
Democrat, July 21, 1927
35.
Democrat, July 28, 1927
36. Watauga Democrat, November 18, 1926
37. Watauga Democrat, April 15, 1915
S.C.: Southern Historical Press. 1976 (Reprint of 1915 edition), p. 157.
pp
199-200.
�II
38.
Democrat, August 8, 1912
39.
Democrat , April 15, 1915
40.
Democrat,
41. Town Council
22, 1915
October 6, 1919 and October 31, 1921
42.
Democrat,
18, 1926
43.
Democrat, November 4, 1926
44. Van Noppen op. dr., pp. 110-111
45. Town Council
May 26, 1912 and May 24, 1913
46. Town Council Minutes, October 9, 1913
47. Town Council Minutes, February 23, 1914
48. Town Council Minutes, March 16, 1914
49. Town Council Minutes,
25, 1914
50. Town Council Minutes, April 6, 1914
51. Town Ordinances in Minute
May (?) 1917
52. Town Council Munutes, June 1, 1926
53.
Democrat, February 4, 1915
54. Town Council Minutes, February 1, 1920 and April 9, 1920
55.
Democrat,
8, 1919
56.
Democrat , November 4, 1926
57.
Democrat, January 26, 1972
58. Watauga Democrat, November 4, 1926
59.
Democrat, March 6, 1924
60. Charlotte Observer, July 13, 1919
61. Watauga Democrat, September 13, 1923
62. "1923 Fire Almost Destroys Community"Tfie Blowing Rock Story. Page 12.
Mrs. Robbins"T/ie
63. "A Visit
64.
Democrat, October 18, 1923
65.
Democrat, March 20, 1924
66.
Democrat,
67.
Democrat, April 30, 1916
68.
Democrat,
69.
Story. Page 29.
Democrat, December 16, 1926
11, 1919 and Town Council Minutes, November 17, 1924
24, 1976
70. Watauga Democrat, December 23,
71. Town Council Minutes, May 16, 1929
72. Town Council Minutes, March 30, 1914
73. Town Council Minutes, May 19, 1923
74. Town Council
75. Watauga Democrat, July 8, 1909, September 22, 1910, and September 14, 1911
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76. Watauga Democrat, September 24, 1926
77. Interview with Wade Brown, July 13, 1987
78.
Democrat, July 22, 1926
79. The Blowing Rocket, October 25, 1963
80. Watauga Democrat, December 17, 1914
81. Interview with Lena Robbins July 16, 1987
82. Interview with John Christian Berhardt July 1, 1987 and newspaper accounts.
83.
Democrat, February 22, 1912
84.
Democrat, September 23, 1909
85. Interview with J.C
July 1, 1987
86.
Watauga Democrat, January 18, 1917
87.
Democrat, August 27, 1925
88. Watauga Democrat, January 8, 1920
89.
Democrat, May 20, 1926
90. The Blowing Rocket, October 25, 1963
91. Warner, Anne. Traditional American Folk Songs. Syracuse NY: Syracuse University
92.
Democrat, October 24, 1907
93.
Democrat,
94.
1984. pp 310-311.
Democrat, October 17, 1907
95. Frome, Michael.
96.
18, 1926
in High Places: The Story of the Great Smokey Mountains. Garden City NY:
and Company. 1966. p 179.
Democrat, November 13, 1924
97. The Charlotte Observer, July 5, 1924
98. The
Rocket, June 17, 1933
99. Interview with Hugh Morton June 23, 1987 and Watauga Democrat February 16, 1928 and
100. The
20, 1926
Rocket, July 6, 1933 and September 2, 1933
101. Asheville Citizen, January 31, 1943
102. Hickory
Record, June 15, 1972
103. Watauga Democrat, January 23, 1913
104.
Democrat, July 13, 1899
105. Watauga Democrat, November 24, 1910
106. Watauga Democrat, January 6, 1916
107.
Democrat, June 26, 1916
108.
Democrat, March 28, 1912 An excellent
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press. 1984.
109.
Democrat, January 16, 1913
110.
Democrat,
account of Masonry is found in: Dumenil, Lynn.
26, 1903, January 23, 1913, and January 16, 191
111. W^tauga Democrat, January 16, 1913
112.
Democrat, February 12, 1914
and American Culture 18804930.
�113.
Democrat, November 5, 1903
114.
Democrat, January 30, 1908
115.
Democrat, January 30,
116. Letter from Alice Wood in Community Club Files.
117. The
Rocket, July 22, 1933
118.
Democrat, September 27, 1928
119.
Democrat, January 24, 1929
120.
Democrat,
15, 1928
121. Letter in Blowing Rock Community Club files, 1934-35.
122. The Blowing Rocket, July 22, 1933 and Community Club
123.
Democrat,
124.
Democrat, February 23, 1928
125. The
10, 1925
Rocket, July 22, 1933
126. Watauga Democrat, November 18, 1915
127. "1914 Clean Up," Blowing Rock Story, 1983, page 17.
128.
Democrat, June 22, 1916
129. Interview with Lena Robbins July 16, 1987 and The Blowing Rocket July 22, 1933
130. Watauga Democrat, July 17, 1913
131.
Democrat, June 13, 1912
132.
Democrat, March 4, 1915
133. Watauga Democrat, June 1, 1916
134. Watauga Democrat, May 24, 1923
135.
Democrat, May 17, 1928
136. "Blowing Rock Country Club: History of Its Golf Course" by David J. Craig, Jr. September/October 1980. Provided courtesy of Mrs. David J. Craig, Jr.
137. Interview with Gwyn Harper, Jr. July 29, 1987
138. Times Gone By by Robert W. Harman: Privately printed. 1973 (?).
139. Lenoir News-Topic, September 8, 1897
140. Watauga Democrat, January 30,
141. Carter, Mary Nelson. North Carolina Sketches, Chicago: AC. McClurg & Co. 1900.
142. Morley,
W. The Carolina Mountains, Boston; The Houghton-Mifflin Company. 1913.
143.
Democrat, April 13, 1916
144.
364.
Democrat, August 28, 1913
145. Watauga Democrat, November 16, 1911
146.
Democrat, May 15, 1902
147. Correspondence in the William
148. Watauga Democrat, August 28, 1924
149.
Democrat, May 4, 1909
150. Watauga Democrat, May 6, 1926
collection, courtesy of Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
�STARTING A NEW CENTURY /Page 51
151. Watauga Democrat, March 21, 1912 and William
152.
Democrat, July 7, 1910 and July 1, 1915
153.
Collection, loc. cit.
Democrat, July 19, 1916
154. "Blowing Rock Memories" by Ruth Vardell and Gaston
155. TTie Blowing Rocket, August 8, 1986
157. Watauga Democrat, August 17, 1916
158.
Democrat, July 19, 1916 and interview with J.C. Bemhardt July 1, 1987
159. Watauga Democrat, December 23, 1915, July 26, 1917, and March 27, 1919
160.
Democrat, August 23, 1917
161. Watauga Democrat, January 10, 1918
162.
Democrat, June 20, 1918
163.
Democrat, July 18, 1918
164. Watauga Democrat, September 12, 1918
165. Watauga Democrat, July 1, 1915
166. Watauga Democrat, November 11, 1915
167.
Democrat, April 3, 1913
168. "1914 Clean-Up," The Blowing Rock Story 1983,
17 (Note: the speech is mistakenly
169. Watauga Democrat, June 5, 1913
170.
Democrat , November 18, 1915
171. Watauga Democrat, December 23, 1915
172. Watauga Democrat, October 26, 1916
173. Town Council Minutes: Ordinances of 1917,
30, 1921, April 19, 1922, and May 15, 1922
174
Democrat, December 7, 1922
175.
Democrat, June 5, 1924, July 24, 1924, and February 12, 1925
176. Watauga Democrat, September 8, 1927
177. Watauga Democrat, November 25, 1926
178. Watauga Democrat, January 1, 1925
as April 1914)
�Page 52 / Chapter 111
�GREAT ESTATES AND PROMINENT PEOPLE/Page 53
CHAPTER III
Great Estates and Prominent People
Ultimately,
the true
of any town, and
vibrant
intriguing
Numerous individuals,
of
contributed to the
of this quaint, but vigorous,
Rock, with its
appeal—its
and
accomplished
of rare individuals,
to it an
and richness. These
and
colorful
Time and
has
the
of
for
to the
its
well-known
of the
are
in this
It is,
all the
in this
It is all the
are at the
of its
"No
has had an
and
of
vitality,
in this Village's
the
an
and
its
the fair
of a
be
so
as
and
is
to the
of
mountains"1
The
a
in the
1900s,
one of the
in
North Carolina^Chetola
Chetola,
of rest"2
the
but all
this
for the
of the
the Village as we
it
The
as Chetola was
in
by Lot
The
Mr.
100
the
of North
for the
of 5
an
on the
Daniel
Trail, the only two
on the
at the
of
a
a
for
the
coach.5
The
of
to the
County's first
Lot
the
a
Greene.6
the Civil War, Len
his
a
of two
a
a
room,7
he
his
it
a
house, the
in the Village. He
a row of
the
to Dr. Chalmers
a
first
the Village
the
of 1884, "Mr.
Mill was the
to
in
100
ago. In
Len
one of the few
on the
for
the
the lat lands" This
was
"Silverlake"
it
for its
The
and
as
Zeb
the
of the
of
Mr,
so
he
to
out on the
to
Not
did
the
rest and
for
it also
the
only
in
and the
to
Church, a
of
who
on the
for 18
and
ran
the mill
the late
this
of
�to
the
of
who
Chief
their com
into
Mr. Church's
not
for
his services, but
would
a
of
he
for
This
of
was
"tolling"
was very
to
in
years.9 During
ice for the community. With no
ice
to
At
you could buy 100
of ice for 10 cents.10
1892, the
their property to William
and his
Susie.11 The
Anniston,
to
and
was
in Hyde Park, New York, the son of an
priest. Dr.
at the
Church in Hyde
William
school with the
New Yorkers (two of whom
the
of Teddy Roosevelt.) William's
the
of
an intellectual who had
of
in China.12
was one of six
Like his
he was an
6 feet tall,
a
of humor.13 Some say he
Grant,
that he
was
as a
to
he was
at
by his
A "born teacher" she
William
to
the Civil War,
the
New York to Virginia
finally
in
Dr.
as
of St. John's
Church
1869
his
in 1894.15
At the age of 17, William
to work in a
in
the
he
16
of the Squibby
Switch Company, a
he
for 30 years.
In 1882, he
Parker, an
of
Duncan T Parker.17 Miss Parker, in
to her
It is
she
charm "18 In 1890, Mrs.
at his
19
the
of the First National
in Anniston, Alabama. Through the
Mr. Stringfellow*s
to
with his tuberculosis
Mrs.
cooler
her husband's health, so she
to
the
known as
Silverlake.20
The
the property Chetola, for
to
"haven of rest"
the
one of the
beautiful private
in
Rock.21
The
villa
an architectural
it
the
of
The
a simple four-room home,
greatly
a
structure.22 The
eight-bedroom Chateau
or five
a
living
library, den/card room,
an
which
an
pantry
walk-in
all the
done.23 The
oak
which
on the
in
the
floors.24
ceiling
and
and
a
of
the
of its
and the
the villa
the
at bay.25 Chetola was one
of the few
at the
to
electricity.26 The
an
which ran
a
the
was
the
a
was
in a
or in the kitchen,
into the
as
1912, the
villa
/ • 1.1 • L L • w • D i u
was lighted by acetylene & J but eventually electricity was
gas,
c . „ , C - ^ H
Susie Parker Strmgrellow (right) with her sisters Minnie Parker Hegemeyer
o
/
/
;
j
fcenterj and
FarJcer Noble
by
the mill.28
�GREAT ESTATES AND PROMINENT PEOPLE/Page 55
Mr.
the
and had
in horticulture
The Stringfellow touch can be
in a
of
he
a
of
not
to
North Carolina.29 He
the mill
in
it
with the
trout in the
The
fill the 7-acre
into the
to the
Mississippi.30 The
was
a
with the
of
r
Rock. Swimming
the
the
"~ ""
** "
". .
ice
was
in the ' """ '
' , '*^H^^- •
winter.31 In
to the
Stringfellow built a
house,
home,
stable.32
The
lavishly,
for
One of Mr. Stringfellow's
was Elliott
the
who
had a
in
Rock.33
It is
the
of
both
living in
Ferry, Virginia. Mr. Stringfellow's
at the
Church in
Ferry during the Civil War
Mr. Daingerfield^s
in
Ferry at this time.34
her
in
"during
the
era,
the
lanterns,"35 and Chalmers
Davidson
the
of
Mrs. Stringfellow,36
While the
Rock's
to
they
very
in the
Rock
Church, The Church of the Holy Spirit.37
Mrs.
a Sunday
of the church.38
no children of her own,
she took a
in the
of
a
to help
children
of the area.39
willing to
to
in need.40 Both Mr.
Mrs.
for the
of
County
to
as the
Cross
the
County
fed the "unfortunates" of
the
1900s.41 In
a
School
Association,
with
the
the
Civic
the
of the
Fire Girls.42
The Stringfellows1
in the
of the
a
of their life
In
43
1914, they
the
Scout Troop, which
at Chetola. In 1916, they
money to convert a
of the
of the public
a
for the youth.44 In 1918, Mr.
45
all
five
each.
the
was not
by
in the
in
it was
An
in
the
in 1916
"...it is
to say,
of
not
with the
they
to
...most of
for the uplift
of the
as a
yet
to do for us what,
we are
to do for ourselves"46
As
William
a
for life
to the
he
his
of
with
In 1917, he
a
to the
to
"You
too
the
of our
the
onions, both of which,
will
in
County
47
any
in the
I
of"
a
�In the
1900s,
felt a
County was
not
by
or
Mr,
to
the County
and
in
the
He was a
of the
County
in 1917
a
in
in
oil to
Mr.
was a
of his
The
this
"I
it
be a
48
County
any oil or
else on our
trails."
As the
the
he was
to be
49
"cured" of tuberculosis.
to build a
Church in
to thank,
God for
her
The
for the Church in 1918,
Mrs.
the
of her
on
7, 1920
Bright^
a condition
which she
for
years.50 William
the
of the Church,
a
to his
The rock
on the church
by
The
has
it
to lay the
in the
of the
a
which
him.
At
the
was
the
doing
as
it is
"borrowed" a
the
the
say the
of the
Church is a
rock!51
The
by
W.
of the
Court, in
to Mrs.
are
on a
the
"She was an
of the
a lover of the
a
of the right, a foe to
a
of
she found
it:"52
Upon her
left $1000 to the
to
County citizens,53 The
P.
Church was
on
7, 1921 by
J. M.
54
Homer. Thanks to Mrs.
will, and to
of her
the
of
Rock
a
church in which to
In 1919, due to his
sold Chetola to the
of
North Carolina. The Holts,
the
for less
the
in 1923
to Charlottean,
L.
the
of
has it
Mr.
the
"Had-er-way"
it
his
Ernestine, who
him to
the property.55
Ms. Annie
in her
jRodt,
the
when
by
the
�AND
is a
of
a
art; an
as a
of
to the
The
he is
to its
are like a bit of
to part.56
57
fair, the
a
in
in 1925, While
a
so
was for sale,57
the
Mr.
to
of its
its
He
a
of his
to the
its
Luther
truly a
He
on a
in the
of the
Valley,
in 1873, He was the
of
the son of the late
William
He was
his
in
of an
his
in
a
his
He
the Wickliffe Rectory School but
to
to the
to
with his
He
as he
to say, "My
go on
get the
of a
but felt
too
a young man.1*60
He
in
County
with his
the age of 2?,
Mr. J. T. Lupton, a
in
the Coca-Cola
girl
to
to
to
the Coca-Cola
Mr.
in
for a
to
for the
to
in
field,62
Luther
was a
his
his
the
to
the south.63 They
to
to
64
but Mr.
Charlotte, North Carolina,
in 1895.
he
say
he
it was
the
in
the
in
"I
65
if I did not
in this
I
go
to the
or
to Atlanta,"
In 1902,
J. T,
a
in
$3,000
$500 he had
in
$1,000 to
his
In
of the
he
with the
he
J. T7s
Crisman.
67
Virginia,
her
a
store.
the city
in a
Coca-Cola to
the
and
The
was
but the
in
a
for the
the
With his
he
ten
for the
In 1926,
like so
she
to live
his
in the
�Page 58 /
III
of the Carolinas "68 As
as he was in
Mr.
lost
of the
on
to him^his
He
six
Luther, and
and
for
and his wife.69 He
his
to be a
of his
as well,
the Coca-Cola
a
his
son
sons-in70
law joined the firm.
To
the
of Charlotte, Mr.
his
to
for the
The
as Asheville,
and
Crest.
Then one
the
the
Village of
Rock.
in love
the
its
and its
this was
he
the rest of his summers.71 Thus, in 1926, Luther
and his wife
the
as "Had-er-way" and
it Chetola.72
Mr.
of the
for the sum of $36,000.73 He
the
to 169
in its
In 1928, he
the mill,
the
the old
a
rock structure.75
the top of the
he
a
his
"T"
day to and
the Village.76 At
his
the
it was
to
the
the
in 1935, he built a much
of the "Big House" a
he and
on winter
to
or to
business. The
of his
in
the
in wood. He
this
it
his
to Mrs. Snyder^s CJietola.77
As his
began
own families, he built
a
on the
so
be
to
and
in the
of the Village. The
the
of Mr.
Mrs.
Christine,
Jr. and Luke. In 1932, he
a
for his
These
Mr. and
and
Caroline
Mr.
Mrs.
Anne,
Chris. This
was
unique; Mr.
his dry wit,
both
exactly
the duplex
»-• i • *••-< y •
"Twinola" The W.B. Garrison house was built
in 1938 for the Garrisons
Billy,
Snyder,
Lee.
Each
in May, the
would
the
Lenoir,
with them
cooks,
on the
a
for
employees.78
was a
for
and
Mr.
the
first
79
a
alley.
the
on the
H. Cone
was
a
the
Mr.
his
the
in Chetola
to be the
in the
The
to see who could
the
fish.80
on Mr.
the
a
on the
lawn. It was
one of the big
of the
81
no one
to
it.
Among the
of Chetola
the huge,
flower
Only
with her
of
Arbors,
ivy,
on
the
of
phlox,
In
of the "Big House" was a
bed
Iris
with
in
colors.83
be
on to
as the "Coca-Cola
�/ Page 59
in the
with
of wa
also
an old
and
and
she
a
She was not
her
to
a
at
and an
for the
Pe°pl^ You
of the
the
she was like the
for the
family.86
of
for its
it was a
his
his
Iva,
his son
for Mr,
by the
to
for the
Church
his
the
of
to
at
The
in
to
a
to use
was
or
on the
Mr.
his son
for the
His
to the
in the
has it
was
a
for
the
for
his
of
to toss
not
to be of any
was
a
in
the
the
and the
the
to
in the
in
a
in 1948,
to the
W.C.
of Charlotte,
in 195L91
to
his
195?
at the age
he
He left
to his
it
in the
a a n
1972
it
sold.93 As in
i i &
for
the
Mr.
in 1940.90 He was a
but his
and
his
in the
the
he
a
to
the
is
321/Business. He
the
50
an
an
at the
It
of his
to
the people of
not
his help.94 He
the
to work
95
the
on the Estate. At a
to
for
Luther
He
in
the
Church.
his
to the
in his
by the
family.96
As
in this
the
1900s,
of the day
to
the
felt a
to
for the
community.97 In 1946, he
of
the
Rock Community Center.
on
the
a
for
to go for
a
It
a
of worship,98 For
the
a
Center.99
an
of the
this
to the
"for the
for civic
for
of
distress"100
A
and an
of the
and
the
its
and
To this
the J.L
is
to the
14
of
As
of
he
by an
to
the
tO
of
J
good
F L
Luther C J
Tate
- L i ^ r
L/-
/IA»»X
F
/- »
Gofer
^ Lloyd
r i ^
�Page 60 / Chapter III
as the
Cross, Boy Scouts,
Community Club.103
the
of the
Rock
Country Club,
of
on
He was the Club's
president.104
In Charlotte,
as
of the Chamber of Commerce "during
of the
of
the
and was a
for
the YMCA and
Army,105 He was
of the
and
in Charlotte,
of the Cannon Airport
and
Chairman of the
Life
Company of Charlotte.106 He was a
and life
of Myers
Church,
107
a
still
in his honor.
Early in his
Mr. Snyder
in
local
which "bolstered the
life of the
108
community
rolls" He
"this policy has
a
one,
that
a community
in
community"109
His
was a
not only to his family, but to
who
him. His
and
will
be
It is
a
to
a
Daingerfield
Of the
who found solitude,
in the tiny
of
Rock, the
Elliott
His
in
of the
in
country,
the
in New "fork
the National Gallery in Washington.110
Elliott
born in
Ferry, Virginia, on March 26, 1859.111 He
a
of an
who
to Virginia
in the 17th Century, the son of Captain John Elliott
Wickham De
Daingerfield,112 He
a
of North Carolina
the Civil War
his
by General
E. Lee, to command the
in Fayetteville.113 He
his
in the
House,
Lafayette visited in 1825.114 Young Elliott
his
as a
one
his
Archie,
a box of watercolors.115 One of his first
was
at the age of twelve. Entitled "Girl With a Rabbit," the
pronounced "quite perceptive" for
so young,116
Determined to
all he could about art, Elliott
with a local
with Mrs. William
MacKay, a painter,
in the Chinese style.117 He
that if he
to
to be a
he
to
Fayetteville. To
and instruction, he
an
for six months in Norfolk, Virginia.118
Elliott
a child in the
the Civil War
up during the Reconstruction Period. He
proud of his
if he
to
the
on
he would
to
in
119
to view his childhood
his
objectively. So, at the age of 21, with only a few
to his
he
for New York City.120 In order to support himself, he
a job
Christmas
but
found
he
not
for
type of employment.121 Within a month, he
an
to Walter
a
of the National
of Design. Elliott
for
out
and
up the
Mr.
In
for his services, Elliott
instruction
his
to
every
the first class.122 It
he
boy to instructor.123
was obvious. Within a
of
in New York, not only did he rise to "instructor"
in a very well-known
but he sold his first picture, "The
a
of Wine" for $150.124
In 1884, he left the
with Mr.
the
American
this
was a
point in Elliott's
the
Mr.
tell art connoisseurs who
to
a
him, "There is a young
up the
me. Go buy a
him" The two
until Mr.
in 1894.125
In 1884, Elliott
French, a
of
French of Wilmington,
126
North Carolina. He
his
to New York. The
winter, he
very ill
this
disease.127 On
from his doctor, he
to
to
128
a
could
and
for $15 a month. The
up the
in a
was
and
but
well
it. According to Mr.
"I
the
and
�AND
has
of wonders. It
in the
in his
In 1891, Mr.
The
like
itself!"129
of North Carolina"130
to
to
he was to
his New York
to
of the
"The
for the
50
the
to the
19th Century.
his
at
61
of my
of West Fifty-fifth
the Holbein
like the
houses.131 He was
in the
York art
This
1891,
joy
his
child. The
was not to
his
his
in 1892
a
"The Mothers"132
Three
in 1895,
at the
in
Mr.
fell in
of Louisville, Kentucky, the
of
Grainger.133
"a
beauty"
a
face." To Elliott,
her
"like
a
incarnated!1134
one
two
if it
"physical
It
it instantly"135
was to
her
in 1896,
a
"Madonna
Child" The
for $1,000 to Mr.
of Metropolitan
136
Life
and was the
of his
to be
in
Rock, The
was
on the
of the
of TJie Churchman.
of the
the United
As a
of the
of
as a
He was to
in the
"The Child of Mary," "The
Holy Family"
"The
of
the
Clark
in 1902.137
a
a
to
his
by
the Gospels."138 He
for
"art is the
out of God
by which
the
are the
of the spirit."139
day
to
he
in
of a
in his
140
prayed.
In 1902, he
a
of
for the
of
the
in
City.
141
his
for the
of
Ann.
the
1900s,
was
with his
life.
to
two
Gwendolyn,
the
felt
he
he
His
this period
his
In 1900, the
"Windwood"
in
on
-Drive, the
in
of Mr.
in "High Noon"
the "Grape Arbor"143 The
by
is
on
St. Mary^s of the Hills
Church
is
by
as the
Cottage "
The
very
in the
at
home.144 In
Mr.
for his
of the art
at
at the
this home.145
In 1911,
by the
Fe
to
the
Canyon.146 For a
he
his
to
to
this
The
he
to be
for
to
to
by rail to see the
An
in
a
by the
of
she
"marry an
will
for
two
will be a
in the
the
a big red
in the
The
was
for Mr.
the red
the
Canyon. With
Blind Jenny's
147
was at last fulfilled.
As
his
to
He
to
"What
�do
friends?"
was
to do for
and
his
William
to
a
for the
Church,
which at the
was
he
to
on
was to
a
In 1918,
the
Church
he
his
and
it
Hills "149 The
a
which
"on the
of the
the
the
at
If her
is in
the
will be
a
if in
the
will be full of
want."150 The
in the
Anna Grainger Daingerfield with daughters Marjorie and Gwendolyn on
the
of "Windwood".
"comes in
out of the
the
of a
sun.
the
a
lily of purity. The
of the
to
is fairly
with the
of The
Dawn,
one of the
her robe. Life
light,
a miracle of beauty, follow her coming. Rhododendron
of color
her, while all the
of the
at her
It is truly the
of the Hills1 of
who
the
on the
day of
— the
blossom."151
One arm
a
which the
of
of
to the
say that if a
of
is
the
neck, the
will
40
but if the
will be
and
of sunshine.152
of Mr.
are
in the
the
are all
to
One look at the
the
is
local.153 Mr.
was
the
of "The
of the Hills," but no one
to
its
When
154
he got the
for
picture,
"On my knees"
In honor of Elliott
his gift,
Susie P. Stringfellow Memorial Church
St. Mary's
155
of the Hills. Today,
by the Church
to
the
are
by the way
in
it
the
of the Blowing Rock area.156
No
is
in
the
say
he
at "Windwood" on
Drive;
the
in his
at "Westglow"
in 1917. A
in
as a
at "Windwood,"
to
as the
unfolded.157 However,
"The
the
for the
are nothing
of a
of the
the front
of his
home." The
the
is
to is "Westglow"158
"The Madonna of
the Hills" in 1916, it
be
the
was
at 'Windwood'
at "Westglow."
In 1916,
his
"Westglow" a
the
with a
of
Mountain.159 The
ison the
The
was
_ . f, .,,
, „_, ,
_,__ „.„ „. St. Mary, s^rT,The
.
Damgerneld s masterpiece Madonna Of The Hills in c A
Of L
for the
which Elliott
H///S
CAurc/i
�AND
as "never
"Westglow"
the
the
of Elliott
through
five
was
/ Page 63
clouds, or mists"160
was
in the
a kitchen,
parlor.161 When
by
162
by the
artist. In the
hall
by
the
Other
in the
Governor Winthrop
a
his home.164 The two-story
They
by
to the
of the
an
DaingerfielcPs
for
so
in
of the
up the
by
The
and
165
by a
architect.
"Westglow"
its
32-volt light
but no
of electricity.
to
and the
heat,166
These
for the
167
to
in
of
fires. The
was
in 1917 by
and
J. Lee
for a
of $20,00d168
The
was
a
as a
On the
was a
The
and his
u
i
/•
1 . r
•
i
/• i
i i
f
i
T\ •
f« 1 1
to
in
of the
for the
family, but "Westglow"
a
Estate,170
of the
was
as
Rock
Show.171
at "Westglow"
an
and
the Village. On the day of the
of
and
in Louisville,
in her
of
the day
one of
"Some
for
JVew K»rJc
on a
of course. No one
tea at
left
the
so he
our very
at us and
to the
in triumph with a
she
with a flourish to all of the
Nobody accepted"172
"Westglow" under construction
to
in the 1923
for
New York
a
Rock, a
by to see us. Wfe
tea
Daddy
we
to
in.
her
long,
which
During the
at the
of
his
to
to
the
in the
built
The
ladies"
"there
a
In an
of the
in
in
as
and
of
in the
of
174
galleries.
"Westglow" was
a
of the
and
was a
of
and
cuttings.175
his
is
the area
out
for
to
a
He
a
the
of his
in
of his
In the
of his
"When the
out on
a cloth. They
off the
and
a
and
it
May."176
In 1924, Mr.
for the
to
the
In the
of
"paintin*
Blue."173
a
at
of its
the
to
as
with a
French,
—
was
it was
his
he was so
�his
in 1932, at the age of 73,
The
a
to the
a
he
the
for
a
as his
two
Elliott
which he
recovered.177 He
and
was
at St. Mary's of the Hills.179
by his
Gwendolyn. Anna
her
at his
in
in
is
Fayetteville.180
Gwendolyn, the
of the
children,
on
22, 1904. She
School in
York City
in
Virginia,
her
on
which,
the
her
her
and
to
the
to
a
in her
but she
to
her
to
for her
her
her
an
life
in
York and
In
she
her
by
the
New York to
by
Elliott Daingerfield poses with a group of admiring students.
to
for the
to The Rock,'
by
of
and
for the
Gwen, as she was
to her
of all
was a vivid,
These
her
humor,
to her
in
in
Her
in
Rock. Every
she
her
Marjorie,
a big
on the
of "Westglow" which was
to
by a
of friends"
was
she
a
and
at
Jay
was an "indomitable,
for her nerve,
182
humor" She was
as an
and
and
as a
of the Ouija Board!183
at
in
York City, the
of
and the
of Art.184 She
at
University, the
of American
the
of Art, and was for two
of the
of Sculpture at
College.185
She
the
for her
the
for "Appassionate," a
in
An
up
the idea for this
one
in New York City, she was
by a
for
was
by the
It
to
the
the
and sins
since Jezebel."187
to pay this
if she
sit as a
The
and
was
The
was
in the
Gallery
in 1934 and was
at the very first
Art
which was
at the
in 1935, The art
was the
of "several
the
in
Rock."188
In 1952,
and cast the
of Sir
the top of the
Sir
Cup. A
of this
was
by
to
II
Her
to the United
In
for the gift,
a
�AND
/ Page 65
The
of the
annually. The
is
in
at the North Carolina
of History.189 In 1954,
the
to
an
for the Girl
of America.
The
she
was a
to
her, the
girl
As
of the
"girls" (as
by
did
to
in art.
Art
on the
of Patronesses.191 The
Art
was
in 1950, "to
as a
point for
the
in the
to
the
of the
to
for
as
The first
of the
in
and
both
192
girls.
as
for
of the
to
its
The
in
at the time.193
was
Art
of
the
of
of
of
W. C
of
a
late
for
of her
was
Forsyth.194
and
in Charlotte.195
was a
to
a
Ovens, which
in
In 1939,
was
a
of
in the
States.196
One of her
a
Child
"The
in the
of
St.
of the
Church in
a gift
to the community.197
her
was a
of
the
the Pen and
and the
Art Club.198 She also
Fun
of Sculpture. In this
she
an
by the
/
a
Marjorie Daingerfield
and had one
her
TAe
was
in the
/ta/ge
of North Carolina,
a
I
a
for a
a very dim wew of my
He
see 'no
to me
no way/ / had
the two
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cannon
of Concord, full
and life size, and I was
with a
are you
to get
to
York?' 'Well, Hank,' I
Til
to Charlotte and get
two h
fifty
and
a
it and
it
in my car!' He was very
the
and
I did
the
a
with
so
it
like an
out of it, he
That
to get in no car* Hit'll
five
I
big
to carry four
on the
Call in the
'So the
and
on the
juice in all
Finally,
two
car
out the
my
into the
it was
�let tlie gas run all
f
me and
Ladyf I
I
'Well,' I
7
is — it
the
else in M C.
/ set sail down the
trie
/
at a
to get
the
Ae was so
one to go a-sdckinf my
is you got in your
Is it a
of it in that
before, but
burning!'199
Of course, / couldn't see out 1117
TAere
/
in tne car. Finally, he
up to
that just
my
but
you
it, yesf
just
it
H«
H. Cone was the
of
in 185? to
Cone
in
The patriarch, Herman, was a
to
at the age
of 17, finally
in
to
a
dry
In 1871 Moses1
his
to
he
a
his
for the
it
the
It was
on
of
the young
first
the
of
he
to live.
in the south, the
in the
With
initiative,
his
the
of
in the
It was a far cry
as "drummers "
the
on
for dish
had an
to sell The
as Cone Mills,
a direct by-product of
work.
Cone
a
of 36 when he
to buy
of
Rock.
to
the
of the
he
as a
he
to
a
he
to
an
of his
one
be a
of
The 3,516
the
Cone
by
his
a
of 35
the
of the
was
a
period, 18934899.200
in
Rock Township, the
lop
Rich
500
of rolling
Throughout the
rhododendron
mountain
the
the
of nearby
Mountain.
