Celebrate Avery County's and Banner Elk's 100th Birthdays in 2011...
Our Avery County: New photos of old Cranberry
Recently, in the midst of an online search for some photographs, several images from Cranberry taken in the 1890s were discovered. These were part of a U.S. Geological Survey and were taken by J.K. Hillers. Read more...
Digging in the 1940 census
With great fanfare, the United States Census Bureau released the 1940 United States Census on April 2, 2012. Within 10 days, more than 134 million pages had been downloaded. There were only 136 million people in the United States when the census was taken.Read more...
Our Avery County: Local men remembered the USS Maine
“Remember the Maine” was the charge broadcast in headlines across the nation in February 1898. Read more...
Our Avery County: ‘Hunting’ up the past: A portrait of early Linville Falls
The mountains of Western North Carolina have always seemed to attract summer guests. Some came to conduct scientific research;Read more...
Our Avery County: The Hayloft Gang
Last week, PBS re-aired the recent special “The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance.” Read more...
The Linville debating society
We are blessed here in Avery County to have some good, early histories.Read more...
‘Centennial Book’ sheds light on Avery history
“Avery County Heritage: Centennial Edition” is back.Read more...
Our Avery County: June 1912: Newland town lots go up for sale
In just a few months, we are going to be approaching the anniversary of another one of those important events in Avery County’s historyRead more...
Centennial Spotlight: 2011 – A great year for Avery County history
You only get to celebrate your 100th birthday once, and Avery
County seems to have done it right. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: The new generation carries the torch of proud forefathers
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Avery post offices – past and present
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: A historiography of Avery County
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: ‘There's gold in them there hills:’ Mica mining in Avery County
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: A glimpse of the iron mines at Cranberry
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the
100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of
the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery
County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Have you ever been to ‘Chicken Town?’
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Early Avery County teachers
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Things in Avery County that go bump in the night
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: ‘To get to Avery County, you had to go through Tennessee’
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Have you ever been to Lenoir Park?
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the
100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of
the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery
County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...