News | Western North Carolina Historical Association

UNCA Distinguished Professor Dan Pierce Receives Outstanding Achievement Award

by Editor | Feb 5, 2018 | News

A packed house was on hand as Dan Pierce, UNC Asheville’s NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, received the 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Western North Carolina Historical Association. Pierce,...

Julia Franks Receives Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for Over the Plain Houses

by Editor | Jun 8, 2017 | News

WNCHA President Allan Tarleton (left) and TWMLA Chairman Michael Sartisky (Right) presenting the TWMLA Trophy to Julia Franks Asheville, NC, November 11, 2017 – It was as crowded house at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville as The Western North Carolina...

Cataloochee Revisited – Bus Tour with Author Wayne Caldwell

by Editor | May 1, 2017 | News

Please join award-winning local author Wayne Caldwell on Saturday, August 5, 2017, for a day trip to the Cataloochee Valley Historic Area. Caldwell based his best selling fiction series (Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire) on life in the Cataloochee Valley before and...

New Business Membership Available

by Editor | Feb 22, 2017 | News

Show your support for the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) and our mission to preserve and promote the history of WNC by becoming a business member today! For just $75 you will become a critical partner in this quest. As a 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit...

Grandfather Mtn. Book Honored in Thomas Wolfe, Travel Writing Awards, Saturday Signing at Cheap Joe’s

by Stacy Mullins | Feb 7, 2017 | News

Feb. 6, 2017. Last weekend, local writer Randy Johnson’s new book Grandfather Mountain: The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon was honored in an Asheville ceremony bestowing the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award from the Western North Carolina Historical...