The
the
Joseph C. Norwood
in
by the
B.
Clarke
The
was
as
and
of
to the
These
included the
William A.
the
B,
hands.201
It was in 1899
the
a very
In the
the Cones
construction of
on this
Oxen
to
20
the
at Lenoir,
on the
to
with the project.202
The Victorian,
20
four
floors. A
Tiffany
the
Manor
a
to the
of the Southern
at the turn-of-the-century.
H.
The
the
�GREAT ESTATES AND PROMINENT PEOPLE/Page 67
to
on the
and with the
Gifford Pinchot, Governor of
Three
of
Whitetail
to
the Estate.203
Consistent with
of
on the
as
as
cows. As a matter-of-fact, the
so
could be
This led to the
of the
"Grade A"
in
204
County.
The Cone
a
in the
of the
Community. The
30
This,
to
the
of 1900,
15-20% of
Flat Top Manor
Rock Township
by the
That portion of the
which
the
the
orchards. This
a
by
Cone to
an
for
to this
on
The
of
300
locations. Sawmill Orchard,
the
just
of the
the
of the
of the
was
In a
by the Country Club, was
By far the
was the China
(so
it was "on the
of the
world"),
just
of
221
its
the
Parkway. All told,
an
10,000
on the
of
twenty
At
of operation,
at
for
the
to the
on the
While the
are no
a
in the
of
County.205
Cone
a
of
at Flat Top Manor,
the
of the Navy
Wilson,
the
of North Carolina,
the
of the
Also,
the
no
of
own,
the
and the
ice
was a
Cone
at the age of 51 on
8, 1908. After her
Cone
the
of the
to
it in a
her
For 39
Mrs. Cone
as a widow-in-mourning,
in 1947 at the
age of 89.206
Cone
A rather
of the
his
other
the
in 1911, to the
of Mrs. Cone
the Cone
By an
on May 30, 1911,
Cone,
of
H. Cone,
3,516
as the
H. Cone
to the
H. Cone
in
North
. Under the
of the
she was to
the
for her
use as
as she
at her
the
of the
place.207 As
the
was to
the
in
with the
of the trust. Any
conditions would
a
of the
to the
of
H. Cone.
It was further
the
H. Cone
Park was to be
as a
for the
To
this, the
be
$10,000
for
on
the
the
of Mrs. Cone in 1947,
it
not be in the
�Page 68 / Chapter III
I
^m^'t^,, ^^r*.
-^*f * ' •«--*E=«ir .%. --"-f-j%~^' w^t.
- .•
. _
'
A segment of t/ie beautiful carriage trails on the
of the
to
a
It was
a
be a
on
The $10,000
would
to
expenses.208
In
to
itself of the
to the
of the 1911
the
a
the North Carolina
Court by which the
Rock
to be
to the
of
to
a
of the
The
the
H. Cone
as a
the
of the
of May 30, 1911. This
on
21, 1949.
On
21, 1949, John A. Wrug,
of the
the
the 21st day
209
1949,
the
H. Cone
to the United
of America.
Julian Price
Park. The
in
to
not only the 4,200
of
just
Rock, but the
for whom the
is
the
who
a
to the people of
Rock.
as the
of Jefferson
Life
Company, but this was only one of his
All
Julian Price as a
builder,
a
in the
of the
South.
Price was
Richmond, Virginia, on November 25, 1867. He was one of six children, the son of Joseph
J. and
Hill Price,210 Growing up on a
the
young
to
211
in
work.
as a
Julian
was
idle. As a
he had
for
he was
of Jefferson
he
by his policy
to hire
he
to be "lazy" In his
"A lazy
A crook, now, has
He
and
you can get the best of him and get
out of him.
you can
a
a
is a
worker. But a lazy man,^every day you
him, you're
your
away"212
as a
and
for
as a
for
Tobacco Company, Price
an
for the
Life
He
213
of $250
$1,000 to
in this
company.
The
for
was
and
he had
convincing
of its
It
long, however,
he was
to
and in 1907 he was
and
manager.214 In 1912, the
Life
Company, Security Life Annuity of Greensboro, and
to
one
Standard.215 Julian
of this new
and in 1914
Vice-President. Two
he was
a
held
28,
when he
and
Chairman
Board.216
his
�AND
/ Page 69
to
As
he
by twenty-fold.217 In 1930, Jefferson
of the Pilot
Company.218
was
one of his
After
WWI, he
a
in the
and in 1930
the
of the
and the
Daily
A/ews. He was
of the Atlantic
in 1930
in
his death.219
Julian Price
an
say
is
to
Rock,220
the
he
saw this
of
and
he
a
it
by the
and
of
Mountains, he
a
for
a
which
to the
the
the
a
with a 300-acre
a
a
hotel221
In 1935, he
1,600
of
Manufacturing, a
which at one
a
in
Rock. Times
not
for
and
Price
was
to be
to sell, he
no
in
the land.222
the
River, just
the
the
has an
The
Fork River, which
is now Price Park,
is
for
a
of the
was
to
a
a
of
by this river
which
his
It is
he
18104817.223
Aldrich (18214905). Ash
Pen Knob, at
is just one of the
Aldrich
his
and
the company's
••*.
"i
Julian Price
The
was
299 on the
of
by the
bear.224
Price
one is in awe of the
of
It's
to
it has not
this way. The
was
for its
by the
William S. Whiting,
the
19124930.225
Whiting
to the
the
was
timber,
chestnut,
hemlock. In the
of the late
a
who
a
of the
the tall
was
"Beat
you
It was the
of
in Carolina. I think Whiting cut thirty
feet
There
six feet
We
out
saw one cut
on
Fork. We
it was a
feet to the first limb"226
When Julian Price
the
it was
by the
as "unimproved
timberland "22? There was virtually
of the
left. Today, the
is
to
to Julian Price and his
the
one day
to
Leroy Wood was an
who
of the Price
He
his
two of their
and Dale,
the "Sims Place"
(18714951) was
a
He
in
his
a
to his
He
try the
out,
it to his
He said
it was
"so
he
go
through hell a-poppin1 and a-crackin?1
Creek,
in Price
colorful mountaineer.228
At one
on the
the
"white-face"
and burley
Five
of
with
Julian Price
to
in the
�Page 70 / Chapter III
said by
to the
to Price
as a
for
the
the
to
and
Service.
try
of
that
of the
the
a
at
on the
still
the
on Shulls Mill
crops.229 His
was
230
in fine cattle"
the
was
the red
the
and
which
as a
231
rangers.
to
one day to his
for it was truly "the
of his eye"232 He
plans to
a
but his
was
He
his
did build a
in the
of
but are not
to
The
still
on the corner of
and
233
Street.
the
his hat or
Price was
in the Village.234
It
a
to
his
two
to
for the
and to
at
His
"my
the view
the
of the
was
in the
Not
(where the
could
it"235
As in the rest of the
of
by the
of Julian Price's untimely
On his
to
with two
and his
he was to
the
on the
of his 300-acre
His car
to
a
curve just
North Wilkesboro.
A
was the
for the
of the
Price was
instantly. No one else in
the car was
injured.236
to
the
of the
to
it
To
Ralph Price
the
to
for a
It was
to the
in 1952 to be
as a
area for all to enjoy.237
It is
at the
Cone
in the
the
Cone
it was
Cone, Sr.,
who
Price to
Weems,
to
the
the land.
construction
of the
was
Price's
on the
the
it
in
of their
of Laurel
he
to
the
and he did.
he
Julian Price
a
contribution to posterity
he
vast
Anyone
has
the
the
Fork Trail, or just driven the Parkway
silently
Julian Price
his
for this gift of
nature. The Julian Price
Park,
in the
of 1960,
as a
tribute to this
citizen.238
Beautiful Price Lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway
J. W. Cannon founded not only Cannon Mills, but
the town of Kannapolis, He laid out the
built the mill,
with 1,200
for his
239
employees. He
to
Rock in the
1900s
built a home on Pinnacle Drive
the
Green
Hotel. This
two-story structure,
its front view of the
Green Park Hotel
its
view overlooking Grandfather Mountain, Mount Mitchell,
Table Rock, Clingman's Dome, Flat Top
the Great
Smokies, has
in the family
since.240
Charles Cannon, born in 1892, was the
child
of J.W. Cannon. He
Fishburne Military
in
�AND
Virginia,
of 29, he
by the
Carolina
he
the
in
but
left to
of Cannon
"He
a
up to Chairman
in 1962, he
241
20,000 workers...."
he was a
boy,
Cannon
his
the 1916
His
to sell
the
/ Page 71
for his
four
it
12
in
In 1921, at the age
6,700
in North
South
He
the
to
he "would
be
again."
But the
did not
Charles Cannon. He
his
a
of
his wife, the
Ruth Coltrane,
William Coltrane, Charles A. Jr.,
Winslow,
Mary Ruth, to
only
World War II. Charles was not the
only child of J.W. Cannon to
in
The
Cannon,
with
Rock. At one
all of J.W/s
in
Rock, Half,
Mr.
Mrs.
Cannon,
in Mayview; the rest built
in the
This
a bit of friendly
rivalry, for
he
in the
of town.242
Cannon as a
and
As TTie
"He was
in
as 'peppery* in
action. When he
to end a
was no
his
but he
be
in
no doubt
his
acumen"243
He was
as a
still living in the 19th Century,
19th Century
possible.244 Charlotte
Golden, in his
l&uVe
of Cannon, "He is the last
of the
of the 20th century.
of his
in the Cannon Mills, he
the
of
in the
William
the
of Jefferson Yoknopatawpha"245
Although in the
1960s
20,000
in the Cannon Mills, Mr. Charlie, (a
to
by
all of
as
to Golden: "He
who has
in the
who has
has just
of
at the
There is no
of Mr. Cannon's
with his
but the
on a tightly
of
which
into the
political, religious,
246
life of the community."
A. Cannon
In the
of his
(Mrs.
"You
he
it if he was
to
up the
summer!" The
to
was less
the
J.W.
the trip by
On the
of the
trip, they
out of
early,
the
car,
the
day?s journey. Around noon they
the
for a picnic lunch.
in the
the
Green Park Hotel, the very
at the top of the mountain, they
they
at
the trip was
it had
in
it was not
without its trials. Mrs.
in
not as
to
the
trip up the Lenoir Mountain.
her
Uncle
car would
The Cannon
would
the car and
to
it
try.247
Like all
the Cannons took
of the
air
beautiful
Mr. Cannon's
was
He
to
on the old country
which
to
which
in his
live
TTie home of/.W. Cannon (left) on Pinnacle Drive in the early
Was the
old Globe
�Page 72
III
The Cannon
of the air
of the
the
for
of
the
Day
for
the
the
the
but
to
to
A
she
Rock, They
on the
by the
of
the
the
of the
The
and
or to the
a
for the
Park, just to see
all
only
It was a
on
of the
to
up to.
Hill,
it
a "great outing." The
on
Every Friday, the children
Annie
to
the
of Mr.
was
Concord for the
When
saw his car
the
a
up the mountain,248
Ruth," as she was
by the community,
her
in
for the
but
it was
to
in
Mr. Cannon
to
on the
so
he
the
which
the top of the
He
to his
not to
a fire on
he
to
off!
Mr.
Mrs.
Cannon
in
the
the
for
"Miss Ruth" was a
of
the
Club
a
in the library.
she
her
on the
at the
was a
few
it has now.249
in
in
for the
250
ribbon.
In
to
the old
Charles
at the
Country
Club,
he
his
Mr. Cannorfs
charity
the
Tufts
Association,
he
on the
of
At the
the
College,
for Children,
the
in
The
A. Cannon, Jr.
is
for his son
was
in
251
War II.
Mrs.
a
of the
Dorothy
"during
Cannon
a
at
the
Mrs. Charles
tea
a
far
of honor. One
Wilson!*252
it
Mrs*
in the Cannon
Clyde
In
of
and
was on the
of the Tryon
in New
of the
the
at her
home.253
For the
the
was the
of the
is
can still
men
of the
at
Mrs. Charles Cannon (left) with Governor Hoey and Ashland Cannon
not only
in the big Mayview
in the other. Although the
her
to
but
to "court"
with all the_
in one
was one of the
to go
for a
says she
and all the
they
�AND
to the
Mrs.
in the
to
the
has
the
so
in
for Children.
for the
it was
at
to
is
the
in
to the
for a
Mayview Manor.254
she was
up, the
boy
the
in
of the
the Cannon
her
the
call
has
/ Page 73
Craig's
This is a
a
this
the
in the
for the
she
her
got to
"It was a
but a
also
to the
a full
all the trimmings.255
of
to
A
in the
began
the
in 1957*
The
of
was
by
Elk,
On
the
the
One of the
$250,000,
charm"
in
is "Greystone Towers"
in 1922 for a
of
256
was the
of
Mebane. The
"money,
in the Village
the f20s
30s,257
was a
of
of the
Cotton
at
Carolina,258 At the
in 1934, he was
of Commerce,259
was
his
had a
a
has it
the
was
to
The
his
to
his
The
was
and
was
in
he
her to
They had one
a
"Randy."260
Jr. fell in
and
was a
of
Rock.261
was a
was
as a
by
the
at the
Gun
Club.
was
of the
to
big
in Alaska.262
Mr.
in 1934, she
as an
the
to the
for
the William
the
Whitneys, the
of the
263
DuPont
But
was her
at "Greystone."
to Dorothy
the
in
Rock, "The
of the
a
of
as
as the
in the
Myraf264
In 1920, the
42
of
on the
in
as "Pinnacle
Crest"
Alexander.265
a
an
who
to
her
a "German-gothic
bathrooms "266 The
for
A
a
of
led to the
Its
off the
the
to one
"Nough to
ole'
it?"
in
the
was
she was not
piece of
was in place.267
Once the
was
the
parties.268
in
There
to be
to
to
to
and
to
On the day
the
to
the
of
the
living
to
for dancing.269
On the
of a
by
and led
a
hall
�Page 74 / Chapter III
16th Century antiques.270 To the
of the
hall was a
Mrs.
entertained drop-in guests. Filled with
magnificent,
plants, the
of the
in the
It
a
view of the
mountains.271
ceiling,
the
French
"Oreystone"
on the walls.274
The
and
of entertainment.272
a
held, and tall
inside. Amidst
invited the mountain
the
animal
Myra's victims.273 Three
the
of which
of
not only for formal dinners, but for family
as well The
for Sir
Kent in England. Myra Mebane often told
the twelve-foot
a
of wood from every country in the world. Italian chairs of the period,
of a
the banquet
an "elaborate, wrought-iron chandelier"
A
of
at
of the room. Next to the dining room
a butlers
the
which
a big
range.275
The
on the
floor,
by a stairway. A balcony overlooking the ballroom
the two
on the
floor.
The
wing,
the
contained two
Another
bedroom, with a
view of the courtyard and
located
the two
the
The left
the
bath, Mrs. Mebane's
room, which
a
Randy^s
bath, which
the bedroom of her French
Only the
of
pure silk
were
in the bedrooms.276 All of the bathrooms
in
tile
all
lavatories.277
The turret,
on the third
floor,
as the poker room. Only men
allowed. Robert
at very
well-known
of the era, including J. P. Duke
Governor Cameron Morrison. According
to Dorothy Summerville, "In
money
plentiful for a
Pe°ple who felt it
to be
wished "
the
were so high, a bank vault
on the floor beneath the turret.
The
and
also
The
had a
and
picture windows
278
which
a
360
view of Grandfather and the surrounding mountains.
was
a coal-fired burner. Electricity
the May view
plant. The
cooks, two housekeepers, two butlers,
a chauffeur,
quarters
the
for
employees.279
the
glamorous, extravagant, alluring,
fascinating. Theirs
certainly an epicurean
to one
"they
it up
lived it up well as
as the money
out."280
They
in
of the
in Blowing Rock. Myra was not an
but she
in the
horse show on Green Hill. According to Dorothy
Summerville, "she had
a 'sorrel,
of sophisticated, show-horse quality. Her participation
to
any
the
show"281
on the course at Green Park. At a time when
50 to 75
cents, he
the young
$1.00 to $2.00 a round and often a $5 tip!282
�AND
/ Page 75
The
the
a
of how the
of the
Rock. He eventually
the car to
to get It out of his
The
one of the
electric,
pianos.283
The old
that "he who has but
penny
has no
for a purse"
to the
Their
its toll An
in the
in 1928
Mr.
was
in
to the Hunter
of
Suit
was
Mr,
to
the
He
"Greystone*' as one
in
the
to his
children.284
to Mrs.
"the
was a
was
Myra no
a
was
of her
collection."285
Precisely how the
was lost is unknown.
it was the
286
in 1934, all of Myra's
was
by piece. She did
she
to
on to
an
in
out her
to
say this is
287
Julian Price
on his first visit to the area. Around 1937, Myra
at
Greystone. The
of
allowed
limited
An
in the The
this
"Let
at
do your worrying! LuncheonsTeas-Dinners,"288 In 1938, Greystone
to the
for the
given at an
of 50
per person.289 In
she
the
of the
Blowing Rock Country Club when it
in 1941.
Mrs,
to
on to her
1948,
it was
by a
known as The American Corporation.290 The Corporation
of
Mr. Thomas
Shelton, a
as
The
$150,000 on
the
The coal-fired burner
with an
the
In an
to
the interior,
in
green.291
To the
folks, Shelton was
an
He
to
to
in the
ice.
to his son, he "displayed
of the
can
in a
man"292
did not
When the
he
his own life on the
of Greystone.293
to
The Broyhill
the "gateway" to
and
is as familiar to the
of
as is
Lenoir,
Rock,
as the
city
from
the
a
and
this
philanthropic
continuously
the
Broyhill
born on June 1, 1850, at
in Wilkes County. In 1876, he
a young
his junior,
Parsons,
a
of Wilkes County. A
she
to
child, Thomas Hamilton Broyhill, born April 2, 1877. After his birth,
and
the
Knob
of Wilkes County to a
at the
of the
Lenoir
Wilkesboro. Although
children
not. Thomas
by
in 1879,
John in 1881,
in 1885,
in 1886, Isaac
in 1889,
in 1894, and
in
During the late 1800s and early 1900s,
so
was not
a
but
an
children
to
in the
or in the
of the
of
work. While their
in the mill
for the
the
at
on the farm. The
contributed to the
by
the
in
and
All
school in a one-room, one-teacher schoolhouse,
only a
The
only
s r n
the winter months. It
in the spring so
the
P i g planting,
for a month or
in
or
again in
the
season.296
Thomas, as the
was the
to
He was a
for
In the 1890s, he
�Page
3^1"; ~™ "
^' ' ,\
"l If ^"' :
^"^"
, L . .'
'...--,." .
•
for the
by
to the
to be
up
to the market.297 In 1900, he
his
sawmill,
the
to all
of the United
where it
to build
furniture
As
for
cutting
the
:.-:;.: .-:::
;j
Coffin Company
him four
:
~
V-ll
interest in
company.298 This was just
:
r,
" ~~= :
to
his
for the
industry.
He eventually
his own
in
of the county. When he
he and
a
"\
and
120
of
in the
Furniture
Coffin
roy i
Company,299 With
he
the
in the company
the
to the Lenoir Furniture Company. • Mr.
T. H, Broyhill, as he was
by his
the
it on the
to
He
out
of his
the primary
of the
Tom's
in the Broyhill
of today.300
For 50
Thomas
was a much
in Lenoir. He
to
his
the
a
fortune.301 He
his wife, the
Powell,
children—Otis, Lillie, Ted, and Ethel The
as
happy,
humorous.302
In
to the
industry, Tom BroyhilPs other
was real
According to
who
he
to buy, but he didrft like to sell. This reluctance,
did not
for
civic
community
projects. Broyhill Park,
in Lenoir, is
of his benevolence.303
it was Tom
the family to the furniture industry, it was his
brother, Ed,
who
one of the
in North Carolina as well as in the
States.304
When Tom
stock in the Kent Factory in 1912, he convinced Ed that "a man could reach out from
the hill country of Wilkes County
find
for himself" To his
brother, "Tom Broyhill
a
a
of
whom
respected "305 Ed
he too
to
the
in
of other opportunities, but first he
an education. In 1913, at the age of 21,
he left his
to
the Appalachian Training School in
(now
University).306
At this
the
School was a state-run
school,
a
school
for
Tuition at the
was
by the
of North Carolina, but the
to
307
pay
a
board. The
young
thirty-five
to the school,
on
with the
of five
in his pocket.308 He was
no
his
so, in
to pay for the tuition, he
his own
in
for a haircut
ten
for a
His
as a barber
only a few months, but
would
him. He
set up
on the lower floor of his dormitory
for
309
faculty. This
not
at
he
to borrow
his
Tom, Ed
the
at
jobs,
so
he
to
in the fall.310
While
as a
Ed met a
Hartley Hunt. Mr. Hunt
he
a
was
of
her to Appalachian. Ed
he could not go wrong
his
to such
a
In the fall of 1914,
Hunt
at the Training School. Shortly
she
Ed Broyhill whom,
enough, she would eventually marry.311
When she
at the Training School, she
only 15
old. Her well-rounded
included Latin
the
�AND
/ Page 77
pi^nOf and voice.
to
to
she
in
area.312 In 1918, she left
to
the North Carolina
313
College for Women,
the University of North
at Greensboro.
Ed
his
In 1917,
his
and
at the
he was drafted.314
a
at Camp
in South
for
he was
to the 20th
in
D. C. He was
he was
as
While he was
at Walter
he
a
which he would
say
him
the
— he
to type.315 In 1918, Ed
the
going home, he
a
in Greensboro, at the North Carolina
for Women,
to
to
him.316
In 1919, Ed
to
for his brother, at the Lenoir Furniture Company. Ed
the
a paycheck. At the
of the
Tom
a $1,800
for his
With
he
one
in his
company.317
In 1921,
Ed
They
Allene,
and
all
the
and
and
the community.318
They
up in the "typical
the
tree
playing cowboys"319 Ed
role in the
was
of
but
to
author of Ed Broyhilf s biography, Anvil of Adversity ^ "his
far
the
of
to
the
or
the filet. It
to
a
in which
him
can
and spiritually."320 J.E.
"God
us on an Anvil
of Adversity for a
only to Him. That is the way He
us for life."321
By 1923, Ed
in
of
for the
all for $150 a month. On the
he
in
to
to
buy his own company.322 In 1926, he
the
to go
for
with Tom, Ed
his
for $5,000
the Lenoir Chair Company.323
to
"in
months the Broyhill office, which
is
with
devices,
but the
ran
an
of fuss
red
It
a
for
a
a
a
a
an
machine"324
the
to
the
the
continued to
When the
to
for
with scrip,
"a
for
in the
of a
to pay later" During the 30s, Tom
Ed
which
of the
In 1937,
Tom
to
giving the
of
the
to
his
Ed. His
in
can be
to the
of his
According to
"No
Ed BroyhilFs employ
did
for it. He
a
for
a
for his
Ed Broyhill
as
"Thousands of books
on
to
but
is as
as the Bible."325
Not only did the
a
role in the
of the
in North Carolina,
a
in the
of
Rock. As
as 1928, Tom Broyhill
of the
Mayview
Mr. Broyhill
his
friend, Mr. Charles Hayworth, to a
on the
of
Park. When Hayworth
a bid on the
property, Tom Broyhill felt
his
was
in
his
and
"111
In 1930,
the
to Mr.
M.
of Volusia County, Florida,
as
of
of the
in the
was
Mr.
at the
the
in 1966.
It is
to
in 1929,
the
of Mr. Hayworth,
a
to
Grover
"that he
Mrs.
of
Point
on the
(Mayview)
if the
the
it
a park" A
by Mayor
to
on
for
out the
but for
the
was
developed.326
Tom
on
19, 1955. He had
the sole
in 1935 and his will
English,
�Page 78/Chapter III
the
his death. According to Chuck Ketchie, who conducted an
of the
"Mrs*
R Broyhill
the
the
in
her
last will—she
only that portion which included her as
this
she
to her
charity" The
of the
to
University,
to
her
portion.327
In 1952, Ed,
in his
the Green
Hotel According to
"his
by the
in
at the Southern Furniture Market
the
of
for buyers " Under Ed*s ownership, the Green Park Hotel
completely
and its
Ed
of the
at
"summer"
on Wonderland Trail in
Rock,
The
the
which
the Linville
was
to
the
on top of the world"328
with the 30-minute
329
to
Ed
at
by 8:30 a.m.
the
week, His two
gin
to
Ed
in the
of several
330
the one at
Rock.
As
of the
Party, Ed Broyhill
with
in the country. His
in
his
in
the future of the nation. He
as
Wherry,
Taft, Carroll
Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon,
On
the Broyhills
at
in
331
Rock.
Carolina, Ed
to churches, hospitals, universities, and community
At
University two buildings are
in honor of him
his wife,
on the ASU
of Trustees
1957 to 1965.332
to
"most
— she is
giving of
— she
to tire;
— she is
in
— she is
doing something for someone" Satie loved
Rock
the perfect
for her to pursue
interests. According
to her
Allene, "If
was
at the Green
Hotel who had not
Blowing Rock, Mother
up
the
tour."333
—
was to be
10
�GREAT ESTATES AND PROMINENT PEOPLE/Page 79
NOTES
1. Chetola Travel Brochure, Compiled and printed by Queen City Printing Company, Charlotte (located at The Blowing Rocket Office).
2. Interviews with George Snyder, eldest son of James Luther Snyder on September 11, Sept. 16 and Oct. 15, 1987.
3. Interview with George Snyder and The Blowing Rocket, June 29, 1984, p.9.
4. Interview with George Snyder,
5. "Chetola
— A Haven of Peace Reborn for Many" — an article found in the Appalachian Collection, Appalachian
unknown.
University, author
6. Arthur, John Preston. History of Watauga County, North Carolina. Richmond: Everett Waddey Co., 1915.
7. Interview with George Snyder.
8. Chalmers Gascon Davidson, "Old Blowing Rock As Our Family Knew It." TTie Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p.70.
9. Interview with Luther Church
his Mother, Neola on Sept. 14, 1987,
10. Interview with Fred Mays on August 12, 1987.
11. Interview with George Snyder.
12. Interview with Mrs. Sanford 0ean) Lee on Sept. 10, 1987.(Mrs. Lee is compiling a parish history for St. Mary's of the Hills Episcopal Church.)
13. Ibid.
14. Davidson, op. cit.
15. Interview with Mrs. Lee.
16. Ibid.
17. Gate, Grace, The Model City of The New South: Anniston, Alabama 1872-1900. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers, Inc.
18. Davidson, op. cit.
19. Interview with Mrs. Lee.
20. Interview with Mrs. Lee; Arthur, op. cit.,
21. Interview with George Snyder
Interview with George Snyder.
The Blowing Rocket, June 29,1984.
22. Interview with George Snyder and Lee Garrison (Luther Snyder's Grandson) on Sept. 23, 1987.
23. Ibid.
24. The Blowing Rocket, June 29, 1984 and an interview with Luther and Neola Church.
25. Interview with George Snyder.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Interview with George Snyder and Watauga Democrat, April 15, 1915.
29. Interview with George Snyder
30. Ibid.
31. Interview with Fred Mays and by Ruth Vardell and Gaston Gage, "Blowing Rock Memories" 1975.
32. Interview with George Snyder and Lee Garrison.
33. Dorothy Henkel Summerville, "Things I Remember About Blowing Rock" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p. 69.
34. Interview with Mrs. Lee.
35. Unpublished memoirs of Marjorie Daingerfield (located in the Blowing Rocket Office).
36. Davidson, op. cit.
37. Interview with Mrs. Lee and Summerville, op. cit.
�Page 80 / Chapter III
38. Interview with Mrs, Lee.
39. Ibid.
40.
Democrat, Feb. 12,
41.
Dec. 20, 1917 and Jan 3, 1918,
42.
Nov. 2, 1914, Oct. 14, 1915, and July 1, 1915.
43.
Town," The
44.
Democrat, April 13, 1916.
45.
Democrat, May 28, 1918.
46.
Democrat, April 13, 1916.
47.
Democrat,
48.
Democrat, Nov. 21, 1918
49. Interview
Story, 1983, p. 17,
1, 1917.
Lee.
12, 1920
50.
51. Ruth Vardell
52.
Mrs.
Gaston Gage"Blowing
Memories" 1975.
op. dt,
53.
11,
Lee.
54.
55.
of
Rock*1 (There is a
56. Annie Smith, "Inspirations
57. Interview with
of
Snyder.
58. JWd
59. TTie
21, 1953
60. TTie
21,
61. "Luther Snyder
Prominent Citizen,**The
62. IBM
63. IMi
6f
Ibid
21, 1953.
65. The
66.
Aug. 21, 1953.
67. TAe
68. Interview
Snyder.
69. "Luther
70.
Citizen" op. dt,, 1983. p. 18.
with
Snyder.
71. Ibid.
72. Ibid.
73. Ibid.
74.
75. "Luther
Garrison
Citizen", op, dt.
1953, pJ5.
at Tfie
�AND
76. The
/ Page 81
June 29,
77.
15, 1935
78. The
79.
Church.
80. "Luther
Citizen", op, cif.
81.
Garrison,
82.
with
83.
with
Luther Church.
Garrison
Snydet and
84. TTie
July 18, 1947.
85. The
19,
86. TTie
July 27, 1935
87.
Church,
88.
Neola
89.
Luther Church,
with Luther Church
90.
Garrison.
"Chetola
the
-A
of
op. eft.
for
and Lee
91.
Church,
92. "Luther
Citizen" op. dr,
93. IBM
94. The
July 12, 1940.
95.
96. Ifeid
97, Interview with Lee Garrison
98, Interviews with Neola and Luther Church,
Garrison,
99. Ibid
100.
TTie
101.
The
24, 1935 and July 18, 1936.
July 31, 1969.
102. TTie
Aug. 2,
103. TTie
July 31, 1969.
104.
TTie
July 4, 1941 and Aug. 23, 1940.
105. TTie
106.
Aug. 21, 1953
Ibid
107. AM
108. AM
109. Ibid
110. "A
111.
112. Ibid
113. IBM.
of
p. 1. (This is
Exhibition. Charlotte:
at TTie
of Art, 1971, p. 10. (This
office.)
be
in the
�Page 82 / Chapter III
114.
115.
John, Roaming the Mountains with John Parris. Raleigh, North
op. dr., p. 12.
116.
117.
1955, p, 61.
July 29, 1978.
op. dr., p. 12.
118. Ibid
119. Ibid.
120. JbM.
121. Jbief.
122. Ibid.
123. Aid
124.
on
125.
10, 1987
op.dt., p, 14;
p, 14.
E,, TJhe
N.C., 1948.
of Grandfather Mountain»
126. Hobbs, op. dr.
127.
with Mrs.
op. c/t., p. 10.
128. Interview with Mrs. Lee.
129. Ibid.
130. Elliott Daingerfield,
at the UNC Library.
131.
to
L. Thornton at UNC
6, 1929.
the
op. cit.j p. 14.
132. Ibid
133. JJbM
interview with Mrs. Lee.
134.
with Mrs.
135.
op. dr., p. 10.
136.
Mrs.
Hobbs, op. dr., p. 24.
137. Ibid.
138. IBM
139. Ibid.
140.
141.
Mrs.
op. dr., p, 26 and The Blowing
142.
June 28, 1940.
Mrs.
143. IBM
144.
with Mr,
on Oct. 16, 1987. (Wood once
by Ruth Vardell and Gaston Gage,
145. He
as a
for
the
and
29,
146.
147.
p. 50.
148. Interview with Mrs, Lee.
149.
150.
Still
Mrs.
Many" The
Story,
p, 42.
Church Activities
1951.)
of
Rock"
�GREAT ESTATES AND PROMINENT PEOPLE / Page 83
151.
op, dr., p. 61.
152.
The
Still
1983, p. 42.
153. Ibid
154. Interview with Mrs. Lee,
155. Ibid
156. "Famous
Many" op, dr.
Still
157. Interview with Mrs. Lee.
158. The
July 14, 1939,
I
159.
160. TAe
The
Feb. 1,
161. Interview
Mr.
Wood.
162. Ibid
163.
Mrs.
1, 1980.
The
164. Mrs. Lee and the
July 29,
165. Mrs. Lee and 77ie
Feb. 1,
166.
with Mr. Wood.
168.
Mrs. Lee.
Town," The
p. 15 and Mr.
169.
8, 1987.
on
170. Interview with Mr. Wood.
171.
Are
172.
The
Stoiy,
p.15 and Mr.
of
173. Ibid
174. Mr.
sketch.
175. IMf.
176.
177.
178.
of
op. dt», p. 50.
Oct. 27, 1932.
179. The
June 24, 1933.
