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9781609491024

Historic Henderson County

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  • ISBN13:

    9781609491024

  • ISBN10:

    1609491025

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-03-12
  • Publisher: History Pr
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Summary

Beloved storyteller and chronicler of Henderson County heritage Louise Howe Bailey (1915 2009) lives on through her edifying anecdotes. This new collection of Bailey's ruminations maintains her work of preserving earlier Henderson County history with its abundant assortment of characters, landmarks and natural wonders. Discover why Hendersonville was called the "dancingest" town in America and how a troupe of young rapscallions rubbed a bar of Octagon soap on the railroad tracks so trains couldn't climb from Melrose to Saluda. Bring your pickaxe up to the top of Glassy Mountain to unearth the buried treasure hidden during the Civil War, and experience the hummingbirds, katydids, Carolina wrens and bullfrogs of the North Carolina countryside as you meander through Bailey's magnetic prose.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 13
Prefacep. 17
Acknowledgementsp. 19
A Bit of Background
Watching the Seasons Changep. 21
On Having a Sense of Humorp. 22
My Father's Wisdom
Don't Judge a Person by His or Her Appearancep. 25
Don't Be a Rubber Stampp. 26
The Backbone of Summer Is Brokenp. 30
Kinfolk and Connections
Common Ancestorsp. 32
James King and the Family Treep. 34
King Reunionp. 35
Henderson County Past and Present
Kanuga Lake Colonyp. 37
Climbing Glass Mountainp. 39
Roger Richardson Hill's Tombp. 41
While Nature Waitsp. 42
Main Streetp. 43
Remembering Old Timesp. 45
Octagon Soapp. 47
Old-time Loggingp. 49
Old-time Hendersonvillep. 50
The Angel in Oakdale Cemeteryp. 52
"Dancingest Town in America"p. 54
Places of Interest in Flat Rockp. 56
Little Charleston of the Mountainsp. 57
Little River Roadp. 59
The Golf Course at Connemarap. 63
Kingdom of the Happy Landp. 65
Looking for Napoleonsp. 67
Icehousesp. 68
The Moonshine Still Next Doorp. 70
Names of Mountainsp. 72
A Pioneer Way of Life
Pinnacle Mountainp. 74
The Stepps on Pinnaclep. 76
Maryp. 78
Bubp. 81
Remembering Namesp. 82
Ellenp. 84
Life at Ellen's Housep. 85
Ellen's Dressed Chickensp. 86
Our Natural Heritage
A Ride Through the Woodsp. 88
Waiting for Hummingbirdsp. 90
The First Hummingbirdp. 91
The BIG Hummingbirdp. 93
Squirrelsp. 94
Carolina Wrensp. 96
Ladybugsp. 97
Katydid, Katydidn'tp. 99
Bullfrogsp. 100
The Black Gum Treep. 102
Carolina Characters
Home Schooling with Pegp. 104
Growing Up with Carolynp. 106
Flossie Lee Cannonp. 108
Miss Lily Loganp. 109
Dr.J.S. Brownp. 111
Flat Rock Farrierp. 112
George A. Trenholmp. 114
Dinner at Cedar Springsp. 116
Ceph's Illnessp. 118
An Old Friend at Christmastimep. 119
Afterwordp. 121
Indexp. 123
About the Author and Compilersp. 127
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