by Editor | Jul 5, 2022 | WNC History Column
The Glades as it appeared c1950 after many additions. The section on the left is the original home. “Disguised as an old woman, and riding horseback, she went from her home … near the Catawba River (in North Carolina) to the Fort at Ninety-Six, South Carolina....
by Editor | Jun 17, 2022 | On this Day
On this day in WNC history: Western North Carolina has served as a film location for numerous movies large and small. But perhaps no production has shown its range of scenery and famous landmarks to the degree of The Last of the Mohicans, which began filming on this...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2022 | Traveling Trunks
Dear Detective, I hear you’re ready to get to work. And not a moment too soon. We’ve got a case at our local history museum and we need you to get right on it. The historians there are stumped. They have a bunch of unidentified artifacts on their hands. Big things,...
by Editor | Jun 14, 2022 | Traveling Trunks
The Civil War Traveling Trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, images, teaching artifacts, Civil War music, and supplemental information relating to the Civil War from multiple perspectives. Feel free to adapt plans and lessons to fit your students’ needs. You know...
by Editor | Jun 13, 2022 | Traveling Trunks
The First Inhabitants Traveling Trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, images, teaching artifacts, music and supplemental information relating to the Woodland Indians and Cherokee people in North Carolina. Feel free to adapt plans and lessons to fit your students’...