180. The
June 28,
181. Biographical material obtained from Mr. Joseph Dulaney.
182. The
183. The
184. The
Rocket^ March 27, 1977. (Reprinted from The Charlotte Observer.)
25,
25, 1977.
185. Ibid
186. The
July 14, 1939 and
25, 1977.
187. The
July 14,
188. The
July 14, 1939 and July 20,
Stozy, 1983, p. 69 and Hie
July 29,1978.
�Page 84 / Chapter III
189. Robin R. Salmon, "Marjorie Daingerfield". This biographical
was written to be
Gardens. It was provided to the author by Marjorie's nephew, Joseph Dulaney,
in a supplement to a sculpture
by
190. Ibid
191. The
192.
July 20, 1935.
The Blowing Rocket, Aug. 18, 1950.
193. The Blowing Rocket, Aug. 8, 1958.
194.
The Blowing
195.
The
Rocket,
196.
The
Rocket, March 25, 1977
197.
Interview with Mrs. Lee.
198. The
July 14, 1939 and Mr,
Rocket,
25, 1977,
25, 1977.
199. Daingerfield, Marjorie. The Fun and Fundamentals of Sculpture, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963, pp. 81-83.
200.
Buxton, Barry and Deborah. The Denim King: Moses H. Cone's Family, Textile Empire and Mountain
Boone: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1989.
201.
Buxton, Barry. Historic Resource Study of the Moses H. Cone Estate, Asheville, N.C., National Park Service, 1987.
202. Ibid.
203. Ibid.
204. Ibid.
205. Ibid.
206. Ibid.
207. Ibid.
208. Ibid.
209. Ibid.
210.
Greensboro Daily News, October 26, 1946 and "Julian Price: From Railroad Telegrapher to Life Insurance Company Presidency", pp. 4547 of The Jeffersonian^
November 1946.
211. Mary Taylor, "A President is Born" in The Jeffersonian,
November, 1946, p. 89.
212.
Lou Rogers, pp. 45-47 of The Jeffersonian, Nov. 1946.
213.
Author Unknown. "Julian Price - Dynamo 75th Birthday Climax of Productive Life" pp. 90-94 of The Jeffersonian.
214. Greensboro Daily News, October 26, 1946.
215. Ibid.
216. Ibid.
217. Asheville-Citizen Times, October, 27, 1946, pp. 30-31 of The
Jeffersonian.
218.
Greensboro Daily News, Oct. 26, 1946, pp. 4-6 of The
Jeffersonian,
219.
Greensboro Daily News, Oct. 26, 1946, pp. 4-6 of The
Jeffersonian,
220.
"Greensboro Names on the Mountains" Greensboro Daily News. Sunday, September 22, 1974.
221. Insurance Index, Nov. 1946, pp. 36-38 of The
Jeffersonian.
222.
"Greensboro Names on the Mountains," Greensboro Daily News. Sunday, September 22, 1974.
223.
Lord, William G. Blue
224.
Ibid.
225.
Ibid.
Parkway Guide, Eastern Acorn Press, 1982.
�GREAT
226.
Democrat, Jan 19,
228. Lord, William G. A
to the Parkway — Dedication '87, Eastern Acorn Press, 1957, p. 15,
229. Interview with
Wood
Hayden Pitts.
Oct. 28,
The
231. Interview with
232.
/ Page 85
Ibid.
227.
230.
AND
Lou
Wood.
pp. 45-47 and "75th
233. Interview with Mr.
Climax", p. 90 of TJie Jeffersonian.
Mrs. Wood.
234.
"Julian Price Instantly
235.
"Greensboro
In N. C. Auto Accident", p. 38 of The Jeffersonian,
November, 1946.
on the Mountains," The Greensboro Daily News, Sunday, September 22, 1974.
236. The Greensboro Daily
Oct. 26, 1946 and The Insurance Index, 1946, p. 36-38 of The
Jeffersonian.
237.
"Community Club History Is Given" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p. 16, and The Jeffersonian,
238.
The
Aug., 1960.
Aug. 1960.
239. "Charles A, Cannon Dies From Stroke"
Democrat, April 8, 1971.
240.
with Mrs.
6, 1987.
241.
Democrat,
242.
Interview with Mrs.
243.
"Charles A, Cannon, Textile Owner, Dies in Kannapolis" TTie Charlotte Observer, Saturday, April 3, 1971.
244.
Ibid.
8, 1971.
245.
New
246.
Interview with Mrs. Hayes.
248.
Ibid
249.
Company, 1962, p. 139-144.
Ibid
247.
The
Ibid
250. "Early
Are
The
251.
Dorothy Henkel Summerville, "Things I
253.
Interview with Mrs.
254.
Ibid
255.
Ibid
256.
From a brochure
257.
From an
p. 66.
Interview with Mrs. Hayes.
252.
Story,
About Old Blowing Rock" in The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p. 69.
the 1963 Tour of Homes
by St. Mary's of the Hills, (Located at the Blowing Rocket Office).
written by Mrs. Dorothy Henkel Summerville in The Blowing Rocket, July 14, 1979.
258.
Democrat,
8, 1934.
259.
Democrat,
8,
260. Interview with Mrs.
261.
Dorothy
262.
The
263.
The
264. Dorothy
Coleman on October 8, 1987,
Summerville in The Blowing Rocket, July 14, 1979.
July 4, 1939 and
14, 1979.
14, 1979.
The
Rocket, July 14, 1979.
�Page 86 / Chapter III
265.
Mr.
on October 27, 1987 and The
266. Davies, May
Democrat, April 26, 1928.
1953, p. 145.
Taw Jameson,
267. Ibid.
268. Interview with Mr. Hayden Pitts.
269.
op. dt.» p
270. Interview with Mrs.
271. Interview with Mrs.
in The
Dorothy
July 14, 1979.
272.
273.
in The
Rocket^ July 14, 1979.
274. Interview with Mrs. Coleman, Mr.
275.
The
July 14, 1979.
Mrs.
in The
July 14, 1979.
in The
July 14, 1979.
276. Interview with Mrs. Coleman.
277. Interview with Mr. Pitts.
278.
Mrs.
279.
Mr. Pitts.
280. Jb/d
281.
in The
July 14, 1979,
282.
with Mr. Pitts.
283. /bid
284.
26, 1928
285.
in The
Rocket, July 14, 1979.
286. Ibid.
287.
The
July 7» 1939
288. The
August 21, 1937.
289. The
June 24 and July 1, 1938.
290.
Mr.
291. /bid
292.
June 21,
293.
Democrat $
294. Stevens, Williams, Anvil of Adversity:
295. Ibid., p. 7.
296. /bid, p. 13.
297. /bid, p. 11.
298.
p. 65.
299.
p. 70.
300. /bid, p. 71.
301.
p. 65.
302.
p. 66.
21, 1979.
of a Furniture Pioneer.
p. 6-7.
�AND
303.
p. 71.
304.
p. 142.
305.
p. 84.
306.
/ Page 87
p. 17.
307. Ibid., p. 21.
308. "J.E.
Life was
Story of One
From Humble
to
TJie
309. Stevens, op. dr., p. 24
310.
p.
311.
p. 33.
312.
p.
313. Ibid.t p. 37.
314. Ibid,, p. 26.
315.
p.
316.
p. 29.
317. IBM., p.
318.
p. 77.
319.
p. 135.
320.
p. 133.
321.
The
322.
op. dr., p. 82.
323. Ibid., p. 84.
324.
p. 88.
Topic, "J. E.
Democrat,
325.
326.
A
1, 1968.
the
28, 1970
11, 1929
PaPer on
327. Chuck
328.
op. dr., p. 180.
329.
p. 191,
330.
p. 174.
331.
p.
332.
333. "Broyhills
1,
17, 1973.
"Horatio
Career of Ed Broyhill"
�Page 88 / Chapter IV
�HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES/Page 89
CHAPTER IV
Hotels, Inns and Boarding Houses
Rock's
who
to
as a
in 1889, the
the
the Civil War so
in the
was
the
the
of the
the
troop
But
as we know it
Colonel
H. Gray,
with John
the
in
"tourists"
on the
era in
It was
a
There
no
and just
to
on,
on the ground,1
Colonel Gray
that during the mid-1800s,
to the
while
the
be
by the
local
out to
the
visitors.2 It was
a
which has
one
of our
to
the town
its
But
has
constant, the town's
as a
One of the
to
a
to
was the
M.
the
of Amos
in 1874 and
for
in this venture,
his
His
like
on
They did
If
Morris*
is the
of
Mr.
did
he
the
for the
in 1877, at
was
as "Fairview."4
The
Democrat reported on the
WW.
of
a far cry
in
the
of
for
He was
for the legs of
was
to
for
growth of the
This delightful summer
a
has
in
the
of its
two
It has
one of the
in
to
in popular favor. The
of this
the
in
to any other part of the mountains and every
has
the
has
to the
of the
at Blowing Rock over
of any other
in the
One
has
the
is not on the
a
as
to coin a word, to
and
up a worn-out
as
The air is
the
and
in the
of any
The late
Kerr has
no
of the
section has as a health resort,
is a
in the
he and his
there.
Major H.F. Schenck, of Cleveland,
Dr.
of
lots
and will build
Hon. Geo. Davis, of Wilmington,
his
has
the
cottage lately built by Mr. Morris. Dr.
a
is an
about the place. He
a few
a
spring on the
of Mr. L.W. Estes.
All of this
and boom would
but for the
of Mr. J.G.
and his
�the
has
The
which has
the
a
which has
This
the
of
a
and the
in
the
is
in popularity.
up a
locality.
the
a
in
by an
in
the
of
the
of
to a
of
These
the
to
the
5
of the
the
of city living.
By 1889, the
Village of
of 200
in the
600
in the
There
the
and
as the
and Stuarts!6 That
the
to
"We
to Hickory,
we
the
for
the
we
a
to Lenoir,
on a
a
At Lenoir we took a
up the
to
Rock,
to
the
top
in
"Mrs.
us on our
at the
us a
The
was
in the
of
it was so
five
in the
on one
of me
five
in the
on the
side."7
By 1891, a
of
the
The
on
12th
"There
has
a
to
and
this
but
are like an
and
for one more." The
on to
a
in the
was incorrect.
That
as
"The
Conductor
a
the
at
so
not
any
not to go
or
There was
a
for
as
8
is this year!"
in April, the
"The
at
is
on the
is an
is
it and it will
be
richly furnished.
There will not be a
in the South. It will
60
of which will be
with an
a
of
There
be
in every room."9
was
to
act like a
as one can see in this
"Our
is
on her
The
are
for
The
is
putting in
etc.,
will no
be as
as
with the
T/ie
in 1917
�Col L.S.
as
the
to
The
of their
is
the
etc. Mr. R.H.
Gray is
with his
Mr. Arthur
as clerk, a
all
"Mr. W.M.
Mrs.
are
to
the
fare
for
are
are
for
The
5^
"~~*t
by
the
by
H.C.
and Mr.
Carpenters who built the Green Park Hotel pose proudly with tools of the trade
by Mrs.
so
can see we are
to
a
"The
will
in a few
Our
all
full
are
in
this
summer."10
When it
for
in the
of 1891, the
as a
of
to
by the
Company, a
of Lenoir
led by Civil War
the
was
the
on the
A
by
in
1892 had this to say
the
The Green Park Hotel prior to addition of east wing
"To
the
for a
the
has
a
hotel on the top of the
It has
a
to the
of its
and the
no
to
it
in all
It is
by
and
has hot
is
with
a mountain spring. Every
hall
is
There is a fine Ball
Alleys,
Gallery and
Court.
There are
in the building"11
was
in
to
its
convention, or
we say "round-up?" The
of the
was the
of the
at the
and
all
and
of the
and
the
of the
IN,
The war had
for
by the
for the grand
the North
the South,
was
J.B. Clarke who, with the
R.H. Gray, A.W.
and G.N. Folks,
but the
and
would be
of
a busy
still
of
in the
�Page 92 / Chapter IV
of
at the
site
of the
to an
'you would
the
war was
Many of the
set up
to the two
at
the
Tents by the
all
the
and it
the
the
of war times.1
It is
the
day of the
but
conditions
much
of the
during the war.
On August 27, the
of the
the
the
Hotel to a
the community, all
to
to the event.
Once
a
the
to the
the
Rock Hotel
A
led the
which
by
of
citizens.
for the
one of the
was Capt. J.W. Todd of Jefferson, who
in his
a fine
'but
he
a
on
the
in
up the
During the
the
the mud,
in
or
in the
At
was a
at the
Hotel
the sun
the
the gloom.
Other
Judge J. Grey
of
on
to cput
with all
a
to
the
to
a
to honor
during
1
the war.
He
'the North got the victory, but the
is due the honor!
of
the
The
was a
a
18,000 was present.12
of
As the
up the "Turnpike"
the
in
the
as
of the
to
The
a
in 1907,
A
the
the
the
to the
I
a
or
of
The
in
• * " •
of
butter,
did our
the
to
was
The
She
Bill
in her
the hill
us in.
the
up.
to
By 1912 the
' • • • • " * "*• * l
of
Construction
by the
of
her
in
was
in
in
saw a
had
casketsf13
and
a new
Inn was
Green Park Hotel
and the
by Ed
of
or inn in the
lights.14 The
"The
has
in the
of
the
of
to the
of the
The
with the
are
A
of
for
It was the
to
is
�AND
the
Church has
And
of
of the
a
in
of
a
on the
the
the
for the 1914
93
the
old
by a
of the
of
In a
by
he spoke of the
to
15
the
canopy,"
to
the
G.M.
as
as
In all the
in
out,
has
for the
your City
can
on the
fee
of our
fee
at the J?ocJr, he has
this
it is so
for us
to
an
/or
up the town, at
are
on the
fey
the
the 'Sun
who, to a man,
Cod
us, it w/ll/M
to the
of the
to
to the
I
the
of my journeys
104
of laurelf
a soft
the
Lenoir to
Mr,
a bridal
I
me I felt I was
has
ended....
to fee so
the
And yet
of our
fey
in
a
say
of the
in 1918.1
left
me up in his
car—the
the
a
I
to Green
to
to a
The
The
of heavenly
me as /
room.
the
out
the
Fine old
the
to
me
fee/
at
Mr,
in
and
in his
of information, Mrs.
not yet
and with
and witty
us feel our
was
not
I had
for
It was
the
of Mr.
and we
Mr.
and ML Williams. My
I
'Dixie/ Mr. Martin's
I
a//
the
the shoemakers*..Mr.
on the
road/
in
all
the Cone
That
first
Mr,
a surrey and
the Cone
M>
in the
Wfe
on the roclrs, and just
climbed a
to the top. Young
Mr. Grower
was of the
the West—all to
Mrs.
was a
figure on the
a
did the
looking for the
for her patrons. Shopping at Craig's
Smith's she
for
'Big Harriet' and 'Dove1
'Fanny1
'Cora1 to
into the
Pe°P/^ came
/ar
to enjoy.17
in the
by the
of
of
for
as a
and
to
in
the
The town's
the
Charlotte,
Rock's
in a 1920
of the
Charlotte Observer:
Thanks to the
highways,
Tlie Martm House
�Page 94 / Chapter IV
Rock has
brought within
of Charlotte
of Charlotte
run up to the Rock, to Linville and other cooling
in the
vicinity to whiff the
cool off
become invigorated with
of ozone.
Without doubt one of the
in the United
has for
of visitors,
its
The
of the
to the Rock has brought it within
of the
this
it is overrun with visitors.
One thing which has always
in
to
Rock
of the
out
by Northern
has
its
of
Realizing this fact the Blowing Rock Development Company has just
at a stockholders*
to
fifteen thousand dollars or
on the
out of a
course. Additional funds will be
upon other
attractions,
another
is on Blowing Rock will be provided with the
various sports
which
to the
of other
in
to its
and cooling
This
it is undoubtedly
henceforth the
will
in popularity.
Many Americans
of
in
to
the
of
when
in Western Carolina they could rest upon
anywhere on the
We have hardly
our own
until
just
to
the
of
showered upon us, commissioners of the various mountain counties are
of thousands of
on
so
the hundreds of
of
in the mountain territory. The
result is a
influx of tourists to the Carolina mountains who formerly
out the
of the
other places in
other countries.
We are
to
this
at
Rock.
as one
no
mountain scenery can be found
in the world
of the
A
For a
home-like
1915.16 This
of pace
of
the flurry
was the
in the
in
Place, which
enjoy the
Rock. On the Turnpike
as "Grand View"
"Fairview" in
was
a
Its privacy did not
the "Grand View"
the porch. Also
the two
was the
its 25th
in 1912. It was
a few
as the Wonderland
Annie
as
the hill
the
was the
Mr.
his
their
a
which
for the
21
food. When EJ.
the
in 1945, he
the
to the
"Farm
House"
the
the
the facilities.22 In
"Blowing
the
of the
is
by
a
"Mrs.
(of Chetola)
the
on the
to
the
is
When she
it, it was not
one
a
It was
to sit
at
the
and
tea. She said
all of her
out at the
and say "Oh My" She
it "Oh My" and it still
by
By 1954, the
a
to
at the
by
These
an
at the
and
to be
by
talent,24
the
Inn, in the
was the
in 1870 as a
To
the
of
the
add
one
the
an
of 14
4
no two
or
the
eyes and
wit
the
and
She and her
and
On one
the
was a "baby party" 6ft.
Jim
up in his
and
a
a
Other
the
the
and the
�INNS AND
all
They
art
to
of
by the
for
the
lovely
95
"homes" in
had a
of Elliot
with a
The
the
mill27
of the
by
site of Chetola) was
In the 1880s
no
in
One
in
or
J.G. Finely
his
in
built the
Hotel
on Main Street,
the current
is
it
a two-story
with a
of
on
The
of the
style as
which
be
at the
two
out
a
for the
of 1888 was $15 a
The
as the
was
of its
in the
of the
Village.
to a
of
as the
Children
in
the
of
on
in
all
to the
of
a
of the
the turn-of-the-century the
a
Mr.
his
Col LS.
saw to the
of
guests
When the
was
by fire in the
1900s, it
on the
foundation.30
the
Inn, it
by Mr. Tom Coffey
for
by Mrs. Penley.31
The Inn
on a
of
the
of a grove of
am
with
A
on the
the
pl^
32
opportunity for exercise.
The Inn, which
Rock*s only
hotel,
by fire in 1926, at a
33
loss of $20,000. It was
only a
of the loss was
by
The
fire
out on the
forty
the
The
Democrat
on the
the
the
The
building burned so rapidly that it
only by fast work
with the
the furnishings
the
reached them. Heroic
on the
of
in town resulted
in
all of the
with the
of
in
the
windows,
the first to
the fire
the
of the Blowing Rock School
Principal A.E. Mercer
the
one teacher, and then,
with the
pupils, boys and
he
to the fire, and the boys
the building and
the
the
and windows,
while the girls carried them
of the
Post
workers in every
on the
did everything
to
the fire from
Happily, no high wind
Tom Coffey,
The Watauga Hotel
Sr.
�Page 96 / Chapter IV
blowing,
In the
of the two-inch
of an
fire
no
was
for extinguishing the fire. All
in
was
and a line was run
the fire
in
of the
to the
it. These
and
for a while they
Coals,
on the
of N.C. Greene, town councilman,
the roof, but it was quickly
did no
As the fire
just at noon, the
was set, and it was
to the
with the
on
it.
the
two
of corn
done to a turn, still in the
of the
but
did not
thereof.34
TJie Hob-Nob Inn
Tom Coffey originally
he
to
the Inn, but the property
unused until
1939
it was
by the
for use as a
This is one
it not
for this fire we
our
in the heart of the
In
of 1928, the Hob-Nob Tea Room, one
of the
places,
a year-round
the
of
the
Inn.
at the
site of Cicero
Miller's
it was
by Mrs. W.E Penley,
was for
of the old
Inn.35
forty
the
fire and
the
Inn
the New
Inn was
by
in 1946. It
no one by
since
no
in
has
"Watauga !m
For
our
was
with the
of
the
the
Park, and the
The
of
was
by Colonel
H. Grey and John
in 1888.37
the
Inn,
it did not
the
of its
until the late
and
1930s.38
to Dr.
the
Inn
the
Rock
and
was
the
site. "The
Inn was a
institution,
by Mrs.
My
and
Zeb Vance and
Gaston Davidson,
their honeymoon
as
of
The
Inn
1902 or 1903"
The
was not
the
of 1930
of the thirty-six
39
was
a
and hot and
water. The
and its
at the
of
321 and
Drive. Mr. Gwyn
a
"it was a
the
the
Valley"40
It was
the late
that
J.
the
and the
As if that
not
to
he was also
of the
He
in
to his
in the
of 1930
and Mrs.
and Mrs.
and
Jr.,
had
a
of the
H. Cone.
the
of the 192?
he
of the two
and
at a
and
A
field on the
near Coffey's
Gap was the gala site. It was
with
over the
and
�HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES/Page 97
View of Grandfather Mountain and the cottage of David J.
Craig from The Blowing Rock Hotel
The
Inn
ate at
to a
1?, 1939, the
the
On
on the
of
in a
K.
in the
the
by the
The
by the
is
in
in 1927. It
in the
place.
It was
it
of the
In
As the
the distinctions
by
in on
The turn-of-the-century
for the
some"
44
of the
as a
and
this era
a
by
"If we ran
the
its
was
of
it
the
the
as
of the
the
was
the
Green
to
was the
the
a late hour,"40
it
of a
as
and the
Park, North Carolina.
and the use
to
of
the
by the
his
a
to the
"Like
in
to all the
the
the
arrived"43
Gwyn,
the
the size of
Will Craig.
of supplies,"
Willie
to
the
bring in
of
Gilbert, "I got out
a
£^•5
C. V. Henkel, Jr., Dorothy Henkel, and David Craig in front
of the Green Park Hotel
buggy
�For a
by the
A
in
its
a
was
no
for
The
Park,
A
on
the
in
of the
The
of QV.
in 1915,
cut
to the
for
46
a
per cord.
By 1913 the
Park
was "the
to
in the
It
as a
of the
of
Cobb, the
Raleigh.47
the
for the
got
to
It was
a
Vickie Sylvia, a
at the
County
1916 to 1934 as
"We
all
of
then,"
Sylvia.
"Hadn't
a
to
people much.
The
all
The
77ie Yadkin Spring with the Green Park Hotel In the background
the Carolinas^mostly
Charlotte. They
in the
fall They
of
for
They
zip up the
then,
the
to
by
carry the
It
a
up the
in
days "48
a
the
to
in
the
Its
up the Turnpike
"Things
It was
on
of the old
It
as
as you
the
up the creek."
the toll
the
1920s,
the
in
the
the
Rock"
the
to it as the
Rock-Lenoir"
"In
the
get to
two (2:00 P.M.)
it
be
the Hotel."
a
to use the
"A
was
a
ten
The
was free for guests."49
at the
a
of
in
The
on the
Porch w^r^ a
spot,50
In the
70s,
the
of
"They
7 A.M. to 10 RM.,
a
They
a
a
a day"
the
for
"See
The
of
�HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES/Page 99
Green Hill Road
"The
the Green Park
as an old
in (he 1920s
it
It
the
big
say the
to
the
the
It was a
an
They
It's all
the
as an old
life at the
a
of
said
let us mix
the
in the
at
the
of the
as
Jr. For
it was
the
it
D.
The
of
era in the
by
its
to the
and
the
"The
"so
and fell
day and
of
a
in
on the
out
the
its
the
L
In less
"Mayview Park"
to as the
of
in 1917
in
a
he
the
the
of a
the
the
was
of
be a
to the
In 1920,
and
The
a
by
it was
by H.W.
In
in
and
of the
of
the
it
to the
In
at the
and was
the rest of the
as a
in
as
to the
the
of its
of
The
of
are
�Page
High
of the
a
the
in
the John's
Gorge are the
to the Tryon
the
of
and
to the
hill
The
lies on
of the
Tryon
the
in
is an
a
the
of the
The
of
Bill
sharp as
the
the
of the
Cove Cliffs,
to
on a
Mayview Rock, in
Park, is forty-five
sea
It is
is
the
City,
by
of
Johnson City is on the Southern
is the
for
the
all
At
City a
is
to the
and
a
car
to
Carolina. This
of the
is
the
the
The trip
Shulls
to
is by
the
of six
the
a
of
North
the
of
on the
to
At
is
of the
to Hickory,
a
is
to the
is the one
by
this
the
all
the
is
a fine
a
of
The
is
the
of the
and
and
the
of
Bill
of the
are
in
It is
to
the trip
to
in one
a
half
is
of
of
the
of the
In
the
the Glen
the
to
of the range of
is a
On
the
Mount
the sky are
in the
of the
the Johrfs
a
bed in
dot its
of
in
on the
floor
From
Valley View
the
are
No
the
of the
old
one of his
the
sky, as
the
in
the
In the
this
old
of the
when
with
or
the
of
age
in the
is
with
of
and
His
are
in
in the
at all
of the
he
the
The
are
in
June but are
all through the
of
the
on
The
is
and is
the
red
for the
is a
the
They
to the
the
for
for the
of
All
the
to
be
For
the
are a
soft
of red, the
red of old
and
a
in the
are
as
for the
of the
For the one
to
on
are
the
and
of the
air will
in
to the end of
Truly it is all so
you
to
the
of
the
Up
and
the air
is
line the
you go on
on
At the
of
its
the
is
its
the
the
of
the
an
for
one
a
to
the
to the
the
of the
in a
of
If
the day is
the
will
the
her
the
The
an
�INNS AND
The
the
in
the wild
sea
a sea of mystical
in the
101
a
When
so
the
are
of the
the
The
A
is the
up to the very top
of
the clouds for the
the
the
on
the
with its
Another
is
by the
is
the
to the
Rock. There
is an
to the very
of the
but to go by the
the
the
of the
is by far the
of
the "Rock"
It is
every point
the
like a
the
gorge
under
of
to
by the
of
the music of hidden
forth the
of
choirs. On the
busy murmurings of
one
all is
and in its
day
and
The
and
only
the
with
the
and
the hills
the
in
the last ray of the
the
night.
At
lies far
the clouds
in the
it
all the
and
like an
in a
sea.
the
of
to
far out
a
of
and
the
and
The
to
the
as the
a
the
line of
the
of the
of the
through May view
the
the
dizzy heights through
are
for
trout,
in the
The
the
the
lover of all
may
a rich
of
joys.
In the
of
in the
for
with its
its
the
of
is an
place not only for the
but for the
and the
of spring. In the
is
in a
of
the
sap in the
and
a
of
In the autumn the
of late
the
fall
the
is in
royal
and the
for a
the
The
be
in
So
has its
the
on
on
to
a
so
the
The
of the
in
and
by the
of
the
to return
for the
in
the
of the
of the mountains.52
the
of
in the
of which
Two
bivouac
Along the
of the
"Cottages,"
by
for
only
the
in 191?
The
to the United
to do
just two
of land was six
of the
He
It was
to
the
to be the
of the
five
of the
All
so as to not be too
cut
wild
for the
to
in
The
on the
in
of Grandfather
The
They
for
as
as for
to the
The
five to
Golf
Club
on
a
�Page 102 / Chapter IV
Wonderland Trail under construction and after completion in 1919
for
its
for
could be
in the
and
for
The
was the
the
of
for the
to
the
He
the
to
He
in a
on a
his
to the
hoped to
of
the
for caring for
go on to
has
the
it "Americans Switzerland." He
the
In 1923,
the
tea
on the
for
two
it
for
by
of his
of
is
very much
at Blowing Rock the coming
last
are two
(and
- :':;
• -r - - '". ..
Hidden Waters" cottage in May view Park
Ice Skating on May view Lake in 1922
�HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES/Page 103
by Mr. W.L. Alexander, the
has
will
it
for its future
has
for that now
world-famous
resort. The North Carolina
has
the invitation of Mr.
to hold its
at May view Manor, the
by the Mayview Construction Company,
of which Mr.
is
The
of the
to be
upon
but it is
out
it will be
in June,
the real
of
arrive. This is not a
of the town
of Blowing Rock, but
in the
of the
he it is
will
the
of the
He
to
at his
for
four to five hundred
wives,
daughters, etc.
Through the invitation of Mr,
the North Carolina Bar
will also hold its
at "The Manor"
in July, which will be an
of
for
town
this
of
the
at
The Democrat, in behalf of all our
its appreciation of what Mr. Alexander has
is
for our
and much
county,53
It was in
of
on 460
who
and
of land. He
1923,
an
The
to
the
fee of five
ran
a
the Johns
one
Gun
Club. The Club
100
Club
had the
of ten
Valley and
and
a
TTie grand Mayview Manor Hotel
m
HI
/
.
Mayview Manor with the new extended care medical facility in the background
�Page 104 /
IV
two
a
line of five miles.54
to
Hamrick, Jr., who
in the
Annie Oakley
the club in the
in
TAe
in 1924 to
Gun
of 1924*
on the
the
playground in the
of North Carolina
last
W. L
of Mayview
and the Mayview Manor,
the
Company,
the
at the
Hotel
of the
was
by Mr.
The Mayview
of
the
of 300
the Green
Mr.
within the
will
61?
this
Mr.
1600
of land
300
The
317
and
the
The
be
In a few
be
In
in the
on the
the
he
to
deal
not
one of the
will be
into one of the
the
to the
to the
out of
for
with a
to be in
and
to be
Then,
a
to an
was
of
the
"Not
a
The
his
in the
life on the
a
They
to.
in
to be
of every
a
the
you
you can
the
the
of
the
in the 30s,
in
the 50s,
he
was
of
and
old
was
to the
will
invitational
Western Union will
to
Charlotte. Such a
communication with the
with the rest
in
to
Alexander's
is to
in America. The Green
he
a
will
world.55
it
to
in "Americas
at a
His
By
as a
at the
Charlotte in the fall of 1925
the
Company
all of
of a suit
by the
creditors.56
of
the
of
was it lovely
but they
The
was
we
*the thing.* At
you
All
of
out of ice,
of They built a
pool on the
of the
are now,
to
up
Mayview"57
just
the Hotel, the
"Greystone"
the
Joseph Cannon.
by Thomas
and C.E.
It was
Milton
His
was
of
to
Rock.
just a
it was a
of life. It
for
tea on the
ice,
and
a
It was a
era in the life of our
�HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES/Page 105
�Page 106 / Chapter IV
NOTES
1. "Blowing
Completed in 1888," The Blowing Rock Story,
p. 11.
2. Ibid
3. Ibid.
4.
Picture," The
5. "Blowing
?. "Norwell
The
in
6. "Trip to
Story, 1983. p.35.
p.ll.
Rock" The
in
1983. p. 19.
The
8.
p. 3.
12,
15, 1891.
9.
18, 1891.
10.
11.
ParJc,
12.
To
1892,
Rock," The
13.
Story, 1983. p.15.
"Things I
14.
July 23, 1912 and
15.
1978. p. 1.
July 23, 1912.
16.
Up," The
17. "Martin
Story,
of
18.
The
Story, 1983. p. 53.
Story, 1983. p. 36,
Story,
20. "Around Town," The
21. "Music
p. 17.
Days," The
Town" The
19.
9, 1912,
p. 79.
Rock Story, 1983. p. 63,
a
Attraction Here" The
Story, 1983. p. 55.
22. IbM
23.
Vardell, and
24. "Music
25. "Martin
"Blowing
Farm House Popular Attraction Here," The
Was
of
Days," The
p. 33,
26. AM
27.
in
28. The Lenoir ISfews,
The
p. 33.
22, 1886.
29.
30.
4» 1926.
31.
11, 1926.
32.
The
p. 80.
4, 1926.
33.
34. IBM
35.
36.
27,
Town," The
Story, 1983. p. 61.
Story, 1983. p. 55.
�AND
37. "Blowing Rock Hotel Completed in
The Blowing Rock Story, 1983. p.ll.
38. Chalmers Gaston Davidson, "Old Blowing Rock As Our Family Knew It" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983. p.70.
39.
Democrat, July 31, 1930.
40. Presentation by Gwyn Harper at the Blowing Rock Rotary Clubs 25th Anniversary.
41. Watauga Democrat, August 18, 1927.
42. "Blowing Rock Hotel Completed in 1888," The
Story, 1983. p. 11.
43. Ruth, Vardell, and Gaston Gage. "Blowing Rock Memories".
44. Watauga Democrat, September 5, 1963.
45. Ibid,
46.
47.
Ledger of C.V Henkel for 19064922.
Democrat, July 3, 1913.
48. Charlotte Observer, July 28, 1978.
49. Watauga Democrat, September 5, 1963.
50. Greensboro Daily News, May 2, 1976.
51. Charlotte Observer, July 28, 1978.
52. Hutchinson, Crete. In Cloudland: Mayview ParJc, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Press of Judd and Detweiler, Inc., Washington. 1920.
53. Watauga Democrat, February 1, 1923.
54. Watauga Democrat, August 2, 1923.
55. Charlotte Observer, August 18,1924.
56. Watauga Democrat, December 3, 1925.
57. Dorothy Henkel Summerville, "Things I Remember" 1978. p. 1.
107
�Page 108/Chapter V
�"BOOK LEARNING" IN BLOWING ROCK/Page 109
CHAPTER V
'Book Learning" In Blowing Rock
he is
to see his
has
a
the
the 1850s.
The
to
and
the
of
in
"the
the
This
for the
and this is
of the
Our
in the fact that
was not
and a
has
one of
had
a
a
of "book learning" to the
has
in the
It was a
of
In the
of
"one of the
Town
the
In the 1850s, as North
in
a
log cabin. The
the
of the Civil War,
of the
The
of pre-Civil
in the
and
They
by
as
the
of 1839,
of the
or $40 per
per
In 1841, the
law was
for
By 1850 the
the war
in 1865, few
in the
the
was in
it was not
the
was
the
and the
1891 or 1892 the
of TTie
a
the
He
the
in the south "2 the
this
was
for its
it
in the
of the
is one of
The
and
the
little as $1.50 per
for
for the
of
The Literary
the
one-third, a
of $60 per
to
the county to
by
the
5
was $12 to $15.
in
The
of the
1870s
to
the
at this
a
1871.6
was
in
to
way:
One day
rfie
Shull's Mill roadt we
a
of the
by curiosity we
The
/ost
77ie
and
rfie
TAe
was a
fair-faced girl,
17 or 18
was
her
her
she
College. She
to
so
—
and that the
of her
happily may
her and
her?
on
It was
to
one so
and
as if the
had
to
the
the
as her
the
tfie
on
old, it
was
not
Her
at
her life
It
and
be
�Page
V
The
to was
Mrs.
Councill of
the
of liracy
Councill.
The
in the
was
in the old
Top Church.
7
in the 1870s, this was
the
Cool
School
It was not
the
and
County
its first
in the
This was the
Top School,
the
is
The
and
One of the
at Flat Top
was
B.
on
to
in
Boone.8
Teachers
University.)
the
County
in
1873,
are not
on the
The
of the County
do
that J.W,
as
in
At
$17 a
and
$15.
to the
and
for
The
was
the children."
to
the
poll
and
The
$2 a day for his
the
of the
the
by
the
not
in
but an
a
in
site of the
was
Cloud
in the
The
the
the
a
was the
This
in the
as
Jr.
saw the
for
out
"hillbillies"
in
They
in
as
"otherness"
"our
was
These
the
which
in the
of a
of the
This
in the north,
"otherness"
saw the
the
of
as
to the
as
Miss Emily Prudden
by
11
and need"
she was not
Institute:
Rock, she
she
in
the
of the
an
or
TTiere was no
in tftis
"Yes" "Well, let
the
with
at one
To
The
first
hymnbook,
to
hour,10
She
as /
of the
and
as John
the
of an
for
in the
was one
"keenly in
her
fAe
/# say, "X>u
four
it
and I'll do all the rest" So I had
fuel — and
a
I furnished all
was all the
the
At
p.m. all
be
the
work went
to the school room,
and
the
was fall, all
in the
to
at home?—
raking up the
the
to
�111
IN
Emily
a
(who)
a
to the
a
in
for
There she
County, North
this
sort
of
to a
A
she left her
Carolina,
she
a
the
of
a
for
It was
in
County
she
the
In the
of poor,
four
/ove/7,
no schools, no churches, no
li/e, one
up the
would
I would
pen,
and
sit in the
up the
to sit % my
As /
her
it to the
church. With
for a school Only one
had
the age
her
A
Christian, she had an
the
with a
On the
she
to
the
as far
as
County
to a
to
"trusting in the
in
which she
the
sAut out
a//
li/e
little
for
and bacon...,
the
as&
L.would thinkJ'They must
a school."11
she
and
to
"she
in
to
this
who
in
to
school,
her
for the
for
the LorcTs work,
she
Lord Jesus"12
and a
its
to
She also
While
a
school for
Camp. The curriculum
of the
Rs, with a
all
in the
for
and
as
and
also
of the
at Skyland.13
It
the
of Miss Emily to
a
to be
of its continuance,
it to the
of others. In 1890,
in
Rock, Prudden
the
to the
Movement.14
on to
in
Carolina,
at Elk
In the last thirty
of her life,
a
of
— an
her life-long
to
work.
Under the
of the
Movement, Skyland
what
Emily
Schooling
much the
the
curriculum,
by
training
domestic
responsibilities.
churches in the north
with the American Missionary Movement would
collect
and
to the
This clothing,
arriving at Skyland, was
for
at a
or
given
to
of Blowing Rock.15
Another
the north
at Skyland was
Ruth Mitchell of Acworth, New
of the
who
at Skyland, Her
on December 14, 1896,
the
community. She was
in Mount
Cemetery
at the
age of twenty-six.
In 1892,
Jackson,
at Skyland,
a
in
and
the
she
there. Her
the letter newsworthy and
it with the
of the
the
Guide. This
account of Miss Jackson's
struck the fancy of the Guide's
he
it in its entirety.
the
follow:
�Page 112/Chapter V
I
you are of the
I am in a
school No; it is work
the
so low
as the
so
in public schools,
it is his or her
to "boss" or
the
it is
to be as free and
as we are
We are
the
who do the "fcossin11
the
to us for
and we are
to as
by
who
us, but are
"Northerners" or "Yankees" to
who do not
There is only one Union
in the county
hef
life
living, he is
so
I
was a North and Southt but one
it out in a
The
are so
The
is a
and
two or
a
four
within
miles. This is a
a
or more
in the
on account of the cool
but in the winter the school is the only live
our
are
the only
for
We
80 pupils enrolled, about thirty
in this
an
We
a
but we
$200
to us this
for the
The
live on
They use but little flour,
of corn
and salt to the
Their
$2 per
fat and
on
I
I
OA,
are so
get
As one girl
the
"I was a
off to
to go home"
Girls
will
the
but it is
to
and see
in
a
We
it is our living
loving
them
ought
Miss D— is doing them a. grand work
in
to
and
You
the
live in at
no
no
all the
in one
as
to
This
has
very
the
of the
The
are
to
to try, but
are so "unthoughted" as
And
of all,
no
and
no
be for a
(sic). There is
for the
but
for the
TAey, or
of them, are
and
It is not
for a
to
or
wives. The
hoe all
do the
a
the
milky etc, and
and
to
a
so one
can
wives.
Oh, Mrs M—, we do
so much
on
in
young people. It
me to
of
my
do, for we are
so. I do
the
am
in
it, but
we
to see
"reckon^
"tote/1 etc.16
A
was in
in
It was
the
in
Topic,
80
at the
in the
1892,
at the
the
for
of this
hit the
35
of
a
of
in
the
to
she was
In a
she
to the
she
to
to
to the
the
the
e
to the
be
was
of it to his
to the
Of the
the
to
the
e to
P °pl
forgive,
the
in
in her
in 1910,
in 1912,
the
two
on
a
at the
of the
17
was
the
to the
the
in
of
of the
to the
the
or
�113
IN
a
at Skyland18
The
of
on the
the end of an era in
of
The
by
at a
of
it
— the
of
very
To her
was the
Lend-A-Hand Library" and
The
as an
Mrs,
was
the
the
On
she
her
She
in
left her
of the
not
of the
on her
on
in the late
in the
of
for the community*19
in
to
in
for
and
Dr.
for
as a
the
Dr.
to the
the
for the
to
to
In 1905,
for the
O God, be done!"
her
The
on the
a
she
so
this
in 1907.
in
1908
to
on
a
of
"North
One of the
to
was a
for
It was at
was
his
to Mrs.
turned,
to see it
her, yet
she felt
the
was
her
her whole life,
by
not to be
any
at the turn-of-the-century,
off the
life,
low
Pe°ple frO1^ the
to the
in the
is
influence."21
in
at
Top
by
on to
as a
to
a
and
in
He left
in
he
for
the
for
to the
of
the
the
of
in
she
her
in her
life was "Thy Will,
her well,
her last
in
in the
of
in
he
of
in
in
was
the "Mission
of
but
the
to
this
on the last day of the
this
to the
she
her. Tenderly,
her feet
the Valley of the
—
did not
— she
to be left
Then, with the
which
she Vent
the
of
on the
it
Globe
for
to
in the
first
an
the "Mothers*
for
in
her
and
It was
in
for a
and
the
in the
As
Flat
the
was in one
(18894904) in
by the
in 1897. The
was at
Flat.23
in the
�Page 114/Chapter V
Cool Springs.24
US.
321 and the
had a
of
1928.
Village, Silver
was
to as the
the
was
was
It
Cool
It was
Top
site.
one
of the
In the
the
of the
It
to it and
and
as
It
five and
of
Spring, just off
the
to
It
is
in the
was a
it
a
and is
This was the
a
no
It
as a
the
as the "Old
School"
1900
1918.27 It was in
28
Rock. This
was
it was
to
a new
in
1927,
1913.
to
on
It was a
to
in
of his
log
the
the
in 1910,
the
Hollow School
having no
Wfe
balL.mosdy
we
was
we
"follow the fox!' What
do, one of us
would get up in the
the rest of us
Now we
else.29
Cool Spring School just before consolidation with Blowing Rock
Sandy Flat School
Blackberry School
�"BOOK LEARNING" IN BLOWING ROCK/Page 115
Aho School students in 1913
Brown
children
up the Middle
River in the
the
is, to Chetola. There they would
off
and
to
in the Village,30
In the
1900s,
still had to
to
In
bad
on horse-back. Since
large,
or
on one
31
would
in a
or if
a big
on a sled.
Lunch
in a big bucket or
Usually lunch for
in the
to
of jelly,
as well as
"fritters"
and
and
in a jar was
a
32
luhck
was
or
out to
in the crops. If a frost
the whole
to
at
to
or cut
Children, too, helped with
with hog killing.33
On
had to be
and
cut. The
also
to be
the
This
two
at
In
to
less
and
old
school
had
to
A
and driving the
home, as
as
all the
The
a far cry
what
are
to
penny-pencils, and
of the
on the
The
cut the
built the
Very
only of a
of
Water was
in a
a
and
the
or
All
a
at the
no
or
cards.35
so dearly, a
put on them. Pennycut in the
to
�Page 116/Chapter V
Appalachian Training School
cut
to the top,
a
was
loss.36
The
by the
County
in
Morris1
Histories.37
By 1900,
to
on the
of an
In
30
2
by B. B.
the County
of
In 1901 Mr.
by the
County
of
to
a County
in the
the
was
to two
All
to
this
to
the
By 1903,
had
for his
was to
for
In
1903,
to
was to be
a
bid to be the
site.
H.
an
$1,500 and a
Cone
or the
was
as the
site, it was
his
Mr. Cone,
had
Flat
his wife
had
a
for area
was
as the site for
a
the
of
the
and
and
the
The
is
in the
of
in
For
the
County
of
for a tax
to
to the
tax rate and also
to
the
a new
the
was
in
and
Flat,
and
the
In
to the
the
of a
bus was
to
up
in the
Flat area.40
two
the
was
to
to
was
Court
for one
if
in
of $1,000,
also
if
of
a
of
a
to
to 1928,
The
in
the old
This
�117
IN
While the
of the
the
of the county, the
in the
this
County
of
in the
the
of
was to be
as a
By 1930, the
for a
had
and in two
the old
to 134
the
Coal was
was not
All
and
for dry
and
day.42
oil to
the
was
to do this for the
county. Six
"Store-bought"
the
These
a
in the
for a
of ink.44
The
of
the
of Dr.
1936
1938,
Elk.
its
"Gone With the Wind," was just one of
of the School
to
it
201,000
was in the "Greene Cottage,"
School,
was at the
of the
in the
by the county
of
The
led to a
County, which was
as "the
1937, a
to
of
In an
and
County
and
which
the
it
a
of the
to
the
is
of
of the
in the
of
of
Clifford
in 1937
of a
the rest
County.
of the
of
to
Rock"
D.R
the
in the
his
out
on
the
met
A
the
of
in
for CBS.
by
of
of
to the
her
of
In
the oil, but in 1939
year.43
had to
in the
of 1937;
JVo
a best
B. Driscoll, editor-in-chief of
the
was
the fire the
to
for
but was left to
for
the
Book-of-the-Month
in
in
was
but
The
of the
in the
Park
Post;
the
It was also in the 1930s
for
get the
In 1921
had
youth no
One
and
This
the
of Public
he
"visited the
character,"41 The
of an
in
to
the
to
which
the
the
a
of the
was
was
felt
and the
1920s, the
he felt
of the
of
As
in
Coffey
has
of
of
of the
of
by
and
was
signed by
in his
and
by
the
by them."
the
in the rest of
of the
County and
County.
of
�Page
V
"Taxation
Coffey
feel
"caused the
of the
not
of the
are
by
We
officials"
in the
us
the fact
we will
A
the
and
is
to
the
The
one
as
the
of the
"Only one
is
to
in our
The
five
are
of Cove Creek
are
of Boone."
she
had
on
to
the
of
but
not
in
"They
a
ear to our
run the
to suit
Caldwell County
to the
of their
to the north. The Lenoir News-Topic
"a
was
out
a
of
County
go to
for a
the
on
of the
It is
the
will be
to
out
the
of Caldwell, in the
her
of the
of
County."
As
previously,
for the
in the community.
and
the
and
County.
Mrs.
H. Cone,
of
Top
was one of the
of the
She
for a
of
she
of
County, the
of a
fire
to be
by
by the county. The Cone
of the
groves in the
only by
At the
Cone was the
in
County.
In
of
(1937), the
a
D.R Coffey. The
are
the
"I
love
to get
tlie 95 per
of our
tne 100
for
tAe
County, oor
county (// we
fee
to call it that), but as a
effort, so it
in return for
one-fifth of the
county
we
driven to it
and
or no
so far as we can see, no
in tne
of our section. It
but let me ask if it is not
on the
tax money justly
to
We are not
county at
with
but I
of our 95 per
feel that the county government
are
a little
(sic.) or two"
\l
"We
\¥
of the county who see the
'./"
_._ .-„ — = • " - • r ' f "^*=^,
injustice
are in
with us,
they Jcnow too on
tne
fee
WJien
in tne county
n/s
/
tnis
for
J?ocJc,
a
to
note tnat many of us Jo not
it.
Wfe
ne
a
..___.
:
! : ;
;
great hinderance to our development or
"™
; j:3 :s_: :- "..^""' " " Ji "
Oh,
fes, we
a
Blowing
ScJiooJ prior to the WPA expansion of 1937
�"BOOK LEARNING" IN BLOWING ROCK/Page 119
which
a
for this
a
tax for
the
all
in the
We
no
in the
of our
in
of
or in the •
I
North
our
We
you to see for
of the
the
of some
the
for
such as a
playground!*
of
we
i-r*
-M
or
the
in
County. No bill
in the
the
of
the
one
to
to
1937, and
Mr. Miller's
on the
of the gymnasium of Blowing Rock School.
of
to
did not
the
of the
of
A
1937 to 1940,
Deal, a
Fork, Whiting,
to the
(WPA),
of
at
The
It was
a
to
the
73 to 3;
at
it
the 50s.
county
was
the
a
Fork, Aho,
in May,
added.45
Cool
for
of the rest of the county.
of the
suffered.46 In 1948 the pupilRock
269 to 9.
fell
This
the
hour in our community's
to the
for a countywide
In the 1950s,
I la
well
was
for the
the
School was
the
in
a
and lack
and control,
was
by
to be a "fire
and
to
for
not
It was
the
of two
Dr.
Jr. and W. Guy
corrected.47 Davant was
to
the
County
of
in an
the
of concern
and
in
The
W.H. Walker, who
as
of
the
of
for 19
had
in
and 1951.
the
of
to support
�Page 120/Chapter V
Blowing Rock School's Rhythm Band
of
a
The
a
of
County
the
"a
of
the
of
of the
of
They
the
County
was Dr. Charles Davant, Jr. of
and W.H.
Jr. of
Cracis,
in 1955
of
to the
him." The
On July 7, 1955, the
a
of
and
a
Dr. WJG.
a
at
the
of the
first
of the
was the
a
and
The
of
and
County
the
to
the
in
of
fire
and
the
of the
of W. Guy
be the
as
and
Thus
for
a
of
and the
and the
But
of
in
of a
the
for
the
of
and
the
to see
accreditation. Uncertified
to
to college in the
to
and
all
of
did so.49
was
at
Rock High
from 1952 to 1959,
Davant,
and the rest
in
a
he
to
to
50
the job
it was "a challenge,"
Not
had the
lost
in a benefit
game
(hack ™, left to right): Grover
Sr. Jack Sharp, H.P. Holshouser, Sr., Robert Hardin, H.P. Holshouscrjr.,
Wilson,
(front row): unidentified,
Hayes, Bill Williamson,
J.P. Lyons.
k WaS als
of
° in debt ^^ One °f the
StOrie's
administration
W3S
close
�"BOOK LEARNING" IN BLOWING ROCK/Page 121
Blowing Rock Elementary School
the
and
and
in the black by
It was
the
the
Through FIA
of
Dr.
Anne
one
Forsyth, to
not
felt
for an
For a
a
and
the
for
in the
in the 50s, and
to the
and
of
all
in
on to
In 1957 a
the
as
was
the
the
in the
School
which had
the
and
It
but also
60s, two
of
of our
choice,52
and
a
The
has
on
In 1957, the
Union
was
the
in
Act of 1958. Our
on
was
by
the
of the
in the
Rock}s
The
County
era. The
1, 1958,
One
was also
the
to
of
to be
to the
still
of
by
was the
a
for
That was the
the
by this
and
the
and
a
and
by
�Page 122/Chapter V
the
yet all
and
the
to the
for all the
in Watauga.53
the
of 1961,
the
of all the
the
of
a
to
for
Under the
Cove Creek
School The
was
by
on
9, 1962, and a
in the
of $1,630,000
by the
on
17,
1963. The
was to be
in
on a forty
site
$40,000.
was
in
for the
54
of the 1965
year.
The
133,000
of
at a
of
$11.90 per
the
1H I
Blowing
in the county
to all of the
the
in
High School in the 1950s
five
a
facilities.55
Only
the
the
A sad day—the demolition of Blowing Rock High School
The
was
a
the
in
and
not only for
was
to
and
a
of
con-
an
for a
of
for
its
Chairman, Dr. Charles
for
Guy
In
had
dramatically for
youth.
a
of
But
but
for
in a
In
in
to the
to
and
A
of
and art
for the
was
But for all its
in
and to
gone, but our
had
to
and
left a
in the
and civic life of
this was
adding
to
Not
be
to
rival,
There
the rest of the
Now the
had lost the
of it. These
The
was
and all of the
not be
to the
�123
IN
for the
at the
of
the
the 60s
of
for
was
in
and loss as a
and
The
are
case in
for
and
our
of
was a
by
loss was not
or
of
of community"
is
like
and
to
loss
and
the
of
an
life
in
the
That has
as an
is a
the
50s.
by
are
and the
of
in the
and
by
a
to
a
and
and the
OF
at
the
is a
a
and
David Greene
to the
the
of
�Page 124/Chapter V
NOTES
L Gratis Williams, "The Southern Mountaineer in Fact and Fiction," Appalachian Journal, Vol.3, No.l (1975), p.27.
2. "History of the Schools in Blowing Rock" unpublished paper, by
S. Greene. 1963.
3. Ibid
4. Arthur,
A History of
5.
J.
1915.
North Carolina t
of
of the
County, A
Centennial, Boone, N.C., 1949.
6. Ibid
7. Lanier, Ruby J.,
8. Emily
Educator, Durham, NC:
"Autobiography" in TJie
1974, p.12.
Story, 1983, p.75.
9. IBM.
10. AM
11. "Memoirs of
Russell" in TJie Blowing
Story, 1983, p. 43.
12. Prudden, op. cit., p.76
13. IBM
14. Bill of
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
E.G.
of Cora
County,
in The
2, 1913. (In
papers of
Story, 1983, p. 78.
News-Topic, March 2, 1892
op. eft,, p.76
op, eft, p.ll.
TTie
Was
1983, p.14.
20. Ibid
21. "Minutes of Watauga County
22. "Minutes" qp.dt.,
of Education"
1903, July 1904, April
to as "*Minutes").
1901,
23. Greene, op.c/t.,
July 27, 1987.
24. Ibid
25. AM
26. AM.
27. Ibid
28.
29.
30.
31.
32. IBM
33. Ibid
34. AM
35. Ibid
36. /bid
37. Aid
of Public
in
by
(In the
County
of Education).
�IN
125
38. Ibid.
39.
40.
TJie
H. Cone's
Textile Empire
Mountain
p.42.
41. "Minutes" op.cit.» July, 1955,
Dr.
Jr.
12, 1987.
42. Corbitt, optcit., p.43,
43. Ibid
44. IBM
45. "Minutes", op.cir.» 1955-58 and
Guy
Davant,
46. Ibid,
24, 1987.
47.
48. Ibid.
49.
50. Ibid
51. Corbitt,
pp, 41-57,
6, 1987.
52.
53.
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid
3, 1966.
19, 1987.
1989.
�Page 126/Chapter VI
�OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE / Page 127
CHAPTER VI
Our Religious Heritage
it is
to
of the
of a community's
life as the
of an
or the
of a
church,
is not the
in
Rock, Our
can be
to a
a
of the
The
with the
in the 1790s. On
to the
the
in
County, North
by
War
Ed Sullivan. He was the
Sullivan
fully
of his own
He
with
on his trip up the
his
He was ill
did not
to be
in the
in an
grave,
in
in 1794,
A
was
for
a
tree and the
he
on his journey,
"EES 1794," was
in
soil on
27th.1 While
Sullivanfs
is not
the
which was
at
has
of the
Church on
The
first
and
can
still be
we do
the
of
the
to
Yet our
is
and
the rest of
of the
in our
While our
has
much of the rest
of the
the
as we
a
to
the
was
the
in the
the Catholic Church
or no
to
The
in
as
but
fell
the
was too
to
a
it was too
for Calvinism,
its
in the
While the
still
a
for
of doctrine, the
has
The circuit
or
a
for his
he
the
of
the
He
a
his
he
a
of
folk
he
the
was not
to be the
in
Other
still
still
in
life
it.
did not
a
until
the
Revolution, but the
on the
They, too,
log
the
and
elk and
like
To all the
the
the
in
or
the
let his
3
the pulpit.
The
of
for
T/ie rombstone Of Ed Sullivan
�Page 128 /
VI
the
was
on
in the
a
and
at a
the
to a
to
by
on.
and a
as no
To a
for a few
to
be
the
to
The
or
by the
to
the
of
on a
and
to
the
"cottager"
was
is
a
by the
to be
as the
M.
of
life in
can be
The
of
the
of
one
in
The
was
in
in
Ingle,
had
by his
to
4
a
Mission," The
as a
of
in her
to
"who
in
15
in
County.* The
in the
as the
Crucis
in the
by
to
the
The
was
by
a
C.
on
to the
It
if the
to
tell
not
the
by a
led to a
in
The
— the
the
the
the
—
to
the
all
The
of
all
The
the
the
If a
a
an
Mrs. T.H. Coffey
the
for
at
a
has left the
of the
"old"
"new"
in her
of life in
in the
A
"Bina"
her
an
on to
A
He
Of course I
o*
fern
in
all
to
the
o
to
on the
the
an
to
in
to
to
nis
A/5
The
of
she
in the
to
in,
to foe
it
"I
a
for
fill
Tairit
1
the
in.
ids too fur
lie
to
to
up
one of the
a
the
o1
fills her in
on the
There
it
He
or
a foig tall:
to
it
TTiey
'em
as
on fern
on
got
got
lor a
a
or
on as
Mr.
for,
fem
and
rile
the
lest it
He
to tell
in
it
rfie
if
That
this
it.
and
a
to
�OLR
'You
see
in
the
It
all
of the
'Wfell, she
the
was in.
so
'em
as the
the
you
a fcig
fern
/
to
on the floor
all
the
Me a fee/I —
—
J
you
a
They
to /ay
It
me /ee/
../She
on a
veil
as she had on/ T'other
too,
at, But /
up a little,
to set,
on the
They
They
pretty/
'Two
was
fey
the
all the
out the
It
last
All the
I
if
'fej was the
'a
a
was a
in
/
I
'Why not
I
Don't you
the
'Wfell,
as no
fcut
the
of
'But
at the
cf/cf they/1 /
Wot
'fcut
as
as
A
all
It
out
her
'It
to
on fern
her
as
o'
in
But
of fem
in
on the
a/1
all
for
hut
for
fern
a
to
her
o1
to
in
right,
to the
she
'He
as
people of
was
to
19024917,
be
He
to "uplift" the
in
a
for the
He
he
as the
of
of
to the
of
In 1915, he
"our
rare
do not go to
in
in the
Why is it?
too
to
the gay
or not
—I
which?"11 But
saw
just as
the
He
1916, "It is a fact
the
are
by
all
30
30
to
an
the
of
uplift* an
The
60
on an
of the 300
of
not
at all,
or
at all"12
to the
his
^"* "^
of the
He
he
!:
to
by
per
(to 18)
he left.13
His
of
be
as a
on the
the
• - and not as a
on his
to a
which
The
in
was
% •
The Reverend William Savage in front of The Randall Memorial Workshop
�Page
VI
on a
— the
life. His
"Since
of our
"So
the
by
in the
on a
1913,
big
like the
down"14
are the
by the
J.M.
the
in the
in late
work,
the
the
its
of
for
the
to
is
— at
the
in the
in
to
of
the
Church
a
a
is
by
if
a
of
The
to
the hill country"
in the
of
if
the
to the
did not. Such
for
15
for
still
at
1928. Ed
in 19144915, was
a
in 1920
on to
as
1921-23.17 When a
was
in 1922 to
the
it was as an
of a
by the
Church.18 When the
War II, the
W.C
of
the
Church was
as
to the
Church League.19
The
Church
the
as
be
of the
of the
The
to
a
on
as
the
in
of
The
of
has
a
in the
of
this
has
the
of
in the
the 1950s
to
in
are
an
of the
of
of the
but the
of
on
church
16
life
for
Rock's
of the Villagers
the rest
as
1900,
community, including
a
town workers.
family.
the
War II
21
in the
the Civil
on a
and
1960s,
a
has
to
saw a
the
did not
or
Church
in
last
in
By the 1930s,
pattern.
The Blowing Rock Negro Community Center and Church
(today the First Independent Baptist Church)
The
could
to
of the
the late
or in
in the
in
the
in the
locally.22 In
of
23
at
1919, it was
and also in
of
well
in 1919,
"Some
of
sing."
at the
Church in
�OUR
late
131
had
the
by
By the 1940s, this
was no
by
of
Life was still
the
Theatre
"colored
in the balcony.25
as
at the Country Club, but
not
to
as
had
on the
with the
at the
to cut
and a
to the
Lenoir on a
26
for
purpose. A
club, the Tin Top,
but also
It was in
to
an
for
A
was
in
to
a lot for a
The
of
for the
Colored Church Project was
of
of the
Mrs.
E Cannon,
Julius Cone, Grover C.
Sr., C.G.
J. Luther
Ovens,
CH.
the
was
to the
The
"It is
the
will seat
150
and
will be in
a
shop,
It is
will be
on in the church"27
The
Community Church,
on
was
on
6, 1949.
the Village's
with an
The
used for
on Thursday
or
the
off.
1960,
Eugene S.
was
to
at the
Church by
to
the
on the
He
this
until 1980. By
the
to less
ten
and it was
to
the church.
two
the
to
use in
the
Church
there.28
The
Church in
of a
can be
to the
of the
Mrs.
M.
of
also
J. Martin, a
the Rev. Dr. Jethro
of the
Church in
A
in 1882,
sufficiently by 1885
the Concord
W.M. Morris, the
for the
the Church was
On July 26,
Dr.
the
The
Church was
by
in use,
it
be
on the new Church in 1905 and
in 1912.
The
the
was
in the
was
in
for the new
and the
be
the
in
and
by a
of 1906, and
that he
was
on the
it
Construction was
with it a
that the
for his
Dr.
for the
he
�Page 132 / Chapter VI
„ ,1
Rumple Cottage in
of it
He
of the
it as to the
of the rock,
if the
it
be
On
for
he
he
it
the
of an
In the spirit of
the
was
in
the
the
the
of
of
the
a part.
Dr.
during the
Church,
his
a
the
on it to the
by the
of Dr.
the
Church1 in 1940, in
his
of
a
Dr.
L
to
in 1901 so
he
enjoy the
and his
He
a
the
to the Cone
on the
He
for the
his
Gwyn
Jr.,
"I'm
the
Dr.
He
an
of
of
He
to
so
the
so
the
in
on
is tied to the
Elk
Mr.
a
in
for
as the
by the
for the
was
by Mr,
the 1930s,.
the
to
for
TTie Reverend Dr. Jethro Rumple
in
at
to the
The
on
the
of
50s. He
the
up
one
�OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE / Page 133
Participants in the 1946 Grandfather Home
Day Festivities (left to right): Anne Bryan,
Rev. Dr. Walter Keys, Dr. W.T. Tare, Stuart
Ross, Jean Wilson and Mac Morgan. The
three children were orphans from
Grandfather Home.
"Burning The Note" ceremonies at Rumple Memorial
of the highlights of the
These
in as much as $10,000 at a time,
up to one-third of the Grandfather Home for Children's
A
was built in 1931 in
of
a
to
Rock, The
G.
Buchanon
the Village's
full-time
living in the
with his
until 1938, The Rev,
Walter Keys,
Supervisor for the
in the
the 1920s
from 1940-48,
in the home-front war
He
on
the
monthly
to all
Rock
in
Mr, Keys'
the Church
for
of
Lay
had
strong,
the Church
to
Annie (Mrs. Joseph) Cannon was a
during
time. She not only
aid
the
but
highly
as a
teacher.
The
with the
of
on the
of
the
community,
the Church with
A
Committee
was
in 1962 to
the
the
The Church's
in 1987 saw it
to the
to
its
to the
of the mountains.30
�Page 134/Chapter VI
Charitable,
to
a truly
less
she
-
These are
her life to
Through her Good
only
the
to
she
a
of
on
9, 1887, to Dr.
Myra, she
arts
the
Cannon.
to
a
the
Club
in
will
all
Lot Ludlow, a
civil
up in Winston-Salem,32
in
his
a
to her
One spring
on a
she
the
32
of her
in young,
Cannon.
the
son of J.W. Cannon, a
and one
Textile Industry.
The
of our
when Joseph
Cannon built a
in
in 1927. They
the
"Miramichi"
happy
a
for
family,33 Shortly
Annie Ludlow Cannon
built,
which
to
in the
in the
of the Cannon
the
the
of
The
a
of
for the
no
or
malls.34 On
the
at
with
in the
on the porch. In
a
by
H.E.
to
was
to
the
It was
"Hymn to Miramichif35 When the
Mrs.
the
will
be
by
to the
of life in
the 1930s, she
in
the
Community Club.
she
Mr.
of
37
for
are
in
honor. She
her
and
to
she
be
as the
life
the
of Christ.
It was
at the
Church of
in 1917
Mrs. Cannon
the Good
Club, which
on
for
This
to be a
of
she
the
had on her
38
as a
her
to the
of
Rock.
gift for
she
as a
the
39
Child
Fellowship.
one of her
this
was justly
was
she
her
"I
the very
40
you
the
Spirit."
the use of "Scene-a-felts," a
by
felt
on a
as a
She
an
for
aid in the
for a
kit. When
in the
a few
so
she sat
in a
of
oil
the
of the
she
to
She
of
was
the
of the
As she
a
the
�OUR
she
a felt
on the
as the
a
was
The
a
in awe
by an
to the
the
135
with the sky
At the end of the
the
them,
did not
her
to
or to the
Good
Club. She
her
to
Sky
for
children, the
Colony for
the
42
Colony for
women. In
she
and was
to
in
County to
a
her felt
to
Christ
his
to all
in
she
a
Storf
to
in
and
Counties.43 She also
at
and
At the age of 75,
60
of
she
the
Club. But she did not
up her
how to use the
"pupils"
on the
44
which she
begun.
Mrs.
for
was very
She
of the
with
and
"Miramichi" was
on a
the John's
so
she
the
As one
she
in the
at
She
was an
her 70s.
in the
of "community" and
the
Show. In the
of
"She was not only an
in the
life of
Rock,
but she was a
in
civic
moral
which was
in the community."
Cannon was
to
in
Rock.
was
by
and
gift was the
she set for all with
she
in
in her
on
10, 1965. In 1970, the
at
Church was
in her
Mrs, Cannon on "Silver Slippers" for a parade in 1942
The master teacher at work with her "Scene-a-felts"
�Page
W
of
the first
of
for
the
led a
of
Ed
for the
led the first
of the
fifty
The
the
for
up the Holy
of the
18, 1933. T.H.
the use of the
for
a
in 1947.
to the
of the
of the
was
Mr. R.H.
of
the
on
and the
was
in 1948.
of St.
Church in
in the new
in
its
the Churches
by the
it
as a
a
it was
to the
of St.
in
The
of the
has
a
of
for
to
to
far
churches.45
The
in the 1930s
Church on
\
"X.
in 1976.
is the
to
is
in
a
of
to use the
for
The
by the Christian
Their
to
the
so
at the
of the
the
the church building
at the
of
but a
a
Mr.
the
for the
and a
was
in June, 1955,
The
as a
of
to
but has
was
in 1967, and
by the
An
of all
are
and
the
These
was
In 1954,
The
for
�OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE /Page 137
The
as a
H. Cone to
of
Flat
Church
by
for the
of his
its
Mr.
was the
one
by
When a
one
Cone and
was
and the
for
his
was
by the county.
Mr. Cone
the
The
t
the town
of
in the 1920s. It had an
forty
When the
was
Mrs. Cone
to
it to be
as a church.
She
and
the
Ed
the Church
for
in June, 1928. The
or
of the Cone
Cone
to the
Service, but the
a
of
for
of the
Flat area.46
Church of God
The
of the
country's
the
was
the
has
to
Church of God is a
Church of God, one of the
in
the
a
in the old
to
church,
for
a church
from
God, in
and
of the Spirit
the
Church. The
a
of
of the Church has
in the
life
in
of
was
of the
in
in
community.47
by
They
as a
At that time, the
to
the
Church of God.
The Church of God
believes in the
as the
in full
and the Lord's
in
The
in 1948,
for The
by
of
of
the
in
of the
Pitts, a
for
and
of the
has
for the
to
�Page
VI
The
:
The
its
to
i
Church in
as the
of the
The
a
of worship for
Methodist Church has a history
to the turn-of-the-century. In 1900,
a plot of
to the
Church South for the
of a sanctuary.
The
built
siding,
twenty-four
benches. It
by a
of
circuit-riding
until 1932, when it
to
The
for
it
to the Christian
in the
An
was
to
the Church as a
in 1947, but
only
In 1948, Dr. H.E.
of Duke
University
to
as a
until he
in 1964.
not
has
an
in the Villagers life
One
the
was
for his
The
residents.48
50t/i Anniversary Pageant of the Blowing Rock Methodist Church at Yonahlossee Theatre, August 27, 1950
St.
of the
The first
Church in
was a
a bell
1890. It was
a
of a fund
by
the
of St.
Church in Lenoir. Originally
the Church of the Holy Spirit, the
was
to St. Mary's of the
in 1918.
County
at the
in Valle Crucis, and
the
as "a
of a mission." This
in 1902 with the
of the Rev.
Although
for the Valle Crucis
he
much of
and
to
live in
Rock.49
�OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE / Page 139
;
During
tenure, 19024917, the
was
He
the
public library with the aid of Mary Nelson Carter. He
a
of
in
Southern Churchman
for the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt, He
sell
the
to northern
and
the
50
Craft Center as a local
shop.
The current Church
was
at
the
was
from
County.51
It was
by a
contribution
WW.
the
who
Chetola
Lula
was a
that he
the
in
for his
the
of the Titanic.52 The
of the church was laid in 1918, and the
in 1921. In 1920, Stringfellow's
wife
A
the church to the
of God
the memory of
Parker
in the
of the church.
Shortly
Elliott
his
'Madonna of the Hills1
to the Church. In honor of the painting, the Church is
known as St. Maryfs of the Hills. The.painting
the
Clark Prize,
for the
by the National
of Design in New York.
Services
held only during the
until 1951,
the Rev. Thomas
the
year-round
had
in
year-round, but his
throughout
County.) The continuous
of the
led to a
milestone in 1964. That year, St. Mary^s
the
of a
to that of a
church,
contributions
of its own
to the
for
The
which can be justifiably
of the support it has
the Village for
a century, can
in over a
century
53
of
for
church organization.
The First
1903, in the
Church was
on July 11,
Public School
with
Mrs.
Greene, Mrs.
Mrs.
Mr.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mr. J.M.
Mrs.
Lentz, Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Mrs John
and Mr. J.A.
The first
was
J.W. Thomas of Lenoir, a long-time
visitor.54.
The
church house was
in 1905 on.
�Page
VI
the
It
the
the
to which
A
lot in 1923 in
in 1924
paid.55 This
a
the
by
These
chilly
In
the
to
This
be
up to
of a yet
Church
The
with the
a big
was
to
It was
the
and
on
was
in
in the
on the
for
be
In the
off to
if a
the
in 1968,
led
on
Drive, was
and
the
360,
Chapel, 160,
the
200. A
for the Church was
on July 10,
1983,
the
of all
on the property.57
The
Church has
an
role in
Rock's history. A
was
in 1913,
the Church
an
in
for
the
Ed
was a
of the
at
Flat.59
60
D.R Coffey,
was
of the Church for twenty-five years.
was the
in the
to
in the Village. It was not only one of the
to
but
the
for
of the
War
IL In 1948,
a
of
with the
up of
lay
The
by Jewish
Dr.
Lazaron.61
These civic
up the
which First
Church has
the
While the
has
to
as a
of
has
the
of
Rock,
to
in
62
the Village.
the
as "the
church," ML
was
It was
by
in
of the
the fourth
first
but was not
in July,
1886.
The Church was
by the
John
the
in December, 1882. On
visit,
at
the
of
In April of the
The Rev. Mr.
his
to
and
the aid
J.G
the
The
Jacob Klutz
�OUR
141
S.
L
Jacob
the
of
the
for
of the
of
it be
J.
S.
L.
of the
at the
on
A.
and
1921, when it
Sr.
the late Dr.
in the 1940s.65 The
felt the old
an
it to the
the
to the late
a
In
for $16,500
A.
Sr,
to a
of the
it to the
in
of 58
A.
the
in his
3,
the
In 1953, the
the
at the "Little
was
10,500
the
Church," 6,241
has
a
as a
in
2,22?
Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds
�Page 142 / Chapter VI
NOTES
1. "Brief History of the Story's" unpublished research by T.E. Story
2. Kephart, Horace. Our Southern Highlanders^
3. Arthur, John Preston. A History of
Company, 1913, p.268.
County, North Carolina, Everett Waddey Co., 1915, p.98.
4. Lenoir News-Topic, May 14, 1884 and Banks, J. Peeler. A History of the Southern Synod of the
Churcht 1968, pp. 307-309.
5. Saunders, Donald. For His Cause A Little House, Appalachian Consortium Press, 1988.
6. "Skyland Institute" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, pp.74-76.
7»
Democrat, February 27, 1913
May 3, 1923.
8.
Democrat, November 20, 1913.
9.
AC.
Co., 1900. p.122.
10. Aid.
11.
26, 1915.
12.
13, 1916.
13.
26,
13, 1913.
14.
15.
Daily Observer, January 25, 1913,
16, 1928.
16.
17.
Democrat, May 27, 1920
Town Council
7, 1922,
18.
19. The
January 13, 1949.
20. Valuable
Albrecht.
21.
on county churches may be found in:
County, North Carolina: A Survey of Its Rural Churches
Collection, ASU,
N,C.
Culture in
in the
County*1 by
in
for the
Technical
22. Ibid, p.6.
23.
17, 1919,
Democrat,
24. "Negro Life in
25.
County"
op, cit,, p.31.
26. Interview with
Coffey,
23,
27. The
27,
28.
to E Gwyn
29.
30. For a
31.
9, 1982
12, 1985.
May 24,
of the
of
Mrs. Mary Morris, October 8, 1987
Church see
The
op. dr.,
Democrat, March 18, 1965.
32.
33. H.E.
Colorful Past" The
34. Ibid.
35. ibid
36.
18, 1965.
Rocket$ Aug. 3, 1951.
of North Carolina:
1942. p.6.
�OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE / Page 143
37. "Mrs. Cannotfs Work
38. H.E.
op, cit,
Mrs.
39.
40. "Mrs.
Story, 1983.
The
Cannon Tells of Teaching." The Blowing Rocket^ Aug. 1963.
77ie
41. "Mrs.
1983, p.28.
42. IBM
43. AM
44. The
June 25, 1948 and Aug. 28,
45. The
7, 1964 and interview with Mrs. C.B. King, July 31, 1987.
46. For a
Mountain
at the
by
the
47. Manuscript church
by
48. The
and
Pitts, July 1987,
see The Denim King:
1989.
The
H. Cone's Family,
14, 1964.
11,
49. Leno/r News-Topic, Nov.27,
50. Arthur, op. c/t.
51.
Carolyn
of the
of the
Church, June 3, 1988.
52. Interview with Lula Gragg, June 6, 1987.
53. The
Jan. 31,
54. The
Dec. 27 1963.
55. The
July 8,
56.
July 16, 1987.
57. The
July 8,
58. The
Dec. 27, 1963 and June 14, 1928.
59. "Know Your Churches and Clergy", G. Carleton
60. The
July 16, 1948 and
Church.
14, 1959.
Dec, 27, 1963.
61. The
-
County" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983. p.41.
62. "Baptist First in
63. Historic
64. "Baptist
of the
in
Church in North Carolina, Publication
County," The
67. Aid
of the
Church in the United
1908.
Story, 1983. p.41.
27, 1963.
65. The
66.
1948,
J, /I
of the
of the
Church, Published by the Southern Synod, 1968.
�Page 144 / Chapter VII
"l\w
�HEALING THE SICK/Page 145
CHAPTER VII
Healing the Sick
In the
at
of
the
the
in the
of the
of
1900 did not
a
in the
"granny women"
a
in the
of the
of the
of the
was
or
due to
in
no
But
These
the
has
the
a
of
saw a
saw fit to do
it. The
of
the
to
the
of the town,
the
But
is
one of
has
our community to
a
far
to
of
Carolina. The
of
of year-round
and
it a
In one
in
a
the
on
to a
staff
Only
is
to
in
the
or so
too
is
him,
the fact
Dr. Charles Carter
with the Clerk of Court in
in
He
his
University in New York
the Civil War,
in Philadelphia.2 Dr. Carter's
the
in town, the "Mission
Lend-a-Hand
Library." He not only
to the
but he
the
to the
he
He
to his
of
to
for
He
in
the
as
as the body
his
as a
of God.
The
in
was Dr.
C.
was born in
County
the
of
Dr.
to
in the
1890s
practiced
running a
He
Councill,
and
had two
and
1899,
Dr.
ill with
was
by
to Lenoir for
The
road
tO
tOO much for his Condition,
a
in
in the
of
is
in North
in our
has
and
the
Dr. and Mrs. Carter's Home in 1896
his
Columbia
�Page 146 / Chapter VII
Dr. Parlier
John Council! at the
the
a gift
in
In
a
to
the
in
on
a
was a
Dr.
for
he was in his
a teacher from Skyland Institute
Drug Store in the early 1900s
is
The
Dr.
still
J.
his
for his
just
Dr«
on
to
ran
and
in the
in the
He was the
in
1901. He
as an
of the
of
For
was a
in
was
to
the
to
In 1914,
to
his
and
Dr.
the good
of not
to
"Granny**
of
Ed
as a
to the
for
on
she
was the last of the
women" in
her
Dr.
a
the old,
of the
to the age of
Dr.
a
of his ill
was
a
But
the
of
Dr.
E.
to the
in 1914.
just
the
of
of the
for
was
in the
He
at the
but the
he
for
him.
There
the
he
not
While
his
be
his
on
County
be
his
of his age and
he was
to
by
to see
He
all,
to
to
he
a
and
had a
He
his
This
is not
one
the
was
and
he had
in
was a
waiting to
in
had a
a
a
and
the
The
was
out to the
the
Windows
no
a
The
the
very
to use the
lots and
of the
for
In
of in
of the
saw the
to
and he
the
His
few
in his
a
A
his
�THE
to
he
to
of
to the
of the
to his
for
of
civic
to
to his
figures as Governor Thomas
of Blowing
on the
of "Health
Sanitation,"
his "disciples"
the
of
The old
the
of the
147
the
Dr.
He
and
the
on
to
the
He
to
with the
the
I
as
of
he
as
the
who is sick. A
is told of an old
to
"puny,"
lemon, much to the
The
could be
by not
was
to
in the
but the
did as
was
scurvy,
had
the
to
eat
with Vitamin C in them.
Dr. Brooks
a
for
public
the
of
of public
plants,
the
He
his
in
to his
the
of an
he was
by
as a
of
Daniel
him the
of "Webster Brooks." He
in
his cat, Dolly
his
in 1921.
in
of Brooks*
his
of medicine in
Rock in 1915,
"the
in
County,"6
Dr.
was not only
the
of
he was
a
an
In a
"Bird
he
the
for
to
One can
see
the
he
his role as
cup as
For the last ten
the town of Blowing Rock has
a
by the civic
of the women's clubs of this locality.
So far the town is a
sanctuary by mention only. It has not
the
of our
inhabitants. It has not
official
It has no
It has not
by Tom, Dick and Harry
love
and air
We no
the lusty call of the
White, The
of the owl has
The
is
The
of a young rabbit is
and the
of the wood thrush at
is rapidly
It is time to act now!
A
and wildlife sanctuary
a
of
for
and
to a
of
beauty and a civilized society, as
as
a
or
The good
at work).
on to
the
which
of Nancy
of the
Pine Trail. The
for
to the
council
Dr.
was also a
and
His
as in "Dew Drops" which he wrote at his
on Globe
out for
on the
to
at the
a
on
the
and the
the
�vn
Dew drops—
Exquisite,
Nature's
With a
In the
still
Of a fairy
dawn.
What a
As their
On
of the
And the p/nc,
Greeting a
a
The
Ancf the
a
When
It is
Of the
The
And the
by
our
the
the
Silently let me
And
the
Mirrored by the
J
Ere the
sun
Drinks fern up.
In
It
his
a
of his
the
Hill
RockJs
Mrs.
hit it off
to
in the town.7
a
the
in the
our physicians. It
a
the
the
of
of
Dr.
It
Pennsylvania, was the
College in
the only
of World War I, she
she
Carolina.
in the
1930s,
ill of
the last
of
on to
of the
a
in
of Mrs.
her
of 1930,
in
of a
of
of
in the
too
for
as the
Dr.
Charles Carter.
as a
two
It was the
the
a
for
"flu"
With
so
physician
Mary Cabell Warfield,
to
Chadbourne in 1928.
fell in
the
the
in the
trying "to see if the
in an
I
she
to
day.
or
by the
at
in the
but as a
in
of the
to call a
a visit to the
of the
of Missions.8
the
A
was to try all
only as a last
to
�THE
The
149
Clinic
Dr. Mary Warfield with one of the
many babies she delivered
contact a physician, which
not an
in
Prior to Dr. Warfielcf $
'
no
to be
in the
her arrival, she was the only
within an
to ten
radius.9
in
Dr.
the
of 1931
One of her
was to
a
clinic, which she quickly
It was
on the
end of
the
Church,10 Dr.
no pay for
in the
clinic. She
The
clinic was
for "its purpose"
to Dr.
Warfield, was to "ward off
of
the
of
of the
people,"
felt this pro
was
of her duty as a
Dr.
did,
a fee
for
she felt
for
for
they
This fee was
in
or
not cash.11
Dr.
was a
who
as
and
yet she
a
of humor. She had a
a
her
and
sat in the
seat of her car.12 Her dog had a
to
her
Mary
on the
to
for
Rockfs sick. One of her
the
once
by Dr.
as he
the
on
A
truly
Dr. Warfield's
to her
Christmas,
1930.
oF
himself would
to
up. On
22, at
Dr.
dutifully
to
Camp to
a
Arriving
in town, she was
this one
late in the
23rd.
the
had
she had a call to go to Coffey's Gap,
18
of
lay on the
this case
2 a.m.,
she
a hot
and set out for
to find the
on her car
She
got
to
on Christmas Day,
two
for her
sick
That was
14
seventy-two
of
care. Such was the life of a country
the
of
In
to
the free
clinic,
one day
15
in
Camp. This clinic was
by the
Church. As if all this
not
she
a
of free clinics to
and
if
One of the
of
was
in April, 1928, in the
School,
two
as
a
was an
Twenty
had
that day,
by Dr.
and
�Page 150
a
VII
of
Six
she
the
on the
an
Six
of Dr.
the
of a
clinic for
of the
ago the
gifts not
to
Clink
its
This was
the
of
of
but of
and
The clinic is a tiny
for
has
to
on
occasion—but it
is free of
and full of
A gift of a
it
for
we are
for our
gift, a big
porch for use this
As
of you
the
was a gift of Ms.
in
of her
The
was
in
of
by a
of her
Now we are
old. In that
we
had 70
210 bed
a
of conditions,
one
the
of
3?
The
are
the
of
and
the
her
has
the
in life, to say
of her
Three
to the fact
the
was on top
of the
of 23
it. One was a hurry call — a
was
of
she was
to us. The
The gift of a
It has
set our
in
six
at rest in a
per day
As this is
as
to
The
a
of
The
the
at the
the
to
of the
for the
six
is
less
the
as
of our
can
is free of
as we are
trip
gift of a
is
of the
The
we
fees has
us a
of
we
be a
for
to the
we
(1) An
two
for the
a gift
the
(2) An
of $2 a
for
Will
we
put us in
not
on. This
has
of
of
for
to
Mary
MJD.
Clinic
6,
of
the
for the
OF THE
L
ill
is
(a)
a
(b) That the
is
(c)
the
(d)
to
by
he or she—
to
for
for the
�THE
151
2.
(a) The
of the
(b) Any
the clinic
a
in
of the
No
will be
in the
an
to the
for the
his
full
he
the
3.
be a
of the
(a)
(b)
be
on
is
for
be
(c)
the
The Clinic
by the
she is at
of the
is to be
she
by
this is
to
for a
the Clinic^s
the Clinic
As a
is in the
in the
at the
as
The
a
to the
of
in
of
The
the
for
Dr.
on
of the
30th to
to
her
in
By 1940,
A
Clinic's
and
Theater. A
in
was
to
was
for
in
for
the
Phillips,
of the
by the
of the Clinic. The
Ovens, J.
at the
a
by
to the Clinic
at the
out by
A
Mrs. Charles
in
of the
effort.19
in
of
at the
to the
the
shop, the
the
in
of
for the
David Ovens,
the
the
for
to the
of the
"Rose Marie."20
the
1940
the Clinic had
as a
of
Cordon, a
of the
of
the
in 1938. He
all
to the
of
his
as a
In 1943, David Ovens
for the
Clinic
he
on the
22
of
and on the Special
Committee. These
at the
Club.
for
at
to
at
in the
It
for Ovens
his
to
the
for the
"Pineacres." All of the
the Country Club
to the Clinic.23
An
in He
the
of
in fund-raising for the Clinic: "We
Mr.
the
but
just
out
he
just
he
He
the
he
in his
he
the
has the
fact to
we
the
the one
has
Mr.
The
is
and
Mr.
to this
he
and to the
he
the
as
at
in
a
in
the
for the
at
a
of
of the
the
on
of
of the Community Concert
in
or Canada.25
to
as Dr.
by
to be
of
of
the
of
�w_
-r-hJi*^ +
The Wallingford Clinic
Dr. Charles Davant, Jr.
to an
to
in the
40s
to the
months,
to her
in the
of 1946, she was
in
her
the rest of her life.
Grover
Sr.,
a
South
so his
could
the
he
by
to
his
These
though,
the
manner"
in a
But
by 1948, she was
to Tryon. Just
a
the community's
for a
Carolinian who had
a
in
was
in Lenoir, Dr. Charles Davant, Jr.,
in Lenoir. Initially, he saw
only on
for the
to
Charles
a
of Davant's
In January 1949, the Clinic was
to
on
While this
clinic
was
it was still
to
the community's
The
Club
to the
much of the
to
the Clinic. Utilizing
the
the
Club
a
and darkroom.26 The
four
and two
—a
the
Clinic on
Street. And it was
without one
of
aid.
The little
community, with its
of
began to
to
he
it
"I
in the
clinic
the
Church"
"One
I saw
or
calls. Things just
sort of
and
and
and I
the
and told
[his
that I was
to
to practice"27 He
to
in 1948, and
the
has
the
of his
and
ever
In 1950 Dr.
was
Director of
a
he
to the
In 1951, in a plea for community
for a new
The
As everyone in the community knows, the
or
force
the
is Dr. Charles Davant, Without his
friendship,
in his patients, and his skill in
and surgery, the
be just another
town
Ever
his
in
Rock
ago, he has
constantly to
the
of the
building and
to
the best in
equipment.
Rock is proud of "Doctor Charlie"
"Give a doctor a
to
and he can practice
a
modern,
to provide
care for its winter and
and the
of outlying
communities such as Globe,
Camp, Blackberry Valley, and Gragg" he
over a "Coke," Dr. Charlie
a
"time out" to
"My
was a country
�THE
in
S.C., and my
was a
in Jeb
I cut my
on
doctors,
of
in the
Fve
in
But I
a
to
my
our
is
my
or the
Another
worry is the
an
of a
fire,
in the
the ill and
lost so
you can
why a
do
a
fire
facility in our
building"
Now
of
labor,
for our children,
Doctor Charlie is
us to
build a
and
so
all get
the
and
what he
to do the work we
a vote of
confidence for Dr. Davant.
The
to the Wallingford
By 1951, the
of
Clinic
to
to TJie
"urgent" The
That was an
a
— an
of
to
of fire. If you've
of
not
the
and
We
has
our
he can do an
A
the ill and
job, Let's
to the
is
as only a
a
a
for a
Cone for the
to
a
a
of a
to
who
by. What
the
The
of The
and
a
in
1951, in which
had $10,000
the will of Mrs.
but
a
only to find
of
Rockfs
the Civil War,
widely
to
153
23rd, 1951,
on the
to
For
is for a.
1
a
on/7 r°
the
few
I
felt
our
hospital
it will
$70,000 to
feui'W
a
the $10,000 left to the
fey
the late Mrs.
to tAis project But
to
the
of the
Under the circumstances, I am willing to
to the hospital
o/$30,000 at the
the gift is
on one condition,
you
on my
to
a f/ft as
you
me
you
an
$30,000
other sources
the
project. This
including the 15th
of February 1952.
With
for a.
you
not
Cone. I am
to its
a
value
as a pledge
be
or
up to
I am
MTE
Cone,
a
to
the
of
Ovens, J. Anthony Panuch,
the $30,000
Three
Committee,
the
of
Cone,
J.
A. Cannon,
Vance,
By the fall of 1951, the
for the
was
a
28
hospital
on the
built on Chestnut Drive, and in
of 1952, the
of
�vn
a
It
it
a
a
an
to
for the
on
a
far
of
of
The
the
of the
the
in
on
in the
at the
of
to the
of the
its
H.
J.A.
H.R
the
as
of
The
of the
in an
editorial:
the
Rock, in the
in 1936.
a community
the
of the
in
is
in
We are
an outgrowth of the
its
of
less
of
Clinic,
on
its
in
job
in a
The
for less
the
of
The
was
not
in
Thus the
the
of Dr.
Dr.
in the
has its
A young Anne Cannon
tne
Ribbon at the 19-12 Blowing Rock Horse Show
BLOWING ROCK HOSPITAL
Tne
�HEALING THE SICK/Page 155
A Hospital Benefit Fashion Show at
is
as
out of the
to
The
Clinic
of
of
the
to
of the
for
in
It is to the
of Dr.
the
Clinic
as a last
but it is
the
it is
to its
for
Manor
or a
of
the
to go to
in
for
The
in the
In
Clinic
the per
Philanthropy
the
Clinic
at
the
its
�Page
VII
a
in the
further
the
when
the
only for
was
as a
the
of
in
of
or
It
or
old age.
in 1968, a
on
to the
was
by the
Commission on
an
a
A
individual
of 1968 the
Dr.
Davant
Care-Center
a
so
to the
Rock's
An
for
in the
ill
for
for
Clinic
of
to
The
a
as
chronic
and
which
Therapy
as
in
It
of our
T/ie Dr. Charles Davant, Jr. Extended Care Center
an
to
�HEALING THE SICK/Page 157
NOTES
1. Van Noppen, Ina W,
John J. Western North Carolina Since the Civil War, Boone: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1977, pp. 103-106.
2. Watauga Democrat, November 7, 1889.
3. Information about Dr.
4.
from his grandniece, Mrs. John M. Lewis of Dunn, N.C,
Democrat, May 25, 1899.
5. "Granny Robbins Beloved Early Lady" The Blowing Rock Story, 1983, p. 47
6. Alfred Mordecai, "James Edwin Brooks, M.D.," Part II, North Carolina Medical Journal, June, 1958, pp. 238-242.
7. "Mary Campbell Warfield was
doctor of 1930-46," The
Story. 1983, p. 21.
8. The Blowing Rocket, July 6, 1979.
9. Ibid, and telephone interview with Mrs. Carrie Buxton, March 27, 1988.
10. Ibid.
11. The
July 6, 1979.
12. Telephone interview with Mrs. Carrie Buxton, March 27, 1988.
13. The
Rocket, July 6, 1979.
14. Ibid.
15.
Democrat, May 30, 1928.
16. The Blowing Rocket, July 6, 1979.
17. "Report of the
18. "Drive for Clinic
Clinic", January 6, 1936, by Mary Cabell
M.D.
Today." The Blowing Rocket, August 30, 1940.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. The
Rocket, August 15,
22. Tlie Charlotte Observer, August 8, 1948.
23. Saunders, Don. For His Cause A Little House, Boone: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1988.
24. The Blowing Rocket, August 7, 1953.
25. The
Rocket, August 19, 1955,
26. "From a Tiny, Four Bed Clinic," The Blowing Rocket, July 6, 1979.
27. Interview with Dr. Charles Davant, Jr., November 17, 1987.
28. "From a Tiny Four
Clinic," op. cit.
�Page 158 / Chapter VIII
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA /Page 159
CHAPTER VIII
Becoming A Seasonal Mecca
the
a
the rest
end to the
for
an
and
the
the
the
Grover C.
He
of
a
par
for
as
19284934,
and again from
the
World War, a
of the
of
That
As
for the
to
In April of 1930, for the
the
of
a
in
to
of the
The
at the
The
was one of the
In 1932 the
for a
Cloudland Cafe)
These
by
visitors.
to
on the
Grover C. Robbins, Sr.t at The Blowing Rock
a
The
to
all
Unfortunately, its
led to a
an
an
The
of the
it to the
its
County.1
to
to
but the
to
for
Tourists visited by the busload
�Page 160/Chapter VIII
Early visitors to a litter-covered "Rock
The Blowing Rock's view is one of the most beautiful m the entire Blue Ridge chain
a
in 1933.3 A court
Three
which
is a
to
Bernhardt.
Grover
and CR
J,M.
Dr.
as the
the free
to limit
in the
and
Still
by the
and the
the
and
and
a
to the Rock,4
the
of Ford,
was the
to feel Grover
touch. A Chamber
of Commerce was
in 1934, with Mayor
as its
C.S.
was
with GE.
GX
and Dr. GR
also
as the first
The link
and
was
in the
of
citizens.5
But
was not just
to
and
the
for visitors. He
on the
in
of
He
to
Hill to
and
to
in the
The
Boy
into
in
and put on
as
"good
for
all
long.7 Tourism was
laid the
and Grover
It was
for the
that he did. The
had
338 in 1920 to 503
in 1930.
the
in
The
its
1931, for the first
in an
to
the
with AC.
its
of
of
As with the
at the end of the
century,
acts of the
in 1928 and 1933
of
off
by
who
The
as
and
its
in
in 1904. It
quickly, but
6, 1933 as part of
to
the
Its
was
it was
on
17, the first
County
to be
to reopen.9
�A
161
of
Two
crucial in
by B.B. Dougherty to
(to
Rock. The
was the
of President
D.
of the
Parkway.
The Blue
Parkway
a child of the
It
Smoky
to
for
the 469 mile
its
Harry E
of Virginia, a very
of North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia on October 7, 1933, urging
the
to be
of the
WESTERN
UNION
Received lit
^ C F B ' 9 1 166 G O V T
SN W A S H I N G T O N DC 7
HON J O B EHR!NGHAUS=
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( """"""
JUST HAD A TALK W I T H THE P R E S I D E N T W I T H RESPECT TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OUT OF FEDERAL FUNDS Of A SCENIC H I G H W A Y
C O N N E C T I N G THE S H E N A N D O A K AND GREAT SMOKY M O U N T A I N PARKS
STOP PLAN
in 1933, to
to
the
the
Great
It is
the
to the
of the
to
to
inclusion.
G O V E R N O R OF N O R T H C A R O L 1 N A R A L E I G H NCAR="
I S TO F I N A N C E FRO!,! F E D E R A L WORKS PROGRAM W I T H O U T
O B L I G A T I O N ON THE PART OF THE STATES
was the
in
and
FATtONS AM MWJESTED TO MVttt THE COMPACT •?
Thh b • faB-rm*
Telegram or OMe-
The
EXCEPT AS TO
M A I N T E N A N C E OF ROAD STOP THIS* M A I N T E N A N C E CAN BE R E A D I L Y
G I V E N BY THE STATES BY REASON OF THE L A R G E A M O U N T OF
I N C R E A S E D G A S O L I N E T A X D E R I V E D FROM T H E T O U R I S T S ATTRACTED
TO TH!S ROAD STOP THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTA A S?,flALL TOLL SO AS
E
and
the
for "millions" of
to
to the
via "the
in the world"
of
the
of the
at the
of the
by
of
on July 21, 1934. They had no idea of the
the
on the
or
would be
of the
Not all
one
David Ovens, had this to say
the
in his
If This Be
TO M A K E T H I S A SELF L I Q U I D A T I N G E N T E R P R I S E STOP T E N T A T I V E
SURVEY
I N D I C A T E S A D I S T A N C E OF FOUR H U N D R E D M I L E S TOTAL COST
S I X T E E N M I L L I O N DOLLARS STOP HUNDRED SEVENTY F I V E M I L E S I N
VIRGINIA
HUNDRED FORTY M I L E S I N N O R T H C A R O L I N A A N D N I N E T Y
F I V E M I L E S IN T E N N E S S E E STOP T H I S ROAD WILL BE THE GREATEST
SCENIC ROAD IN THE WORLD AND W I L L ATTRACT M I L L I O N S OF
TOURISTS STOP 1 ASK YOUR COOPERATION I N THE PROJECT AND IF
YOU APPROVE WOULD A P P R E C I A T E A TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY ICKES=
HARRY F BYRD.
I had
which we are all
without it and
The
the
through the Cone
to
the
We
to
do
are
few
on the
is
and
They are
it this
in
Rock. As I
I go out to see the
are
The
isn't much, but the
to
be terrific. Since we are
our
to
of it, we could get
it.
�A
His
of
was a
the
the *30s, '40s and '50s. He
J.B. Ivey in
of the
in the
to his
in the
was a
in 1951,
to
the
and the
in
was
for his
of
strong
and
wit, all of
are
11
He
fun at the
of
for
he
as
He
had a few
to say
his
is
a fine
It has a
of
and
the
the rich
prices and
The
be
to fill the
a
like that."
he
had the
of any
but he
his
He
the
of
in 1910,
the
to
to the
Club. He was one
and
of the
for
at the
In
in his
into
of its
the
He also
the
to
Post card depicting the simple charm of the Village
But
to
K.
and his
and
"the
At
and the
to
his
and the
in
for
the
in the
Ovens
Hospital
a
the
and the
and
a
in
in
the
the
Elk.
and
like to
for
for
in
a
old city
of
Club,
ErouP' He is
a
the
also
for the
the
for
the
the
Concert
to the
and
of the
on the
of
to
and the
its
all of
A
Church
Church
Day in
The
of the
the
to
in
was
of the
to
to
by
':
:r
. ..
:
.
-. - .
^t*. *• -~;»:.-"-~<±±..-' '• 7'w^ -* ---'^^ox •
"Pineacres," — The David Ovens home on Goforth Road and Wonderland Drive
Tufts,
in
the
to
as a
of 1897, the
tO
In
the
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA /Page 163
in
Rock
He
the
of the
the
to
of life in
he
the
in 1914 to
for
no
or
to
for
David Ovens (seated) with Anne Bryan, Rev. Walter Keys, and participants in the Grandfather Home Day
festivities
at
Ancf Set Aglow A
a
of income.
of the
"Early in the
the
in
The
was
by
on
Dr.
was a
by
of the
The
to
to
the
of the
The
to the
by the
of
to
The
Ovens. In 1939,
of the
at the
as an
the
of
Thus
of the
on the
for the
in her
Tufts,
as
as Dr.
I.
in the
"the
world" to
The
and the
the
In 1948,
for his
the
of the
of
by
you
the fact
the
by
in the
was
a
of
for
was
a
in
of
to
"the
of the
the
an
the
Day
"We
the
of
you as
in
for its
Community, as a
in
We
to the
children."
to
in
for the trip to
of
at the end
a
and
in
For the
to
was
the
last
in one of the
of the
day the
for
was
for
in the
for
12
his
in 1957, the
Their
"David
gift for his
It
in
He
a day of
to
in
and the
was the
the
for
as a
out of the
it in
to
to
It
and
of the
a rare
�vm
for the
the
of
a
of wit as
of
It
a wry merriment,"
the
in the
not the
as
of
he
as a
for
A
in
in all of its
his
of *the good life* with a
to
just
the
in
He
of
of
of
civic
for
life
still led a
They
TTie
of
The
AX
life
and
Jr. was the
The Cannons
at
rivaled old
sion"
a
The
as the "in"
with
for
the
for Village
the luxury
While
activities, fox-hunting
of
this
led
by TJie
O./ Coffey and Rob Bradshaw
in an impromptu game of checkers as Omer Coffey and
Thomas Coffey look on
We
at
in
of the
in 1932 as a
only
the
of the
was C.V.
and Mary Cannon was the
the top of the
Ulric
Their
"interimstourists.
Green Park
life. Cottagers,
of
in
for
the
a
by
the
Hotel,
Lloyd
a
but colorful life. As wryly
"Fox-hunting at
Rock is
of
out
the
or up a
Our
and
has its
The
Blowing
at
on the
just
while the
run
to
this
of the
(with
of
fire
on a
with the
of the
the
the
which
the
of the
now
off; the
of
who
the fox is
for; all
the
hours
you know it the
are
Grandfather"10
The
of the
the Horse Show with its
Here, the
of
air
and the
be
The
Charity
Show, which
in 1923,
the
Lloyd Tate, the
Show's
for
the
on
Hill In
the
was
a
with
Clement,
Jones,
Colonel
Gray, who
as judges
at the
to
to
of
so the
in
ribbons.
In 1928 the
Show was
to its
The
"a
has (sic.)
on the old May view
course. Prizes will be
in
are
the
the
day
had a
ner
the turn-of-the-century. The
8, 1897
us
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA /Page 165
:
-*''
"*
&**
Pictured with Lloyd Tate (center) are the 1949 Association Officers, (left to right): D.M. Bower, Mrs. Joseph
F. Cannon, Mrs. W.B. Shu ford, and Charles G. Beck
John Walt Gragg, long-time volunteer for the
Horse Show
"Junebug" Tate promotes the 1941 Horse Show in his own inimitable style
�vm
of
Topic
"The
at
Ifou
to the
thought
the
Park:"
to
in
it! It
the
of the
the
on the
it
of gayety. One would
so
left on the Mountain, but when you collect the
all the
all to one
of
still
a
Green Park's
for the
of the tournament which was to
in the
gay
up
down,
of
the
The
sat at the
Mr. L.L.
of
as
the
on the
gay
and
to the gay
The
was
a
at
having laid the
was
We
of
our
the
be the winners, but
inquiring the
we
"ruled out" Their
in this line
as
by the
less
There
or
who
a
of
up a line
the
for "rules and
and
the
in
fine
was
by
Craig, Deal, Taylor, Councills,
The victory was
by
Mr. R. Craig, who at the Tournament ball at the
last
as
of
and
Wheatley of Georgia.
We
of Charlotte, Thurman of
Smith of
as
of honor by Messrs. Deal, Chatham
Councill, the
I could
how pretty a bicycle
might be at the
c
After the
was
the
and T Craig
just for fun.* They
all
with
and
the
victors in the real
out"
Throughout
TJie
the
on
Show, the
life in 1938
to the
this
There is, of course,
life of a sort if you're not particular
the
circle in which you move. This
is not
but the
truth. But it's so
everybody
United
College students, rich
the
You won't be
so go
you
Out Mayview~way the
is $1.25 per
and the
at twenty-five
a
with
at a thin
Over at the Green
Casino the
is 50
per couple on every
when it
at 80 cents.
follow the
as
The
by far the
on the
no
tell you, has a
with a script of 75
Then you can
any
to
by
in an electric
The
and the
at 1:30 but you can
eat all
Youll
see
of
College
over
way.11
But
was one
to
into
the
Furthermore,
D.R Coffey
the
the
of
still lead to
In
of 1934,
of
on
of the
construction,
was
of the
to the
left out of the
The
of Prohibition
was still
a
his
On a
had
to
A
into a
the
led by
he
�A
M.S.
of
of
the vat of
a
in
good
by,
to
for
to a
he
his
as
few
felt
the
as a
for
had
in
the
up
While
felt it
the
167
so
to
DP.
of a
DP.
and
and
was
in
to
to its
to the
all
of
In the Village, as
the
as
by the
of
to a
in 1935
a
for the
his
it or
the
no
to
or to his
are all the
to
He has no
He
up to the
nor
to the
You
get
and he
to
his
He has his
and
and is in no
He
no
on
An
to
is
on a
of
The
of
a
not
the
of the
so do the
a
to the
of the
get
It is not a
to
but
to
An
to
the
in
to his
in
but
of
is
and
or the
of
in
use of
of the North
was
a
to
up
as the
to
of
the
by the
to
a
on the
of
was to
In 1938,
The
a
the
On the one
On the
people.19
a
of the
in
the
not
His
it is the
it
the
the
one of
who
the
on
felt
to be
the
in
to
in the
she
The
it. He
the
of
On
of the
of his
as the
old
a
the
of the
of the
a
being in
80
and
to
to
got
on her one
the
not
to
of
she
and
he
the
the
of *96
no
of her
in
to be all
D.
of
in a
up for the
�Page 168 / Chapter VIII
�A
All
hotels
Rock,
the two hours of the show, a crowd of
outside, held back by
and by one big
the whole bloomin'
had
169
the
It was the
thing
in a coon's age.20
The
Democrat's
account of the
"Same Old Story"
the
of
Rock
Twenty
the
of "primitive mountaineer"
by
Rock could
had its
star if the
of a
girl
the film
young Mary Johnson of
Rock hitch-hiked
to
of
fortune. Just in
she got lonely she
her
her.
the
account of the
journey on
11, 1934:
Mary Johnson, 14, did not get into the
hitch-hiking
the
but she
hospitality
for
a coat,
and
Her father, a carpenter, was out of a job
her
is
so with $L50
brother, David, 12,
Rock, N.C.
in
to
aunt,
lives on the
of San Francisco.
David was left behind in El
to
a
and
the
at
and hitch-hiked
s
c
l though Fd get in the films, so I
to Paramount,' she
But that
So I
'Oh, they are swell,'
Mary, 'and I
they will find our aunt.?
She
concern for her brother, but
'David's
he will be all
A
Grover
to the mayor's
in 1939
the town could
that, "The
the
months. Over 200
of the United
countries. The
North Carolina first with 72
D.C.
New York
5 each"21
the
in the Village's
couldn't
on
13, 1940, hit
County
any
but
had to be
An
at Shulls Mill
completely
and a
of New River Power
Light
at Middle Fork
put out
of
Rock's sole
of
a
on Mayview
Lake, and it
only light a
of the
at a
The
was
to
water for
the
The
the
calmly,
floors,
out
while
for the
to pass.22
One victim of the
to
be
reincarnated was Tweetsie Railroad. The small
1881,
in
had
was
to
She
the
by
she and her
Johnson,
She left
to Columbia.'
of
3,000
all
its
14,
11,
A
for
the
,*,
. + ^--.
in
:
, t
•/^w; „ i r.
was
to
was
In
�¥1/1
all
of
to
to
Small
on the
to
than a "wave down"
the
by a
of the
was
the
an
out
of the
City,
the
of the Cranberry Coal and
in 1929, left to be
the
work and
who, in
The
&L
the
for
to
the line in the
of 1940.
County
the
to
the
of the rail line to the
the 19394940
"150
500 tins
4,000
3,000
900
690
and 1,500
4,775
of
3,800
of
75 cars of
450
of
510
of brick and tile, 200
550
180
200
gas,
a
asphalt"23
they
a
on
the
but
the
in the
a
the line was
as a
The LC.C.
as the county's
13, 1940 was the last run for
for
years.24
The
the
but it
in the
of
the
Country Club. In 1939, a
for the
had
a
of
By the
to
six
of
to the
Golf Course. The
Country Club was
the
of
J.
L Cannon - Vice-President; EG.
Sr.
- Vice
G.
C.V.
Jr. be the Club's first
In
she, her
Bill Brown, and a
the Club's
Mr.
the first
at
in June, 1940, and the
was
the
Mr. A.G.
of
the construction, which was
in 182
at a cost of $40,000. The
was
in
and
and
At the
a
of
one end of the
to the
On the
was the
a
two-story
of
a
with
of a
The
for
for
The
It was
Country Club Board of Directors (left to right, front row): Frank C. Brown, C. V. Henkel,
Jr., Luther Snyder, unknown, Barney Garrison, David Ovens, (top): unknown, F.G. Harper,
James Harris, Charles G. Beck, Anthony Panuch
J. Luther Snyder
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA /Page 171
iljl
at
of the
of a
to add depth.
The
The
seat
the
the six
one full
people. This
up the
was
to the
The
was a
in
the
end
oak
was
was
to the
the
to
to
as the
pro.
The Country Club
its
on July 4, 1941 with an
and
for
It
an
for the
in
Rock's
crown. The
thirty-three
see the Club
a visit
Mrs.
on
1, 1947. A
fire
the
on
21, 1974,
of
on in the
of
guests.25
A
to the Club was
by an
to the TTie
in 1941:
With the
of the Club
to the
a
of
and
fun
we
a
With the Club
cool
on the
watching the
on the
and
you will
envy their
you wouldn't
your
on the
for a
you will be a friend....
You
if you
and
of you will
is an incidental thing
you'll
at the
how
this
mountain
is
the
of the
the sun slip
the mountain on its way to the other world you'll
a
car
a
of young
will
in with
of laughter, go racing down the
to the
for a
and
to eat
drink
going
to
for dinner.
Then soft
the
Club you'll
the
of people
people
to
and war and all the
And then
you'll
it's to slip out of the
you are
in
on to
and
things. Youll get up
and
to your car and
won't think
the Club
you
and
and
you'll
you
to the world. There on the
of the Club you
found a certain
of life in
in
in
that
that
from
You
the Club
hour to you and you are happy.26
for
If
to
as a resort, the Country Club
by
the
a 25%
in
growth was
1940 to 1941,
The Chamber
to come.27 Grover
�Page 172 /
VIII
a
throughout Florida
the
in 1940
1941.
His
to
the
of
as a
tourist
as
the
for
he was so
at
it
as
in the
mountains.28 The Chamber of Commerce
the
of "Blowing
Rock, North
Air-Conditioned
in the
Highlands"
of the
of
in 1935 when C.B.
a
321
Chetola and
it for
homes.29 With
in the
and
the
trip north.
a
M.
to
as
Chapman
was
of the
with
a
of
who
30
at the
at
Rock. In 1944
in 1946, the
of the
of Commerce was
W.
a
real
a
Lloyd
was a
31
his
in Florida.
as
as real
by out-ofThe
the
Inn, two of the Villagers
by
Fort
in 1945.32
The
1940, the Village's
of the
which
did World War I, twenty-five
By
to 655. The
population,
the
Village
be
the
of the
to Guadalcanal.
the
as well. Many
left
to
the
work force.
like Sue Coffey,
of the war
in
for use in air
overseas.33
For
the war
Harbor. In 1940, the
Rock
Church
county's
Cross
for the relief of civilian war
The May view
34
and
its
and
for a Red Cross charity dance. In the
of
1941, a
for
was
with Dr.
Cabell Warfield as Chairman,
Mrs. Hal
as
as Treasurer,35 The Green Park-Norwood Golf Course
a
in conjunction with the
Country Club for the
War Relief Society.
our
entry
the
in the
of 1941, gas
7 p.m. to 7 a.m. to
fuel37 In 1942, Blowing Rock
to
the
Tires
and
a
of the
When
to wreck the town's economy, so Walter Keys,
of
Church,
a
to Washington to ask for help. A
of Interior
had
Rock, to
the ration of fuel to
was
as an
A
miles-per-hour
limit was
however, and
was still
for
use. Forty-two
with
driving throughout
40
the
in 1942
of
as a result. When
for
lubrication
ran
a
of
and
would act as a substitute. On a
it
to
a visitor's car
it could be seen.41
The
at one
per
was one
per person
old or older)
42
five weeks.
to
their
to
the
was a
for
both
for
The
Democrat
"The
up so much of
the
are
the
of the
stuff up. Where
formerly
44
for 75
a
the
(1942)
$1 to $1.50"
the
was a two-month ban on the production of
in January
and
of 1943.
that
quickly
and
the use
wax
This
too unpopular, though, and was shortly lifted.45
�A
to
and
in for the
While
the
Those who
did
to
the
Coffey
a
Cross
program.46
metal47 Clyde Dula
at
of
in 1942.48
a
had
volunteer
and
of
for
So
for
be
Lt.
and son of Dr. and
the first
County
to die in
in July, 1943,
a
in his
the U.S.S.
on
7,
A
by
Grover
Jr.,
he was
on
of
of
173
to
fuel to get
to
/ was luclcf, / was
with the pin out
it
me down
I was
the
to get over
the other, and every
and
I
is like and if I ever get
at all to
it. The
of it is not the
and
lying
in
with
to
don't
The
of it is the
a
hit
you it
and
it without
and a
up
I don't
is a
who wouldn't
was a
on Iwo who had
in the
for
or a leg to get out of it. I
how much
a
To
you will
me. The
off but all 1 got
to be
I will tell you
as
All
fear
it is just
to be
if he
but
a
the war
42
and
in the
Mrs. Thomas
paper,
in
Grill
a
A.P.
He was
by
1944.50
Iwo
the
for
I was hit I was
the Nip's
was a
up. This is
I am alive....
all
it as I
feel any
on the
going
and
you get
up in you
and
to
in it
I
gladly
a
an
one.51
the
of
and
the
256
was
in 1946,
as its first
In 1952,
256 was
a
on a
of
just
of the Park,
the
of
a
the construction of a
With
this
was
and on
20, 1959, the first
was
in its new home.52
This
was
as a
of one of the last acts of Grover
as
The
on which Tom Coffey's
Inn
was the
for a
as
of the Chamber of Commerce,
for the
of the
by the
On April
3, 1945, a
was
on a
for the
of the
The
was 141
in
of the
51
On
18, 1945, the
for the
Inn
to the
Village of
Rock. New
could be
for the
of
the
importantly, the bulk of the
in the
was
for
and
A
was
was
of
Cannon,
Mrs. W.K.
Grover
W.B. Castle,
and EW.
The
a
to
a
for the
for a
courts,
and
The
was to be a
to all
in the
World War II.
Grover
would go on to
as
in 1945, 1947,
1948
Of his
acts
the Village he so
the
be his
memorial.53
�VIII
As the
a
the
in
outlook. While
the
For good or for
the
test
on the
not
was so
The
with
John Goodwin,
in
and the
to its
175
of
to
was a
or
set
to
on July 13, 1949. It was
by
L
of R and G
Company, the community's
J.R.
of
the
set,
only one
but it
a
one. There
to
the
the
in Charlotte
July 15, 1949.
by
Charlotte
Square dancing at The Legion Hall
the
of
to
in the
away.52
in the Village, Unlike the
set, John
Goodwin Guild
its
Virginia at the
of Grover Robbins. Goodwin
over 100
old
"drafts"
he
his
and
Goodwin Guild
was truly a
which they
an
of
Rock's
a
• rp r I
7;:
o•
lit • O F F I C E S
ILOWIN6 MCI.
I.C
John Goodwin (center with
is pictured with fellow officers of The Blowing Rock Chamber
of Commerce (left to right): Bob Hardin, Howard Barnwell, Mrs. H.F. Custer, Luther H. Smith,
and Eli Mattar
John Goodwin
�A
As
as
175
a tourist
a
of
the
the Village.
A.R
of Greensboro,
of Activities of the
his
was the Campus
the
of
of North Carolina
of
Two
people
Dr.
In 1921, Dr.
as
Children's Camp
Philadelphia
tutor. It was while
at this
a
in the Blue
which would embody their
learning.53
of 1922. It was
by
The
in the
Winkler, the
of a
of
W.L.
Farm. The
was
five
on Pine
as North
Mill
Winkler
of
on the Shulls
to
a
to sell the
to
who
courts,
stables.54 Local
a
cut
the property. The
hired to build the
was just
to
in a
the
to
the
Camp Yonahlossee girls on The Blowing Rock
be
in the south. They
in the late 1930s
was
for
of the
55
camps.
the
of
The
of the
to
an "opportunity to get
the
of
to a
not
the
to
and at the
and ideals."56
to be
of
to
Camp
the
of 7
17.
the
"bunked"
in
age
A "Big Sister"
the
the
The
of the
North
but
also
Carolina,
Virginia,
and
DC. In the
by bus or
and
up at the
or
it was not
to see
of
at the
Chief of
of the
his
to "Camp Y" as did
CBS
One
Roger Mudd*s
put on the
list
the
to
All of the
of
the
— all
"roughing it"
in
no
in
bunks.57
was
in
in the
much-of
cows,
"insured the
of
to"
who
58
to the camp "
in the
to
the
The
to
corn,
This was one
the
got
the
years.59
When the
first
Dr.
the
of March, April, and
for the
The
to
100
a
of 40.
it was the
to
a
to be
to an
in the
the
of the
"a
of the
and
will
on the
in the
of
A
her council, The Camp Pow
Wow
body),
for the
will
a
of life
the
of
and school" By 1938,
in its
"an
�Page 176 / Chapter VIII
of 150
a
educational
and at the
character"62
A
a
in 1951, The
the
a
stunts, archery,
fire building,
to the
craft, arts
diving"61
The
for
in
24
their
hiking, music,
and
at the
fun
of wholesome
in
"With
for
Rock was the
Camp Cherokee.
by Mr.
Mrs.
Cone, Camp Cherokee was a
which only
After the Hodgkins
financial difficulty in 1941,
Wade Brown
the
on which Camp Cherokee
Brown,
of the
best-known
of the
of a Country
Town Lawyer,
of the
in 1944 to a
woman, Vera Lachmann. Dr. Lachmann was born in Germany in 1904, the
of a
of German-Jewish
She
a Ph.D.
the University
in 1931.
to be a
she
her
at the Odenwaldschule, a
in
which
on the
of international understanding, tolerance,
the
In 1933, she
a
for the
of
had
the public
by the Nazis. With the
of
which led to World War II, Dr. Lachmann's school
During Hitlers
of terror,
to
in
She
fled
her
Germany in 1939 and would
to see her
to America
in
was at
College, but she
at
College, Bryn Mawr, Yale,
the
of
York City.
her
at
in New York
63
New Hampshire.
It was
Mrs. Clemens
of Chapel Hill
Lachmann
the
in the
of North Carolina. In 1943, she
a
the
in
as
like to say, "she was hooked" One
of cool
and
an
which would
an all-consuming
she would
a
for
in the
T.E.
for a few
in
Mrs.
16
for
an infirmary, an
cabin, a
cabin, a
cabin, a
room, a
unit, a
three-room
hall,
a three-room building
The
Castle.' " Other physical
with
flush
water, a two-car
an
plant,
a
60
system. Camp Y
a well-rounded activity
which
"Daily
devotions,
fire
inspirational programs,
Counselors at Camp Yonahlossee
for
for
�A
was _born.
It was
a trip
as Director of Camp
in the
the
as her life in
was
the
in his
177
a
journey
German
to
and a
of accomplishment
is
would turn out to be
as turbulent
of 1944. It was
in
of Thomas
"Old Catawba"
the
for
looi
Angel. During the
the Camp
all
of
supply,
In a
to a
Vera
"My
top is
my
a
my
and
But
of us
to
or has any
of
to buy
in
or of
We
no
We
it up
For
are very few
the
of a
is a real difficulty"65
the
the
the
to
city
up the hill
a
was
The
the
to the
of Catawba." They
helpful
to a
to
"Fred
is
the
up the
The
are
us a
we do
ours. Through
the
and Mr,
the
of Commerce is
me an
list.
I
off two
is
properly"66
to Dr.
is'a
at
and
and
/I
its
was
an
in the
The
was so
two
Carolina
of the
At
children
of
but
to the Camp.
many ^ came
in
and
the first five
the
of
was
The
to
to
Ira
his
on the
Camp
was
Ira was
at
Fork
his
in
This
a
on the
on the
as
They
by the
as
and
and
a
of
to the
"Their
had a
the
One
of
the
to
"You
get
to
but
was a
to all
I
the
of
their
the
of
and
They
of
corn,
in the
children. Their
of
was like
and
as
as
had life. Their
and their life
are
to
the
at
the
at
the
Show. This
was an
The
a
in
primarily for the
of
in the
the
"the
they
off to
Coca-Cola,
the
of spectators "
was
by
as
in
to the
There
"all
of
of the
a
of
so on"
was one
in
all
of the
it
to
Greek
the
of the
to one
"Few
in
it
to
But
did not
it, or if so did not
the
on
account."68
the
and
was
it was not
In 1951,
on a
to
the Camp. An
in
The
the
for its
on to
"color
will be no bar to
to the camp "69
to
was
her
to
the
and her
to live in
the
and
her
The
of
�Page 178/Chapter VIII
as a
for
to use the
in the
was
Camp
to
Courtney,
of St. Mary's of the
Church at the
was
of
policy, and the
by
of an Invasion,1
Dr. Lachmann
campers on a hike up Grandfather Mountain
Miller
luck,
A
in an
on
to
the
was
to use the
on
of
one
in 1948. The
left
the
He
of a
as "normal"
was left
With the
off Flannery
of 3,500
When the Camp
in 1964, the "town
the Campus policy
them," In
did not
policy as an
of
in the community.71
Catawba
for
with
"Catawba
intentions"70
its
physically
to
Rock, was Camp Sky Ranch,
was the
of Jack B. Sharp, a
bus
was
It was
he was in the
this
he
he
to
of a
for
for
to go
the
they
the
He
his
a
friend, Marvin Culbreth. Culbreth,
an
of polio,
first-hand
such a
was
The two
72
to
the
reality.
of North Carolina
Culbreth
145
the
H. Cone
of
Rock. With an
an
of 70
the site
"perfect" for
project.73 TTie
the
Camp: "The
can be
their
fills the air with
are
in the
for the
who is a
fisherman"
Although the Camp
WWII, when
a
of building
the
the
construction
the Camp
was
Three
a
and
hall,
the
of 1948. Construction
Camp was
by the North Carolina
of Health
it
"A-l"
All the
which
it
for the
who
When it
it was the only
for
in the
southeast.74
the
Camp Sky Ranch
a
of the Camp*s noble purpose,
in
it
support. Word
the Camp
the
by
of background, all
— "from the
girl who
sent by a
family, to the multi-millionaire's
who
has
in the
for
years."75 In
with our community's tradition of
the
Club and the
Rock
Club
to
for the Camp or
to
Over the
all
of the country
Camp Sky Ranch. The
the
to 230 in the
'60s.76 Initially, the
was solely for boys, but it
Charlotte
both
of
�A
co-educational. The
in
of the
all
has
"to
the
activities" These
There
Mountain.
picnics,
camping.77
a
church, but
in a
the
of Mrs. Joseph Cannon
her
in honor of Mrs. Cannon,
of her
the Cone
blackberry
Camp Sky
the
the
at the
78
of the camp.
In 1964, the
the
to
For
200
179
is
a
its
the
B. Sharp,
of Jack's
by
to the
In
The
music,
Rock,
for
However,
79
son.
the
to the
to
Mountain.
as "Carolina's Top Scenic Attraction," the
in 1785
Michaux,
to North
by the
Government
to collect
His
him to Florida, the
the
of the
to
North Carolina. On
30, 1794, he
in his
"climbed to the
of the
of all North
my
the La
Hymn
cried, cLong live
the French
Long live liberty!1 "80 Michaux
being the
in North America, but
say it is
of the
140
With its
of
it is
one of the
peaks of the whole
chain.
the
its
who
the
of a
81
in the rock formations. It was
as a
in the
1930s. In 1935, an old
was
in the
was
to
the
of the
There
the
Company
a
To pay for the
of
the
the
a
toll82 Prior to this
was
to
but
of
Dr.
Vance, Dr. R. A. Dunn,
Dr. C. G.
all
the
by
the
of the mountain.83
In 1936, the Linville
Company
a
at the
end of the toll
84
sandwiches.
At
time, the mountain
by Hugh MacRae,
of a Wilmington
family
and
of the Linville
Company.
was an MIT
to the North
in
of
an
in the
of
When he saw the
its
for
he
to his
for
to
16,000
He
the
for a
of its worth, paying 25 to 50
an
the
of Linville
to
Linville
he built the
Trail
(Trail of the
US 221. It
to
the 16
at a
of $14,000.85
It
for
as a toll
and
When Mr.
Agnes
the
was
to
son-in-law,
W.
On
19, 1921, the
a
Hugh,
his grandfather.86
The
Hugh Morton
his
in Linville
hiking,
of
all the
had to
UNC-Chapel Hill, he
as a
a
for his
in trying to
87
a battle.
In 1952, the
to
the Linville
all
No
it
No
is,
�his
on
set
a
which was to
a
Yet
all he has
in
the
is
his
of the
foot
In his
"1 feel like Fm its
and it's in my care
for the
being/*88
The
did as
was to
the
to the
as
This was the
on top of the
was
for a
lot, but
this one
did not
the
view.89 The
which was
the
lot by a
a
100
states.90 Morton
a
to get
to the
His
was to
a 218-foot
The
in
at a
in
It was
in
1952. At the
it was
to be the
east of the
Tar
and
all
the
William B.
for
as the
the
to the
Mr.
and his
the first to
The
was
to
the
and ice
in the
It can
up to 3
40
are
to
at one
The
a
one
are not
to
on the
12.7% of the
30%
of the
will not
of
10,000
to
the
By the
'60s
10,000
in a weekend.92
A
was
to
the
in the f60s
if he
two for
He
Winston Church, was
to
Zoo to
out a
By
Church
a
on a
by
at the Zoo. The
to
the
go. The
was
has
Ten
to
the
the
of a
of "The
Show"
was
on top of
for the
CBS
Arthur's
to
a
"The
and The
the
cub was to be
in the
as this
was
the cub
run
as
as she was
Well,
do
the
you
—
the
the cub
out the
his
as he
to "shoo" her away.93
The
as
is history.
After her TV.
to
the
on
for
a
to
in
Linville. She
a
she
was
to the
if she
to
at
she
to
be
With the
the
a
for
400
her 21st
Mildred has
a
of
each
she
of
to the Mountain. While
she has
to
she is
in
she will
and
for
cubs. A
and
"ham" she has
with
she meets.94
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the
for
These
"three
of
of visitors." In the
These
is
on the
Joe
as the
on the
the
to be
"the
is
the
"The
as "The
It
as a
In the
of
by
on
"they
of
of the
is
he
to
the
to
the
"as the
in June. There is no
of
In 1965,
was the
the
list of
to
up to
at
was
32
"this was the
in
and far
of 57,500 for the
game in
an
at the
the
the
and
on the
in the
of the
he
of peace"100
The
in July, is
It was
in
as
a
the
of
by two
a
for the
The
at a
in
to
for a
the
the
102
weather.
the
They
the
of the
be
on the
deer,95
in_the United States" They
of
by
are
the
has its very
pool.
in
settings.96
the
but it is also
for the
of
Clans"
of
Mountain "
the
known
reunion
to
John Parris, who has
much to
There
on the ground, the
They
a
Joe L. Hartley, the
of
to the
Today the
singing
in all the land"97 Throughout the
the
for this
Johnny
the
at
the
"to
to
to do
to
GREATsiwc
�the
America" When
an
in
the
in
this was
in
to
Five
the
first
Grandfather
40,000
recent.103
Today, the
and
the
Grandfather
of
"not only the
in the
the
world." The
a
bit of
is
such
but in
to
of
the world,
all
of the
in the
on Thursday
for the
ceremony. On Friday, the
an
Concert, the
Ceilidh, and
a
Country
the
of
is
in
piping,
Sunday, the
with a
by the
of
and
Tartans.104
The
and
the Lynn
to
was
this
the
Universities.107
of
is one of the big
area is
In
(the North Carolina
in the state),105 A
as an Officer of the
in
go
a
of the
in the
in the
year.108 In
has a 4,100-acre
and
of its
and
the
the
to the
of the
of the
J.
Mr.
of the
in July,
has
has
the
was
by
said that he
of the
the
to the
area and is also a
bobcat.109
of
to
on
also
and
and
to
the
�A
183
the
the
"Tweetsie" by the
of August, 1940, which
and
North
to
in
as
People she
the
a
of
sad
she
the
of
In July of 1950, the ET
WNC
the
cowboy,
the
to
her. His
was
to
her a star in
westerns.110
Grover
Jr., son of
of
had
the
and Johnson City as a child. He was
the
and was
to
it in the
of
North Carolina, His plan...to
her
so
by. He
the
a
the
journeys.111
In 1955
Autry to sell him his
on
a
Period of
Autry
This set the
for
20, 1956.
M.
20th as "Tweetsie
Day" and the
to
via Southern
In Hickory,
of
the
as
at the
of
Journey" and "Casey Jones." TV.
the
be so
in
the train, was
he too,
The
in Hickory for a
and was
at the
and
The
and "Tweetsie Railway" was
on
cab in
the
eye of Frank Coffey,
and
the
of the
The old
she
had
remembered.113
May 23, 1957 was the day
to
up the
to
The
up the Lenoir
was
but Grover
was not
He
a
to
the
in T
McLeod,
of the
The
coal
and
40-foot cars
the use of 60
the
to
as
the
of her trip.114
When the
the
up to the
on 400
midway
Rock,
real
The
was too
too
It was
to
,
- • . ; -"^v^
to
up
. '"iJVf^.
the
hill, but
did at
"
. - $=?.^:.
last
home.115
SSLlT' SS)
?
an
run on her
Vs| jjon
June 30, 1957.
her
first run was not announced, more
1000
as thirty
lucky passengers rode the train on
the
track.116
"The
as
for one
in her
the
boiler
her power." Her
for
the
": - . "
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" ~'v-'y
rS."
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.;
V .:f
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:
•
i,
�vm
trip was
her
the
the
It
a
at the
at
in the
of the
an
at
to
air. At the
of an old
to
a
the
a
a
an
In
jail,
a
to
in the West"
in
of
as she
the
of the
was
of the
by the
the
71,000
as one
The
giant
of the
as a
the
in
is
five
As
to
the
by
has
to
to a visionary, a
Tweetsie, Jr. at Mayview Lake
of
to
off the
a
the
in the
the
to
for its
of
in
of
since.119
of the
In
the
In
to the top of
a
to see
was
321. The
on
all
and
a
of life still
of the
the
For
up by
all
as a
few
a 225-foot
to
an
250,000
to
for
an
At the
a top
of
the
in
has
e
e
P °pl » It has
our
—
an
It
C.
Jr.
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Let's Hit The Slopes!
The
of 1962
for
we
It
Ski
the
of
was
we
by
the
it
Ski
a
This
Bill
He
ski
for the
— the
It
This
a rare
as a
—
to
for
was
He
piece of
a
a ski
in the
he
but
the
was
for his
of
Bill
to
for the
of
in
a
The
and
not all of it
it
the
up the
to
(a
of the
to
but
They
the
of
the
Jr., and Harry
a
Rock.124 Once the
The
of a ski
fun at the
of
it
Folly"
to see for
snow.
The Tbar lift was
by
Ski Lift
of
York, at a
of
$30,000
the
of its
The lift was
to
800
an
to the top
a
the "T"
on
This lift
by the
chairlift
The
a
on a
at a
of
and
a
of
big compressors" Artificial
a
of air
in
in
The
a
of
ski
he
and
slope, and a 250-foot
lot,
was
for its
the
121
Rock.
he
He
to
a ski
in the
a lot of
to
the
As
of this
to
the ski
it was
a
ski
126
of its
of a
for
to
he
year-round.
of
the
on
he
Thalheimer
it
be. He
as a
to the
the
on skis!123
the
a
Thomases,"122
Ski Lodge,
he
of
on
by an
in the
the slopes,"125
place. It
a
of
ski
a Tbar lift, a
to
�the
would call the
up all
The
at
tell
on
the
to
the
ski
was
it hit
the
for
by
and
a
500
The
was
by H. M.
Chestnut
An
was the
of the
in its
was
up to the site on the
of
The
a
staff of forty.
the
Tony
129
an
in
snow.
The
Ski
on
3, 1962.
the
was
130
of an
of
construction. On
the
to the
Those
at the
all
of the
all
the
Over one
day and it was
15,000
the
the 19624963
a
to
"The
of
skiing to a
use of ice is
to
is not as
as on
it
appear"132
to ski
at the
Ski
"a
of a
to a 70-year-old man"133
the ski
all
the
it
in
New
shops
up
ski
to
for
of the
or
the
for residents,134 Thalheimer's
to
to the
They
a
the
to
at any
In 1963, the
to
a
the
Bill Thalheimer with Betty Simpson, "Miss Southern Ski Queen"
�A
on its
The
the
ASU the
in the
to
a
in
in its
ski
to
A
of the ski
"got us out of the red"
to the
years.136
he
at
Ski
and Ski
was in
be
With the
of the
Ski
this
Jr.
his
this
to be a
he
137
Harry
Mountain.
though the
Ski
a
in
of the
of
the
to visit the
the
Ski
in 1968.138
for this
was the
the
real
As a result, the
Ski
was
for $160,000, and the
of the
was
to
140
Mountain.
Ski
has 8
and
two
and
is
for
the
ski school in the
The
Ski
"has
for
for
100
for
the
Navy
the
for
the
Olympics"141
in
the
Ski
as the
in North Carolina, Bill
in
the
of the
forever.142
"Service with a smile"
a
187
curriculum,135
its
and
At Hound
his
on
to
Ski
The
The
for
has
the
�Page 188 / Chapter VIII
NOTES
1.
Democrat, April 10 and 24, 1930
2.
Democrat, June 13, 1931
3. TTie
RocJcet, July 27, 1933
4. Watauga Democrat, October 31, 1935
5. The
Rocket, July 7, 1934
6.
Democrat, February 15 &. 24, 1934
7.
Democrat, April 28, 1938
8.
Democrat, June 7, 1928 and May 4, 1933
9.
Democrat,
3, 1931 and
July 27, 1987.
23, 1933
10. TTie Blowing Rocket, July 2, 1938
11. The
July 8, 1938
12. Watauga Democrat, June 7, November 1,
29, 1934
13. Watauga Democrat, July 23, 1936
17.
18. TTie
Democrat, October 3, 1946
RocJcet, August 24, 1938
19.
Democrat, August 11 & 18, 1938
20.
Democrat, August 25, 1938
21.
Democrat, May 28, 1939
22.
Democrat, August 16, 1940 and December 18, 1964
23. Watauga Democrat, December 5, 1940
24.
Democrat,
10/1940,
5, 1940,
6, 1941, July 17, 1941
25. Country Club history courtesy of Mr. Claude Armfield, Mr. Wilton Evans,
26. The
July 28, 1941
27. Watauga Democrat, September 4, 1941
28.
29. The
Democrat,
15,
February 27, 1941
Rocket, June 22, 1935
30. Trie Blowing Rocket, August 29, 1942
31.
Democrat, June 29, 1944 and February 14, 1946
32.
Democrat, July 12, 1945
33. Interview with Sue Coffey, February 7, 1988
34.
Democrat, June 6, 1940
35.
Democrat, July 17, 1941
36. Watauga Democrat, June 12, 1941
37.
Democrat,
7, 1941
38.
Democrat, May 14, 1942 and June 4, 1942
39.
Democrat, June 25, 1942
40. Watauga Democrat, January 28, 1943
the
Country Club,
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA /Page 189
41.
with Ray Hicks, December 5, 1987
12, 1942 and
42.
43.
44.
Coffey,
29, 1942
7,
Democrat,
5, 1942
45.
11, 1943
46.
19, 1942
47.
23, 1942
48.
July 16, 1942
49.
Democrat,
11, 1943
50.
July 8, 1943 and
51.
May 24, 1945
52.
Town," The
53. "Camp
54.
6, 1944
of
Democrat,
55. Interview
to
of
the County,"
30, 1922 and July 7, 1938.
Jim
56.
of
1, 1988.
30, 1922
1,
57.
58.
Democrat. July 7, 1938,
30, 1922
59. Interview with Jim and Elaine Jones, March 1, 1988
60.
July 7, 1938.
61.
62. "Camp
it
TJie
63. Miller, Charles. A
Assemblyt Newmarket,
6, 1951.
1973. p. 12-14
64. Ibid, p.7
65. Ibid, p.16
66. ib/d p.17.
67. ibid p.22.
68. ibid p.22.
69. ibid p.147.
70. ibid
71. IbM. R125.
72. "Jack Sharp
19,
Camp Sky Ranch", The
to
73. TAe
Its
of Man's
in History", The
18, 1974
July 13, 1951
of Place Crippled Children Might Play",
76. The Charlotte Observer, January 20, 1948 and
77.
is
for
Democrat,
The Charlotte Observert
20, 1948.
20,
74. "Camp Sky Ranch
75. "Sky
, 1983, p.42. "Camp
TJie
18, 1974
15, 1955.
in
�BECOMING A SEASONAL MECCA/Page 190
IB. "Sky
of
Play", January 15,
of
and The
July 13,
18, 1974.
79.
80. TTie
July 4,
81.
Hugh
on November 10, 1987.
82. The
3, 1935.
83. Tlie
24,
84. T/ie
July 18,
85. Interview with Mr. Morton; The Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Sept.21, 1980
86.
Journal,
87.
Journal,
88.
with Mr. Morton,
89. Interview
Journal,
27, 1954.
27,
June 27, 1954 and TJie Charlotte Observer,
The Lenoir News-Topic,
21,
29, 1982.
Mr. Morton.
3, 1977.
90.
91. Mnston-Salem Journal,
3, 1953.
92.
93.
with Mr. Morton and The Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Sept. 21, 1980.
94.
Democrat April 30, 1970
Daily News,
6, 1971.
95.
April 30, 1980.
96.
97. Parris, John,
for
the 50th
98.
of "Singing on the Mountain",
Daily Newst June 26, 1976,
June 26,
99.
Daily News, June 23, 1974
100.
101.
Oct. 3, 1979.
Citizen-Times,
Journal, June 25,
for
the 1961
in the
Collection)
interview with Mr. Morton.
in the
Collection)
with Mr. Morton.
102. Interview with Hugh Morton.
103.
for
the 1961
104.
June 26,
105. Johnson City
Chronicle, July 14, 1977.
106.
July 11, 1982.
107.
the
in the
Collection)
Trie Johnson City
Chronicle^ July 13, 1975.
108. Interview with Hugh Morton.
109.
Journal
Constitution, June 13, 1959.
110. "Old Timer's Day at
111. Interview with Harry
Spencer
"Grover
is a Wheeling,
City Press-Chronicle, Thursday, June 12, 1980.
on January 14, 1988:
Mountaineer**, Winston-Salem Journal,
112. "Homecoming Celebration is a Planned for Tweetsie"
TJie
113.
Scheer, Julian
114. Aid.
Trie
House, 1958,
is
for
30, 1965.
17, 1956:
p.45.
17, 1956:
21,
TJie
Julian and Elizabeth
Story, 1983,
�A
191
115. Ibid.
116.
Democrat, July 4, 1957.
117.
3, 1957.
118.
Democrat,
119.
3, 1957.
July 17,
30 Years", 77ie Charlotte Observer,
120.
121. Interview with Mrs, Joan Thalheimer,
122.
June 8,
14, 1988.
8, 1964,
123. Interview with Mrs. Joan Thalheimer,
124.
Thursday,
125. "Ski South.,Then
14, 1988.
14, 1961.
Now,"
126. Tri-County
p. 10
N.C. Dec. 13,
127. Charlotte News, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1962 and Tri-County News, Dec. 13,
128. Mincey Record, Burnsville, N.C. Dec. 13, 1962 and Asheville Citizen-Times, Sunday,
129. Asheville Citizen-Times, October 31, 1962
the Interview with Joan Thalheimer.
130. "Shopper's Circle", Belmont Banner, Nov. 30, 1963
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel,
131. Charlotte News, Tuesday, December 4, 1962.
132.
26, 1964.
133. Asheville Citizen-Times,
19, 1964.
134.
Sentinel,
Journal
135. The
S.C.,
29, 1963.
25, 1964.
136. Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel,
137.
29, 1963.
The
138. ""Ski South..Then
Now"
Activities, p.10
139. Tne
140. 1987
5, 1968 and
for
12, 1968.
Ski
141. AM.
142. Tne Blowing Rockett Thursday,
4,
5,
Mrs. Thalheimer.
29, 1963.
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BLOWING ROCK LANDMARKS
1. Blowing Rock Hotel — Built by Colonel Robert H. Gray and John
2. W.L. Holshouser's General Store — Opened in 1893
3. The
4. The
—
in the
as the
in the
1940s
spot for more than half a century
1800s by Dr.
—
on the
foundation as the Watauga Hotel after it was detroyed by fire in the early 1900s
cottages is present site of Jenkins Realty.)
5. H.C. Miller's
—
6.
7. First
in
—
in early 1900s,
in 1870,
Village's
at the
of the
site of Hayden Pitts Service Station
structures
Church — Constructed in 1924 on the
site as the original 1905 structure. County Pine Newtiques is
8. Wallingford Clinic — Town's second medical facility, opened in the late 1930s,
9. Methodist Church — Built in 1900 with chestnut bark siding
10. Church of the Holy Spirit
Room — First
11. Craig's Grocery — Town's oldest grocery
Church
library,
by fire in 1923
to Will Craig
12.
Rock
School — Closed in 1964 when county high schools consolidated (torn down in the early '70s)
13.
Memorial Presbyterian Church — Original structure built in 1886
14. Chetola — Property first owned by Len Estes, contained boarding house and
Snyders
mill,
of the
15. Sunshine Inn —-Early home of Burns family and well-known restaurant dating back to the early 1940s
16.
Garden Inn — Built in the early 1900s by the Washbums
17. Dr. Charles Davant, Jr. Home — Blowing Rock's eminent physician
long-time
of the
County
of Education
consecrated in 1921 (contains Elliott Daingerfield's
"Madonna
18. "Edgewood" — The first Blowing Rock home of Elliott
19. "Windwood" — Second Blowing Rock
20. Dr.
Warfield's Clinic —
of Elliott Daingerfield
facility in
Rock
21. St. Mary's of the Hills — This Susie P. Stringfellow memorial
of the Hills").
22. Old
23.
24.
25.
School — Located
Mayview Lake,
Rock Ice House — This early rock structure
Company).
—
19Q.Q to 1918
served as the town's first gas station (currently home of the
in 1904
-•
Shop — Affectionately known as "Coman's," for decades the local gathering place for the town's young
26. Goodwin Family Weavers and Showroom
27. Grover C. Robbins, Sr. Home
28. Mayview Lake — Formerly Watauga Lake, to be
Broyhill
in
of the
29. Berryman's Drug Store and Soda Shop
30. Holshouser Home — W.L, Holshouser
31.
— One of the
of town's first merchants.
residences in Blowing Rock
32. First Town Hall and Chamber of Commerce — Constructed in the early 1900s (currently Vagabond Gift Shop)
33. Yonahlossee Theatre — Site of premiere for Paramont Studio's "Spawn of the North"
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34. Dr. Mary Warfield home
35. Ed Robbins Blacksmith Shop
36. "Bootblacks—Father Gryder's Shoe Shop
37. Joe Clarke's Homesite — First civic leader
38. "Lerada" — Colonel and Mrs. Ogden Edwards Home (built in early 1900s)
39. Blowing Rock Exchange — Managed for years by Miss Lena Reeves, this early craft store featured handmade bedspreads and homemade
cookies and candy.
40. Original Blowing Rock Post Office
41. Town Hall, Fire Station and Jail — Managed for decades by Nettie Greene, the town clerk
42. Moody Furniture — Three generations of hand-crafted furniture, established by A.C. Moody
43. Schenck Cottage — Confederate Major Henry Franklin Schenck was one of the town's first cottagers.
44. Green Park Hotel — Opened in 1891 by a syndicate of Lenoir businessmen led by George Washington Finley Harper
45. Green Park — Norwood Golf course — Built in 1915 and expanded to eighteen holes in 1922 under the guidance of designer Donald
Ross (became part of Blowing Rock Country Club in 1971)
46. Skyland Inn — Located at the site of today's Farm House — closed in 1914
47. Skyland Institute — Opened in 1887 by Miss Emily Prudden
48. The Blowing Rock'— Owned by the Bernhardt family of Lenoir, developed into tourist attraction by Grover C. Robbins, Sr.
49. Mount Bethel Reformed Church — Town's first church, built in 1882
50. Hughes Estate — This 58 acre estate of the prominent Charlestonians became the Blowing Rock .Assembly Grounds in 1946.
51. "Pineacres" — Summer home of David Ovens
52. Green Park Stables — Built in 1924, run by Jinny and Ozelle Moss (The swallow's return.there every summer to nest). .
-
53. Green Hill — Site of first organized Blowing Rock Horse Show, named in honor of the town's first family
54. Ed Sullivan Grave — c. 1794, town's earliest known grave site
55. Appalachian Motel — Town's first motel, built by Grover Robbins, Sr. in 1951
56. Buxton Road — Charlottean GX Buxton built summer cottages there shortly after the tum-of-the-century.
57. "The Bark" — Popular night spot for decades (today Big Dollar Grocery)
58. Blowing Rock home of J.W. Cannon
59. D.P. Coffey's Grocery —- Served the needs of the Green Park area for many years
60. J.C. Ford's Cloudland Cafe — This early diner predated Grover Robbins' development of the Blowing Rock.
61. "Dawn Hill" - C.V. Henkel Home
62. "Tin Top" — Black Social Club
63. Major Harper Home — Constructed before the turn-of-the-century and later destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning
64. Alex Shuford Cottage — Built in the late 1920s, this home is among the best remaining examples of the use of chestnut bark siding
65.' Church of God - Built in 1920
66. Church of the Epiphany — Built in 1948
67. "Oh My!" — The tea room/gazebo of Mrs. Nan Cannon Stringfellow
68. Mayview Manor — Built by Walter Alexander in early 1920s and subsequently owned by Thomas Broyhill (closed in the fall of 1966)
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69. Lloyd M. Tate Memorial Horse Show Grounds — Former location of Mayview
Golf Course
70. Moses H. Cone
— The "Denim King's" mountain estate, consisting of 3,516 acres, was acquired between 1893
House built in
71. Tweetsie Railroad — Part of the old Eastern Tennessee
72. "Westglow" — Elliott
Western North Carolina Line which ran
third Blowing
73. Julian Price Memorial Park — 4,200
1899 (Manor
Johnson City, Tennesse
in 1917
of forest,
on the
Ridge
74. Camp Yonahlossee — Camp for young girls established by Dr. and Mrs. A.P. Kephart in 1922
75. Camp
— Vera Lachmann's
76.
for young boys
—
camp for the physically handicapped in 1948.
77. Sandy Flat School —
by
Cone in 1904,
the
78. Possum Hollow School — This one-room log cabin school
79. Silver'Lake School — Located near where US. 321
Church in 1928
in the
1900s.
the Blue Ridge
80. "Greystone" — Home of Robert
Myra Mebane, constructed in 1922
81. "Miramichi" —
Annie Cannon, constructed in 1927
of Joseph
82. "Far Horizons" —
of
Cannon Forsyth,
83. Blowing Rock Negro Community Center
of the town's
Church —
84. Mayview Park Golf Course — Nine holes running
in 1948
to
First Independent Baptist Church)
to
85. Lloyd Tate Stables — "Mr. Horse Show" managed this popular gathering
86. Glen Burney
philanthropists
of the town's
— Donated to the town by Miss Emily Prudden
87. Mayview Gun
Rod- Club — Built in 1917 and once managed by the famed wild west cowgirl, Annie Oakley
88. J.E.
'
89. Christian Science Church —
in 1955
90. Cameron Morrison Home — Former North Carolina Governor
�A
An
In Its
215
of
An
in 1927)
Work By
1
in the
the
to
to
when
the
a
the
in a
To
of
in
of North
the
to
in
the
of
the
by
the
contact with the
of the
Indian
Rock, is of
In the
of
at her
of
a
grandeur. It is truly
wild, peaceful,
to the
of
in a
country
fall
to
on
the
sea.
the
the old
of Italy.
the pine
the air
the
the
in
the
is the
of
The
of
an
the
to
one of the
in all the
is
to the
grandeur,; Did it not
the Indian to
in a
in a
beautiful?
It is the early Indian,
gone from this land,
the
of
in the
of
the
was
a
rock,
thoughtfully
the
of
the
a
Indian
a
of
to
He
an
of an Indian. Climbing to the tip of the
in full
of the
of an
the
of old Grandfather, he
the
of the
in a voice
It
a
be
for his
spirit
has gone to a
land, but the rock today is as firm as theof
the
in
of his
the
the
and North Carolina,
the
in his
The
the
of all tribes,
the
the
A
of the
an
beautiful
so the
in
of the
he
far
the
to a
top (Blowing Rock)
left her
with her
to his
a
into
the wilderness below. The
him
a
cliff,
in
an
in his direction.
By
by he
her
a
of his
Ere
the
the
lovers,
day by day
the
and
in
while the
the fire
the
day
a
the
saw a
sky in
the
which he
to be a
of
he
to the
but the
cried "No, no!" In
he
the
of the
the
The
to
back, but he
her not. Then she
to the
to the
to
her
While she
to the
Spirit, a
of
her
to
to
in a
has
a
the
the
of
God's country; a'
�216/A
"Wauhonhasee"
Just at dawn of southern history
When North
a
And the red
in
From
valley
To the
of
The
to
The country and
river
by
far
Traveled undaunted and alone
Through valley
a
Ere
to
on Nolachucky,
Holston, Watauga
a
But the
to his
glory?
in
That
the
Choctaws,
The Creeks, Cherokees
Chicasaws
to
A
divine,
Tis four-score
since their banishment
From this land^a
of
There's a
An Indian
Who
in
of Wauhonhasee,
of
on
high,
the lofty sky.
Wauhonhasee and her mother-squaw
Were of the
the
Of the white man
of
So he
to the "Land of the Sky"
left her
the
sigh,
The wildcat slumbering in his lair,
The
and
of the air.
But
the
of Nature, .
Her
her pleasuref
The
O'er
Wauhonhasee
As
nefer so happy
the
gay
doe
�A VILLAGE TAPESTRY / Page 217
Down the narrows where the streams flow.
Then to pause in silent admiration
Of God's wonderful creation.
And the
strong and proud
In his home above the clouds.
Upon a blissful day in July
'Neath a blue ethereal sky,
Wauhonhasee wandered to a craggy rock
Far above the pines and hemlock,
To view the fair land beneath her
When lo! an Indian traveler,
Decorated in the brightest wing
Sat smoking by a babbling spring.
Her eyes sparkled, her heart fluttered,
And in her joy she softly muttered
With the passing Appalachian breeze
Murmuring through the forest trees.
Then she lost him cmid the spreading pine
Where rhododendron and laurel twine.
Up with her bow—a marksmanship rare^
And sent an arrow into the air.
Long she waited, waited in vain
To see the brave from Indian plain;
Long she lingered, lingered in hope,
High up on the mountain slope.
Then shadows grew dim, dark and gray
To warn her of the passing of day.
Quickly she bounded through fern and moss
Back to mother-squaw stern and cross.
In her happiness Wauhonhasee forgot
The
who heeded her not;
So while gathering wildflowers to deck
Her braided hair and graceful neck,
The Indian brave appeared upon the scene
Creeping softly behind the evergreen;
There he waited for the charm of night.
Waited to pour out his heart's delight.
Alas! she scampered away with
Fluttering in the balmy breeze
To her restful, comforting wigwam
And the incense of balsam.
Snug and warm she lay in Utopian dream
'Neath her doe-skin fit for a queen
While her mother-squaw peacefully lay
Dreaming of the plains far away.
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Out of the night ?neath a silvery moon
Mid the fragrant lily bloom,
The sighing winds and mournful pines
Come a strange song—something divine.
Wauhonhasee quickly to her feet,
Listened to the melody low and sweet;
Surely it was a message borne
On the wings of early morn.
Mid dancing, lowering shadows falling,
The dove and whippoorwill calling,
A willowy, youthful Indian stealing
Near the wigwam with friendly feeling.
Proudly he
in plaintive song
Of the Cherokees and warriors strong;
His roving far from home and tribe
In search of a lovely bride.
Wauhonhasee's heart bounded in glee
When she called to the Cherokee
To partake of her cheerful wigwam,
And a blanket comfortably warm.
He told her of the brave Creeks in war
Of the tribes wandering 'neath a star
Toward a land of sorrow and unrest—
A land they call "The Far West."
Wauhonhasee grew sad and tearful,
Her spirit meek and sorrowful.
Had her chieftain father left her?
Had he gone from her forever?
Must she live alone on mountain,
Ne'er to return to Indian plain?
Must she become the Cherokee's bridge
And leave her Chicasaw tribe?
Long she waited and watched in vain
For the chieftain to come again.
Was he lost to his Wauhonhasee,
Gone from the plains of Tennessee?
With the Cherokee lingering near
Driving away all sorrow and fear,
Wauhonhasee's spirit back to laughter
Clinging to her bold comforter.
Then the Cherokee's ardent wooing
His sweet and gentle cooing
With the wind and distant thunder
And a spirit to forever wander,
�A VILLAGE TAPESTRY / Page 219
They bounded gayly o'er rock and rill
Never weary and never still.
Then to craggy cliff—a lovely sightWhere the wind blows day and night.
Ere long they saw a flaming red sky
That brightened the mountains high.
"It is a warning from the Cherokees.
I must go—I must go, Wauhonhasee!"
Cried the lover desperately.
In fear of poor Wauhonhasee
He leaped from the cliff down the abyss.
Down mid the winds' perpetual hiss.
Wauhonhasee cried out in her grief
To the Great Spirit for relief.
"O wind! blow him back to my heart"
She cried and she moaned in the dark.
She prayed the night long, prayed faithfully,
Ne'er ceasing until dawn beamed brightly
And the mist had cleared, the sun did glow
Down in that dismal abyss below.
Wauhonhasee fell upon bended knee
Calling to her noble Cherokee,
The Indian spirit of other years
To heed her sorrow and her tears.
Quick as a flash up come the brave
From the deep and unfathomed cave.
Then they turned to worship the sun
For the blessing they had won.
Through wildwood and o'er foaming brook,
Through loamy dell and shady nook,
Wauhonhasee and her lover roamed that day
Then back to the wigwam tired of play.
Just when the gray of dawn appeared
And before the mist had cleared,
A raven moaned and moaned for the dead.
Tis a warning the Indians dread.
In the gray haze of Indian summer
And the flowers gone in number,
The maple and dogwood in Autum hue
And the mountains in dreary blue,
The chieftain of the conquered Chicasaws
Wandered back to his child and squaw.
In company with Wauhonhasee.
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The
a
as a
quick to
the
on
in
an
Wauhonhasee
There to mourn .her
Down the silvery current
She
her lover calling.
as the sun
a
to
down in
So
the
the
her
he
her to his
Twas a
to the
at
Then down the mountain
the
Ne'er to wander back
The
The End
�A
(Individual/Family)
A
Abernethy, John Miles, 5
Aldrich, Harrison, 69
Alexander, Mrs. Walter L. (Ernestine), 56, 57, 173
Alexander, Walter L., 29, 56, 57S 73, 99, 101404
Allison, Mrs. WC, 65
Anderson, Tom, 9
Angell, W. Guy, 119423
Arthur, John Preston, 28
Austin, Fred, 44
Autrey, Gene, 183
B
Bahney, Major, 3
Baldwin, Pinky, 32
Baldwin, William, 32
Barringer, Osmond, 28
Battle, Mr. Turner, 19
Beard, Ms. Bryce, 150
Beatty, Annie, 94
Beck, Charles G, 131, 170
Beck, Mrs. Charles G, 151
Benefield, Jane, 139
Benefield, Letcher, 44
Bernhardt Family, 159, 160 •
Bernhardt, J.M., 160
Berryman, Dr. C.H., 131, 160
Besner, Joseph, 97
Beyers, Bertha, 147
Beyers, Nancy, 147
Bickett, Gov. Thomas W, 44, 147
Bingham, Mr. R., 19
Bisanar, Caroline, 58
Bisanar, Katherine, 58
Bisanar, Mr. &. Mrs. Norman, 58
Blackmer, Sidney, 164
Blackwell, E.J., 94
g, George, 171
g, Renee, 151
Blalock, Keith, 3
Blalock, Mrs. Keith (Malinda), 3
Bolick Family, 2, 177
Bolick, Clarissa, 147
Bolick, Lawrence, 39
Bolick, Mr. and Mrs. Ira, 177
Bolick, Stewart, 39
Bellinger, Martha J., 141
Bellinger, S., 141
Bomie, Annie Smith, 56
Boogher, Elsie 38, 43, 55
Boogher, Ethel, 38, 43, 55
Boone, Jesse, 69
Bowman, Eugene S., 131
Boyd, J.R., 174
Boyd, John, 3
Boyden, Donald J., 96, 164
Boyden, Lucille K., 97, 151
Brady, Mrs., 91
Brkkell, Hershel 117
Brooks, Dr. James E., 30, 146447
Broughton, Governor, 72
Brown, Bill, 170
Brown, Clark, 44
Brown, Kent, 114
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, 66, 139
Brown, Wade, 32, 176
Broyhill, Ethel, 76
Btoyhill, Gordon, 75
Broyhill, Isaac, 75
Broyhill, Isaac Jefferson, 75
Broyhill, James, 77
Broyhill, James
(Ed), 75-78
Broyhill, John, 75, 184
Broyhill, Lillie, 76
Broyhill, Mary, 75
Broyhill, Mrs. Isaac (Margaret Parsons), 75
Broyhill, Mrs. James Edgar (Satie), 76-78
Broyhill, Mrs. Thomas (Mae Powell), 76, 78
Broyhill, Myrtle, 75
Broyhill, Otis, 76
Broyhill, Paul, 77
Broyhill, Ted, 76
Broyhill, Thomas Hamilton, 75-77, 104, 136
Broyhill, William, 75
Bryant Family, 109
Buchanon, Rev. G. Sexton, 133
Buckley, William, 73
Buist, Mrs., 18
Bunce, Betsy, 151
Burns, Ethel Holshouser, 29, 38
Busky, Mrs. Leonard, 151
Buxton, Carrie Miller, 28-29
Bynum, Judge J. Grey, 92
Byrd, Sen. Harry E, 161
Cannon, Charles A., 70-72, 151, 153
Cannon, J.W., 70-71, 134
Cannon, Joseph Franklin, 71, 104, 134
Cannon, Jr., Charles A., 71
Cannon, Martin L., 170
Cannon, Mary, 164
Cannon, Mary Ruth, 71
Cannon, Mariam Winslow (See Hayes, Mrs. Robert)
Cannon, Mrs. Charles A. (Ruth Coltrane), 71-72
Cannon, Mrs. Joseph F. (Annie Ludlow), 71, 131,
133435, 173, 179
Cannon, Mrs. Stuart, '38
Cannon, William Contrane, 71
Carter Family, 41, 113
Carter, Dr. Charles, 10, 18, 41, 113, 145, 148
Carter, Mrs. Charles (Mary Nelson), 18, 37, 41, 113,
128, 139, 145
Cash, Johnny, 181
Castle, W.B., 173
Chadbourne, Mrs. Gertrude, 148
Chapman, Milton M., 77, 104, 172
Chatham, Mr., 166
Church Family, 59
Church, Ben, 59
Church, Iva, 59
Church, James Luther, 59
Church, Luther, 53-54
Church, Mrs. Ben (Neola), 59
Church, Winston, 180
Ciapp, Rev. J.C., 140
Clarke, Joseph B., 3-4, 1042, 1445, 17, 21, 27, 37, 66,
91
Clement, Hayden, 164
Cobb, Major, 98
Coffey, Family, 2
Coffey Family, Reuben, 2
Coffey, Austin, 3
Coffey, DP., 30, 45, 117418,440, 166467
Coffey, Filmore, 11
Coffey, Frank, 183-184
Coffey, Glenn, 39
Coffey, Helen, 38
Coffey, Lawrence, 29
Coffey, Lum, 167
Coffey, Mabel, 38
Coffey, Mrs. D.P., 167
Coffey, Mrs. T.R, 128
Coffey, Mrs. Thomas, 173
221
Coffey, Rhonda L., 174
Coffey, Sue,' 172
Coffey, T.J., 28
Coffey, Thomas H., 29, 37, 45
Coffey, Tom, 28, 31, 95-96, 159, 173
Cone Family, 18, 29
Cone, Ceasar, 66
Cone, Herman, 66, 151, 153
Cone, Laura, 153
Cone, Moses, H, 18, 35, 41, 66-67, 70, 96, 116, 137
Cone, Mrs. Herman (Helen Guggenheimer), 66
Cone,.Mrs. Julius, 131
Cone, Mrs. Moses H., (Bertha Lindau), 18, 41, 43,
66-67, 116, 118, 137, 153, 176
Cone, Sr., Benjamin, 70
Cook, Niley, 44
Coolidge, Calvin, 99
Cooper, Harry, 29
Cordon, Norman, 151
Corpening, I.N., 10, 91
Councill, Dr. W.B., 20
Councill, James, 110
Councill, Mr., 166
Councill, Mrs. Ben (Blanche Hagaman), 110
Councill, Tracy, 110
Courtney, Rev. Ward, 178
Cox, Melvin, 44
Craig, David J., 40
Craig, Robert 166
Craig, T, 166
Craig, Will, 97
Crisp, Annie Lee, 38
Crisp, Bynum, 39
Crump, Hermon, 44
Culbreth, Marvin, 178
D
Daingerfield Family, 29
Daingerfield, Archie, 60
Daingerfield, Capt. John E.P., 60
Daingerfield, Elliott, 16, 41-42, 55, 60-66, 74, 95, 139
Daingerfield, Gwendolyn, 61, 63-64
Daingerfield, Marjorie, 55, 61, 63-65
Daingerfield, Mathilda Wickham, DeBraa, 60
Daingerfield, Mrs. Elliott (Anna), 61-64
Daingerfield, Mrs. Elliott (Roberta) 60-61
Daniels, Josephus, 67, 96
Daniels, Jr., Mrs. Josephus, 96
Daniels, Judge &. Mrs. Frank, 96
Daniels, Mrs. Josephus, 96
Davant, Jr., Dr. Charles, 119423, 152455
Davant, Jr., Mrs. Charles (Harriet), 152
Davidson, Dr. Chalmers, 53, 55, 96
Davidson, Mrs. Zeb Vance (Kate Gaston), 96
Davidson, Zeb Vance, 96
Davis, Agnes, 163
Davis, Elsie, 163
Davis, George, 89
Deal, Mr., 166
DeLouche, Benjamin, 163
Dougherty, Blanford Barnard, 110, 113, 116, 161
Doughton, Rep. Robert (Farmer Bob), 70, 78
Dowdey, Clifford, 117
Downs, Charles, 44
Drentine, Howard, 39
Driscoll, Charles B., 117
Dugger, Shepherd M., 35
Duke, J.P., 74
Dula, Clyde, 173
Dunn, Rev. Dr. R.A., 179
DuPont Family, 73
DuPont Major, 44
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Graver, Dr.
Gwinn, Miss, 19
Gwyn, Hugh, 97
Gwyn, Rufus, 36
J.A., 139
Edmisten, Mrs. John, 139
Ross, 44
Edmondson Family, 16
Edwards, Col. Ogden, 16, 41
Mrs. Ogden, 16, 18
Dwight, 78
Elrod, Ronald, 184
Family, 2, 53, 54
L.W. "Len" 4, 53, 89
Estes, Lot, 2, 53
Mrs. Lot (Chancy Greene), 53
Faulkner, William, 71
Felix, Douglas, 172
Fenner, Anna Baker, 151
J.G., 89, 91, 95
Firestone, Raymond, 73
61
G.N., 91
Ford,
Forsyth, Mrs. Anne Cannon, 65, 121, 153
30, 57
Fox, Jr., John, -110
French, Judge Robert Strange, 60
French, May 63
151
94, 97
Gage, Judge George W., 41, 56
Galloway, Family, Gaston, 98
Garrison, Billy, 58
Garrison, Lee, 58
Garrison,
58
W.B., 58
Gilbert, Annie, 72
Golden, Harry, 71
Goldwater, Barry, 78
Goodin, Gail, 151 Goodwin, John, 174
Gore, R.H., 136
Gortner, Mrs. W.A.
77
Cover, Gertrude, 163
Gragg, John Walt, 41
Gragg, Lula, 139
W.R., 33
Graham, Billy, 181
Kaye, 61
Granville, Earl, 1
Gray, Col
R, 89, 91, 96, 164
Green, Stanley, 98
2, 53, 98, 109, 127, 177
Greene, Amos, 2, 4, 89
Annie, 38
Greene, Benjamin, 2, 53
Greene, Chancy, 2
Greene, Clarence, 39
Greene, Claud, 39
Greene, David, 123
Greene, Donald, 39
Greene,
2
Greene, Emma, 139
2
Greene, Joseph, 2
Greene, Mr. and Mrs. J.E., 139
Greene, Mrs.
38
Greene, N.C., 96
Greene, Paul, 38
Greene, Richard, 127
Greene, Robert, 31
Greene, Spencer, 39
Gregg, Mrs. 167
Osgood, 117
H
Hall, John
20
Hamrick, Jr., Rush, 104
Earl, 99
Paul, 137
Harper, G.WE, 9
Harper, George Washington Finley, 91, 97
Harper,
2
Harper, James C., 2, 9
Harper, Jr., Gwyn, 96, 132
9, 92
Harper, Miss, 19
Harper, Mr., 19
Harper, Mrs., 19
Harper, S.F., 9
Harper, Sr., EG., 170
Harris,
153
Joe, 181
Hayes, Family, 2
38
H.C, 29-31, 43
Hayes, J. Lee, 63
Mrs,
Cannon), 71-73
Hayes, Sheriff, 12
Hayworth,
E., 77, 104
9, 166
C.V., 27, 40, 98
Jr., C.V., 170
LR, 27, 40
Henley Family, 109
Hewie, Governor Clyde, 72
Hill,
150
Hill, Mrs. James, 148
Hodges, Gov. Luther M., 183, 184
J.M., 139
139
Hodgkins, Mr.
Mrs. T.E., 176
Hollars,
75
Hollo way, Mr., 44
Holshouser Family, 5
Holshouser,
Holshouser,
Holshouser,
Holshouser,
Holshouser,
141
Howard P., 27, 29, 31, 154
James, 141
Jane, 28
Lunce, 17
Malcolm, 44
Mrs. W.L., 38
Holshouser, W.L "Will", 17, 39, 45
Holt Family, 56
Ed, 92
Hoover, Herbert, 99
Bob, 181
Horner,
J.M., 56
Horton, Ralph, 136
Family, 18
Hunt,
76
Hutchison, Crete, 99
Hyler, Rev.
140
I
Icenhour, Louise, 38
Ickes,
161, 172
Ildefonse, Father, 136
Ingle, Mary A., 141
Ingle, Rev. John, 128, 140
Ingle, Thorton, 11, 43
Inness, George, 60
2
Ivey, J.B., 162
J
111412
Jenkins, B.K., 39
Jenkins, L.L., 166
Johnson, Carrie R, 154
Johnson, David, 169
Johnson, Lillian, 38
Johnson, Mary, 169
Johnson, May, 169
Jones, Chris, 58
Jones, Frank, 164
Jones, Freta Anne, 58
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert, 58
58 '
K
ST., 7
Kent, Sir Edward, 74
Kenworthy, Dr., 89
Dr. and Mrs. AJP., 173, 175476
Kephart, Horace, 127
Lt. Wm. Perry, 173
Ken-,
89
Mrs. W.K., 173
Keys, Rev.
K., 133, 162,
King, John, 89, 96
King, Mrs. John, 90
Kipp,
Fred,
Kirk, Col. George, 3
Klutz, Jacob,
Paul, 31, 44
Krasovic, Tony, 186
Lachmann, Dr. Vera, 176478
Lamour, Dorothy, 167
186
Lazaron,
Dr. Morris, 138, 140
Lee, General Robert E., 60
Lenoir, William A., 66
Lentz, G., 39
Lentz, John, 114
Lentz, Mary L., 141
Lentz, Mrs. Exie, 139
Lentz, Mrs. S.R., 141
Lentz,
39
Linney, Frank A,, 32
Linney, Romulus Zacharia, 35-36
Long,
20
Ludlow, Dr. Jacob Lot, 134
Ludlow, Myra, 134
Lupton, J.T., 57
M
J., 182
MacKay, Mrs. William, 60
MacRae Family, 36
Donald, 7
MacRae, Hugh, 7, 36, 179, 181
Martin Family, 4
H.C, 11, 1445, 27, 93-94
Martin, Maye B., 66
Mrs. H.C.
91,
Mrs. Hal, 172
Martin, William J,, 131
120
Joseph, 163
Mays, Fred, 39
McDonald,
181
120
McKinnon, Mrs., 19
McLean, Professor, 19
T.
183
Mebane, Jr., Mrs. Robert (Frances), 73
Mebane, Jr.,
S., 73
Mrs.
S.
31, 73-75, 170
Mebane, Randy, 73 •
�A
Mrs.
S.
31, 73-75, 170
Randy, 73
Mebane, Robert Sloane, 73*75
A.E., 95
Michaux, Andre, 179
Mildred the Bear,
Miller Family, 2, 5
Miller, Charles, 177478
:
H.E, 14
32
111
99, 117
Moak, CA, 172
Moody, A.C., 160
Moore, Governor, 72
Dr.
34,
Morley,
W., 42
4
Morris,
167
Morris,
M., 4, 10, 31, 89, 91, 131
Morrison, Govenor Cameron, 74, 104, 147
Morton, Hugh, 36, 179481
Morton, Julian W., 179
Mrs. Julian W.
179, 181
163
175
Murfree, Mary Noailles, 110
N
Neal, Margaret Tufts, 163
Newnham, Fred, 43
Nixon, Richard, 78
Norwell, Etta Gregorie, 90
Norwood, Joseph C., 66
O
O'Neal, Marie Jean, 19
Oakley, Annie, 73, 104
Olds, Fred, 31
65, 73, 131432, 151453,
J.A., 31
Panuch, J. Anthony, 151, 153
Parker, Duncan T, 54
A.W., 91
Dr. Calvin J., 17, 27, 146, 149
•
John, 181
150
Patterson, Rufus L., 40
Rev. J.M., 130
Pearson, Maury, 163
Pekon, H.W., 99
Walter, 44
Fred, 173
Mrs. W.R,
Mrs. Artie, 139
Dr., 149
Pfister, Mr., 61
Phillips, Bishop Henry, 151, 153
Phillips, M.S., 167
Pinchot, Gifford, 67
Pitts, Ed, 39
Pitts, Mrs.
137
Pitts, Rev.
137
Pope, Charley, 20
Presswood, Ivfc, 93
Prevette, C.S., 160
Price, Joseph, J., 68
Price, Julian, 68-70, 75
70
Mrs,
J.
68
70
31
Proffitt, Frank, 34
Prudden, Emily C, 16, 110412, 123,' 128
Q
Queen Elizabeth II, 64
E
Ms., 19
Raft, George, 167
Rainey, Jack, 173
Randall, W.C., 43
Ransom, Esther, 137
Ransom, Senator Matt, 4
78
Dr.
C,
Lena, 43, 145, 172
Reeves, Mrs. Letcher C
Council!), 145
Reeves, Ruth, 145
Reid, Rebecca, 91
Ed, 16, 30, 130, 137, 140, 146
GX, 160
43
Jr.,
185, 187
C, 173,
187
Robbins, Lloyd, 172, 186
Robbins, Mrs. Ed (Sophronia "Granny"), 146, 154
Sr., Grover C, 30, 32, 43, 77, 93, 131, 152,
169, 171, 173474
Robbins, Sr., Mrs. Grover (Lena Miller), 31, 38
Jr., AX, 164
Robinson,
28
Rockefeller, John D., 167
Jr., John D, 99
Rollins, Maj. WW1, 3
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 99
Roosevelt, Franklin, 160-161
Theodore, 54, 139
Ross, L, 39
Dr.
141
Rumple, Miss, 19
Rumple, Rev. Dr. Jethro, 16, 89,
170
Walter, 60
Rev.
17, 37, 42-45,
Bob, 175
Schenck, Maj. Henry Franklin, 16, 89
Schenck, Sr., John E, 4, 16
Seitz, Rev. Thomas, 139
Sharp, Jack R, 178479
Shelton, Thomas, 75
WW. 4, 89
Sr., Abel A., 141
Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
L., 141
Shuford,
28
Simmeril, Bill, 92
Sims, Hamp, 69
Smith, Arthur, 180
Smith,
166
Smith, Captain Harvey, 53
Smith,
Ed, 136
Smith,
180
Snyder, Christine, 58 Snyder, Elizabeth 58
Snyder, George, 58
Snyder, George William, 57
Snyder,
58
131, 170
Snyder, Jr.,
58
Snyder, Luke, 58
Snyder, Luther, 58
Snyder, Martha Woodward, 57
Snyder, Mr, &. Mrs. George, 58
»
Mrs.
L. (Alfreta), 57-59 *
Mrs.
L. (Mrs. WC.
59
58
Snyder, Virginia, 58
Sommer, Prof.
Mrs. Clemens, 176
Span, Fred, 177
223
Spangenberg,
August Gottlieb, 1
Spence, Professor H.E., 134435, 138
Steele, Robert, 76
Stevenson, Governor Adelai, 72
Mrs.
Broyhill, 77-78
Mrs.
M., 91, 128, 131
Stoneman, Gen. George, 3
Storie Family, 2
Storie, James, 120
Story, Grayson, 39
Story, Mrs. I.E., 38.
Stowe,
19
18, 29, 41-42, 54-55
Dr.
54-55
Stringfellow, Mrs.
Green), 54
Stringfellow, Mrs.
Hemphill, 96
Stringfellow, Mrs. Wm. (Nan Cannon), 94
Stringfellow, Mrs. Wm. (Susie Parker), 18, 38, 43,
54-56, 139
W, 4,18, 44, 54-57, 62, 64, 139
Herbert, 94
Stuart, Jeb, 153 Bull, 69
M., 17, 27,
34, 37, 42, 44,
93, 169
Sudderth, Jim, 16
Sullivan, Ed, 127
Dorothy Henkel, 72-75, 92, 104
Lloyd, 104
11
•Sylvia, Vickie,
T
Taft, Bob, 78
Tate, Lloyd, 93, 164
Taylor, Mr., 166
167
Claude, 44
Teague, Hal, 167
league, Mrs., 38
Teague, Russell, 44
Tester, G.E., 160
Bill,
LW, 41
J.W., 110, 139
Thomason,
140-141
Thurman, Miss, 166
Todd, Captain J.W., 92
Trexler, D.F., 141
Trexler, Mary, 141
Tufts, Rev.
132, 162
U
Ulric, Lenore, 164
Umstead,
R, 180
Vance, Governor Zeb, 53
132,
Vance, Rev. Dr.
L, 132, 147, 163, 179
132
Vannoy, Letcher, 44
Vardell Family, 73
Vardell, Rev. Dr. Charles G, 163, 179
Ruth, 94, 97
W
Miss, 19
138
Mrs.
W.H.,
Hank, 39
44
Dr. Mary
Jesse, 141
Mr., 93
138
154, 172
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Watts, Mr., 93
Weaver, A.G.-, 170
Webb, Pearle, 38
Webster, Frank W, 172473
Weedon Family, 4
Weedon, H.W, 11, 15, 27, 32
Weems, Sam, 70
Westmoreland, Gen., 175
Wheatley, Miss, 166
Wherry, Ken, 78
Whitener, Dr. W.G., 120
Whiting, William S., 69
Whitney, Jock, 73
Wiliams, Col. L.S., 91, 95
Williams, Gratis, 109
Williams, Jim, 94
Williams, Mary Louise, 38
Williams, Mr., 93
Williams, Taylor, 97
Williams, Willie, 97
Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 72, 171
Winkler, J.A., 154
Winkler, J.H., 45
Winkler, W.L., 175
Wolfe, Thomas, 177
Wood, Alice, 17, 37, 93
Wood, Dale, 69
Wood, Harold, 69
Wood, Leroy, 69
Wood, Mrs. Leroy (Rosie), 69
Woodward, Miss, 19
Wooten, D.W, 32
Wrag, John A., 68
(Subject)
Accreditation, 121
Aho School, 119
Allied Church League, 130
American Legion Building, 173
American Legion Post 256, 173
Annexation, 117419
Appalachian Forest Reserve, 35-36
Appalachian High School, 122
Appalachian Motel, Map #55
Appalachian Ski Mountain, 187
Appalachian State Teacher's College, 110
Appalachian State University, 76, 78, 110, 161, 186
Appalachian Training School, 76, 116
Apple Orchards, Cone Estate, 67
Ash Bear Pen Knob, 69
Auto Transfer Co., 28
Automobiles, 28-29
B
Baby Clinic, 149450
Bank Closings, 160
Bank of Blowing Rock, 27, 146, 160
Banner Elk Presbyterian Church, 132
Baptist Church, 16, 37, 45
Baptists, 127428
Bark, The, 166, Map #57
Barked Inn, The, 172
Battery E, 113th Field Artillery, 44
Beaver Dam, 34-35
Beech Mountain, 187
Bellview Cottage, 91
Bernhardt Business Interests, 7
Berriman's Drug Store Map #29
Bethel High School, 122
Betterment Society, 92
Bird Sanctuaries, 147
Black Churches, 130431
Black Community, 59, 72, 130431
Black Population, 20, 45
Black Teachers, 110, 116
Blowing Rock Art Association, 65
Blowing Rock Art Show, 64-65
Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds, 18, 140-141
Blowing Rock Bank, 17, 30, Map #24
Blowing Rock Boy Scouts, 55
Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show, 19, 38, 59, 63,
72, 97, 104, 135, 165466
Blowing Rock Civic Improvement league, 55
Blowing Rock Clinic, 150452
Blowing Rock Colored Church Project, 131
Blowing Rock Comm &L Sch Library, 38
Blowing Rock Community Carnival, 59
Blowing Rock Community Center, 59-60
Blowing Rock Country Club, 41, 60, 67, 72, 75, 151,
170472
Blowing Rock Development Co., 40, 93-94, 104
Blowing Rock Elementary School, 121, 123
Blowing Rock Episcopal Church, 55, 128
Blowing Rock Exchange, 43, 55 Map #39
Blowing Rock Flower Show, 59
Blowing Rock Garden Club, 178
Blowing Rock Golf Course, 78, 94
Blowing Rock High School, 117, 120422, Map #12
Blowing Rock Hospital, 152
Blowing Rock Hotel, 3, 7, 10, 1649, 89-92, 94-97, 164,
166, Map #1
Blowing Rock Hotel Livery Stables, 16
Blowing Rock Ice House, Map #23
Blowing Rock Masonic Lodge 458, 36-37
Blowing Rock Medical Clinic, 155456, 162, 187
Blowing Rock Methodist Church, 59, 138
Blowing Rock Negro Community Church, 131, Map
#83
Blowing Rock Park, 173
Blowing Rock Rotary Club, 152, 178
Blowing Rock School, 114, 119, 149
Blowing Rock School Betterment Assn., 55
Blowing Rock School of English, 117
Blowing Rock Ski Corporation, 187
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge, 185-187
Blowing Rock Ski Slopes, 185-187
Blowing Rock Village School District, 114, 116
Blowing Rock, The, 9, 100401, 159460, Map #48
Blue Ridge, 36
Blue Ridge Parkway, 70, 161462, 171
Boarding Houses, 94-96
Bond Issues, 29-30, 173
Bond Referendum, 122
Boone Fork Institute, 38
Boone Fork River, 69
Boone Fork School, 119
Boone Fork Trail, 70
Boone-Blowing Rock Turnpike, 28, 30
Bootblacks (Gryder's Shoe Shop) Map #36
Boxwood Motel, 38
Boy Scouts, 38, 60, 160, 173
Boyden House, 2
Brady Boarding House 90, 44-95
Bridal Veil Falls, 28
Broyhill Business Interests, 7
Broyhill Chapel, 140
Broyhill Home (J.E.) Map #88
Building Codes, 30
Bundles for Britain, 172
Bus Service, 28-29
Buxton Road, Map #56
Caldwell &L Watauga Turnpike, 27
Calvinism, 127
Camp Catawba, 177-178, Map #75
Camp Cherokee, 176
Camp Fire Girls, 38
Camp Life, 175-179
Camp Sky Ranch, 135, 178479, Map #76
Camp Yonahlossee, 173, 175477, Map #74
Camp-Meeting, 127
Campfire Girls, 55
Cannon Home fl.W), Map #58
Cannon Memorial Hospital, Chas. A., 72
Cannon Mills, 70-71
Cannon Textile Industry, 134
Carolina &. Northwestern Railroad, 9, 183
Carolina Mountains, 42
Carolina Theatre, 167
Carter Memorial Library, Mary Nelson, 37
Cathcart's Cottage, 9
Catholic Community, 136
Catholics, 127
Census, 3, 11, 13, 20-21, 160, 172
Chamber of Commerce, 27, 60, 160, 171473, 177
Chamber of Commerce Office, First, Map #32
Charlotte Festival Singers, 163
Chateau Cloud Condominiums, 110
Chestnut Blight, 36
Chestnut Restaurant, 186
Chestnut Siding, 4
Chetola, 2, 4, 5, 18, 43, 53-60, 115, 139, Map #14
Child Evangelism Fellowship, 134
Children's Education, 18
China Orchard, Cone Estate, 67
Christian Science Church, 136, Map #89
Christian Science Community, 436
Christian Science Reading Room, 136
Christian Scientists, 138
Church of God, 137, Map #65
Church of the Epiphany, 136, Map #66
Church of the Holy Spirit, 55, 138, Map #10
Church, First, 140
Cicero Miller's Store, 96
Circuit-Riding Preachers, 128
Civic Groups and Clubs, 36-38
Civil Rights Movement, 130-131
Civil War, 3, 11, 89, 109
Civilian Conservation Corps., 36
Clark Prize, 139
Clarke Home Site 0oseph), Map #37
Clarke Property, Joseph, 17
Cleveland Cotton Mills, 16
Cloudland Cafe (J.C Ford), 159, Map #60
Coca-Cola, 57-59
Coffey Hotel, 29
Coffey's Barber Shop (Henry), 17
Coffey's Grocery (D.P.), Map #59
Coffey's Mercantile Company, 17
Committee to Save Grandfather, 36
Community Club, 31, 37-38, 59-60, 72, 134
Cone Estate, Moses H., 18, 20, 38, 43, 58, 66-68, 70,
93, 118, 132, 137, 161,. 178, Map #70
Cone Hill, 9
Cone Lake, 2
Cone Memorial Hospital, Moses H., 67-68
Cone Memorial Park, Moses H., 67-68
Confederate Veterans Association, 91
Consolidation of Schools, 121-123
Cook's Place, 9
Cool Springs School, 110, 114, 119.
Cordon's Home, 16
Cottagers, 4, 5, 1648, 38,41, 93, 164, 167, 169470, 174
Cotton Mill, 2
Council's Store, 2
County Teachers' Institute, 116
Cove Creek High School, 122
Craig's Grocery Store, 17, 46, 73,92-93, 146, Map #11
Cranberry Coal &L Iron Co., 170
Cranberry Iron Mines, 6
Curtis' Boarding House, 7
�A
D
Art School, 41-42
Daniel Boone Trail, 53
. ,. ;
Davant Home (Dr. Charles, Jr.), Map #17
Hill (C.V.
Map f 61
First, 12?
. . . - ; . -.•
Debating Society, 36-37
145
Early Education, 109-113
East Tenn. &
No. Car. RR, 6, 100, 170, 183
Echo Park, 136
Ed's Cafe, 29
Edgar Tufts Memorial Association, 72-73
61, Map #18
Education System, Public, 113417
Electricity, 29, 92
Environmental habitat, 181
Episcopal Church, 17
Episcopal Church and
Room, 17, 31, 36
Episcopal Church, New, 56
Episcopal Mission, 139
Episcopalians, 128
House, 18, 54, 94-95
Extended Care Center, Dr. C. Davant, 156
Fairview Hotel, 89, 90, 94
Family, First, 127
Far Horizons, (Anne Cnnon Forsyth), Map #82
House, 94
Farm House Singers, 136
Farmer's Alliance, 14
Farmers, 1345, 20
Fencing, 14-15
Film Premiere, 167468
Fire in the 50's, 27
Fire of 1923, 16, 31, 37
Fire
(Old), Map #41
Fire Warden, 118
First
Church, 130, 139440, Map #7
First Independent Baptist Church, 131
First Union Bank, 17
Flat Top Church, 110
Flat Top Manor House, 18, 66-67, 118
Flat Top Mountain, 66
Flat Top School, 110, 113
Flood of 1916, 29, 33, 43-44, 71
of 1940, 169, 183
Food Suplies, 5
Forest Fires, 34
Forest Preservation, 35-36
Forestry Laws, 35
Fort Rollins, 3
Fourth of July, 39
Fox Hunting, 164
Franciscan Fathers, 136
Freewill
Church, 137
French-Swiss Ski College, 187
Furniture Industry, 7
Gathering of the Scottish Clans, 181-182
Giant Lumber Co., 32-33
Glen
Falls, 100, Map #86
Globe
113
Globe Lumber Co., 32
Globe Telephone Co., 29
Golf,
78, 170
Bible
Goodwin Guild Weavers, 174, Map #26
Grace Colony, 135
27, 94
Day, 151, 162463
Grandfather Home for Children, 72-73, 132-134, 162
3,
42, 70, 101,
Grandfather Orphange, 162463
Grandin Lumber Company, 20,' 32-33, 44
Library, 1647, 37-38, 45
Library, First, 113, 145
First
128, 139
Linville Improvement Company, 6, 36, 179
Linville Land, Mfg., &. Mining Co., 6
Linville
180
Linville
Railroad, 6
Literary Fund, 109
Livestock, 2, 13, 15
Local Tirade Routes, 2
Lone Scouts, 38
Lonesome Pine Trail, 72, 147
Lost Cove, 32
Lumber Camps, 32
Industry, 6-7, 20, 32-36, 44
Lutheran Church, 149
Lynn Nisbet Awards, 182
Great Smoky Mountains, 36
Great Smoky Mountain Nat'l Park, 161
Green Cottage, 117
Hill, Map #53
Park, 71-72, 91, 93,
127
Green Park ^Norwood Golf Course, 101, 170, 173,
Map #45
Casino, 166
Green Park Company, 91
Green Park Hotel, 2, 7, 10, 1849, 27, 29, 40, 43-44,
64, 70-72, 78,
104, 117, 130, 151,
Map #44
Park
19, Map #52
Green Park, Town of, 11, 19, 30, 43
Greerfs Store, 46
Property, Amos, 4
Greystone Towers (The Mebanes), 73-75, Map #80
Gurney Ridge trail, 72
Gypsies, 38
H
Hack Line, 6
M
Madonna of the Hills, 62, 139
Magic Mountain, 184
Mail, 28
1647, 30-31
Martin Cottage, 94
Martin Drug Store, 31
4, 16, 27,
117, Map #6
Masonic Lodge, 36-37
Masons, 37
Mayor, First, 11
Course, 104, 164
Gun and Rod Club, 73, 103, 114, Map #87
Mayview Lake, 77, Map #28
Mayview
Plant, 169
31, 36, 70, 72-74, 77, 96,
136, 151, 162, 164, 172, Map #68
Mayview Park, 16, 29-30, 56, 63, 71-73, 134,
Mayview
Golf Course,
Rock, 100
Mayview Water Works, 29
Medical Care After 1950,
•
General Store, 17
Harper Business Interests, 7
Harper Home (Major), 2-3,
#63
4, 16, 89
General Store, 31, 92
Hayes House, 16, Map #31
:
Laws, 147
Colony, 135
and Co., 6-7, 9, 16
Hetola, 58
182
Hob-Nob Tea Room, 96
Hog Wild, 2
13
Care
146-147
Care Between 1930-1950, 148-152
Men's Club, 3 6 - 3 7 -
1748, 28-29, 31, 46, Map
.
#2
Holshouser Home (W.L), Map #30
Horse Show Grounds, Lloyd M. late,
18, 141, Map #50
Hymn to Miramichi, 134
I
Ice House, 5, 54
Incorporation, 10
Indians, 1, 59
164
J
' "'•
J.L. Snyder Trophy, 59
Jail
Map #41
Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co., 68-70
Jenkins Realty Company, 16
John's River Gorge-, 101, 135
K
Katty Klub, 38.
Ku Klux
45
Law Enforcement League, 45, 130
72
Lenoir Chair Company, 77
Lenoir Furniture Company, 77
Lenoir-Blowing Rock Turnpike, 2, 6-7, 27, 30, 32, 34,
43,
98
Lentz Company Store, 16
Lentz School, 114
Lerada (Col. & Mrs. Ogden Edwards),
#38
225
'
20-21
Church, 16, 136, 138, -149, Map #9
Methodist Episcopal Church South, 138
.
Metropolitan
132, 163
Fork School, 119
Mildred the Bear (See Individual/Family Index)
General
16,
&L Annie Cannon), 134-135, Map
#81
Mission House, 113
Mission House & Reading Room, 37, 42
18, 37» 113, 145
Missionary Movement, 110413
Montaldo's, 151
Moody Furniture, Map #42
Moore House, 91
Morality, 44-46
Moravians, 1
Morris, House, 89
School
128
Morris, W.M., Store-House, 10
Morrison Home (Cameron),
#90
18, 36, 113,
Mount
Cemetery, 111
Mount
German
Church, 2, 18, 127,
141, Map #49
Mount
School, 18
Mountain Farms, 13
Moving Pictures, 39, 117, 167 •
. '
Mulberry Valley, 9 .
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N
Park
36, 68, 70, 101, 137
Crafts, 43
Natives, 41-43, 164, 167
Nelson's
7
New River Power & Light, 169
New
Inn, 96
Nickajack Trail, 1
North Carolina Sketches, 41, 113
North
175
Nowelfs Boarding House, 17
o
Odd Fellows' Lodge, 36
Oh My!
94, Map #67
Old
School, 114, Map #22
Ordinances, Town, 1143, 15, 30-32, 45
Outhouses, 5, 30
&
Commission, 173
Peoples* Cabinet Shop, 16
31
Pineacres (David Ovens), 151, Map #51
Crest, 73
Pioneer
2
Pioneer Life, 2
Pitts'
16
Police, 31-32
Hollow School, 114, Map #78
Post
31
Post Office, Original, Map #40
Era, 89
Presbyterian Mission Church, 131
Presbyterians, 127-128 32,
Map #73
Privy Inspection Committee, 30
1143, 32, 45, 130, 166
127
Pupil-Teacher Ratios, 119
R
R&G
Co., 174
Rabey's Drug Store, 17
Garden Inn, Map #16
6-9, 27, 170
Randall Memorial Building, 36-37
Memorial Craft Center, 139
Memorial Workshop, 43
Red Cross, 44, 55, 60, 173
17, 45-46, Map #3
House, 2, 17, 31, 146, Map #3
1900, 127429
Religious Life, 127-141
128, 130
Revolutionary War, 2
Rhododendron, Inn, 96
Rich Mountain, 66
Ritter Lumber Company, 6, 32
1-2, 6-7, 9, 27-32, 56, 92-94, 98, 100, 161, 172
(Ed), 16, Map #35
Robbins Home (Grover, C, St.), Map #27
184
Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church, 16, 18, 44,
130434, 150451, 462463, 172, Map #13
S.A.L.
7
Sandy Flat School, 44, 113,- 116, Map #77
Flat
Church, 137, 140
30, 93,
Sawmill Orchard, Cone Estate, 67
Schenck House (Maj. Henry Franklin), 16, Map #43
Scholarships, 121
29, 116
School Law of 1839, 109
109
Seaboard Air Line, 7
System, 30
Shenandoah
Park, 161
Shuford Building, 141
Map #64
Mill, 32, 33-35
Mill
Plant, 169
30
Silver Lake, 4-5, 53-54
Lake
114, 116, Map #79
Sims Creek, 69
Place, 69
69
Singing on the Mountain, 181
Sir
Cup, 64
House, 19
Inn, 172, Map #46
Skyland Institute, 11, 13, 16, 94, 110413, 123, 128,
130, 137, Map #47
Skyland
School, 18
Slavery, 3
Smallpox Scare, 45
Smith's Store, 93
Life, 17-20, 38-39, 58-59, 63-64, 72-74, 166,
170471
Sonny's Grill, 17
Nat'l. Park, 36
Southern Bell, 29
Southern Railway, 33, 100 •
Camp, 38
Spencer Home, 17
39
Spring Houses, 5
St. John's Valley, 9
St. Mary's of the
Church, 61-62, 64-65,
138439, 178, Map #21
of Education, 120
Laws, 1445
Rock, 180
Storie's Carpet Shop, 16
Storie's Soda Shop, Map #25
43, 55
Stuart Boarding House, 90, 94
Subscription-Based Schools, 109 •
Sullivan Grave (Ed), Map #54
Summer Home, First, 2
4-5, 38, 41, 164
Summerville (James Harper), 1
Sunday School, First, 113, 128
Inn,
#15
Superintendent of Public Welfare, 117
Superintendent of Schools, 110, 116, 119420
P.
Church, 56, 62
Suspension Bridge, Grandfather, 180
11
Tate
Map #85
Tax Collection, 31-32
Taxation Without Representation, 117-119
Telephones, 29
Television, 174
Day Rally, 167
The Offering, 65
Third N. Carolina Mounted Infantry, 3
Tijuana Fats
16
Tin Top, 131, Map #62 •
Toll
7
Tourism, 93, 159460, 167, 173
Tourist Economy, 13-14, 28
Tourist Information Center, 159
Tourists, First, 89
Cabin, 147
Town Hall
Map #32
Town Hall (Old), Map #41
31-32
Town Park, 96
Trail of the
Bear, 179
Transportation, 6-7
Trout Lake Dam, 43
Club, 38
Tweetsie Palace, 184
6, 169470, 183484, Map #71
Twinola, 58
U
US 221, 7
Utilities,
29
V
Valle Crucis Mission, 138
Valle Crucis Mission School, 128
Valley View Trail, 100
Vannoy
17
Visitors, Firs,
Volunteer Fire Deprtment, 16, 31
W
1
153, Map #8
Ward House, 91
(Dr. Mary), Map #34
154, Map #20
Academy, 110, 113, 116, 161
116417, 119422
Watauga County Home, 55
Democratic Executive Comm,, 120
Watauga Gap, 3
Grill, 173
High
122
Hotel, 7, 10, 16, 18, 61,
95, 146, Map
#4
Inn,
31, 92,
146, 159, 173, Map
#4
Inn
95-96
Watauga Masonic Lodge 273, 37
Mission, 128, 140
&
5,
90, 92, 101 •
Watts' Shoe Shop, 16
Weedon Home, 16
94
Weedon-Clarke Dispute, 15
5
Western North Carolina Railroad, 6
Westglow (Elliott Daingerfield), 62-64, Map #73
Co., 6, 20,
44
Whiting School, 119
34
Wildwood Nursery Company, 43
Daingerfield), 61-62," Map #19
Winters, 1
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 13
Women's
Society, 140
Women's Suffrage, 37
Hotel,
94Trail,
100
Works Progress Administration, 117, 119
War I, 44-45
World War II, 114, 119, 172473
Yonahlossee Theatre, 131, 136, 151, Map #33
Trail, 7, 20, 30, 179
�ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BARRY BUXTON has been a teacher; researcher, publisher, editor, and
community leader with extensive international experience. He received
his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Currently Dr. Buxton
serves as the president of Lees-McRae College. Prior to his tenure at
Lees-McRae, he served as the Vice President of Special Projects at the
Savannah College of Art and Design. Dr. Buxton has also served as
president of various science and history museums in North Carolina,
Texas, and Georgia. During the 19805, he served as Executive Director
of the sixteen-member Appalachian Consortium Press.
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<a title="Digital Scholarship and Initiatives" href="http://library.appstate.edu/services/digital-scholarship-and-initiatives" target="_blank">Digital Scholarship and Initiatives</a>
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Appalachian State University
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Title
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A Village Tapestry: The History of Blowing Rock
Subject
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Blowing Rock (N.C.)--History
Creator
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Buxton, Barry M.
Language
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English
Description
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This work is an interesting look at the history of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, a popular historic and tourist attraction, from its earliest settlers in the 1700s to the 1960s. The book includes images and a section titled "A Photographic Tapestry" with photographs of Blowing Rock by Jerry W. Burns. It also covers the history of great estates, prominent people, the education system, and religious heritage. <br /><br /><a title="Epub" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1poibWSW5X1r6y9yyhpR7cqvEUub67IC3/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download EPub</a><br /><br /><a title="UNC Press Link" href="https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469641324/a-village-tapestry" target="_blank">UNC Press Print on Demand</a>
Publisher
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Appalachian Consortium Press
Date
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1989
Format
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PDF
E-books
Type
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Text
Rights
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<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed</a>
Coverage
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Blowing Rock (N.C.)
Source
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<a title="UA 76 Appalachian Consortium records" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> UA 76 Appalachian Consortium records </a>
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<a title="Appalachian Consortium Press Publications" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/82" target="_blank"> Appalachian Consortium Press Publications</a>
Temporal Coverage
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1980s
Amerindian
Blowing Rock
history
illustrated
Moravian