WNCHA History Hour: Musical Instruments in WNC
ZoomJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, July 7 at 6PM as we kick off our month of music history programming. This event airs live via Zoom and […]
ReadWNC Series – Guests on Earth
ZoomJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) for the second of three events in our ReadWNC series! With authors and historians, we will explore the facts behind the fiction […]
WNCHA History Hour – “I Found That Song In A Friend:” Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Western North Carolina Song
ZoomJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, July 28 at 6pm as for this live Zoom webinar exploring the musical legacy of Bascom Lamar Lunsford. This even […]
WNCHA Hidden History Hikes and Tours: Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School Tour
Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School Long Ridge Rd, Mars Hill, NCJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Saturday, August 6 at 11AM. This event is free and open to the public. Influenced by the work of Booker T. Washington, […]
WNCHA History Hour: Asheville’s Black Baseball Teams
Buncombe County Special Collections 67 Haywood Street, Asheville, NCJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) and Buncombe County Special Collections Thursday, August 11 at 6pm for a special History Hour event exploring the history of Negro League […]
WNCHA Hidden History Tour – Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School – 2nd Date
Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School Long Ridge Rd, Mars Hill, NCJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Saturday, August 20 at 11AM. This event is free and open to the public. Influenced by the work of Booker T. Washington, […]
WNCHA History Hour – Mountain Thunder: Stock Car Racing in Buncombe County
ZoomJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, August 25 at 6pm for this Zoom presentation on the history of stock cars and short track racing in Buncombe County, […]
WNCHA Hikes With A Historian – Rebels and Loyalists: Mountaineers and the Battle of Kings Mountain
Bradley Nature Preserve Grays Chapel Church Rd, Rutherfordton, NCJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Saturday, October 1 from 10-1PM as we explore the American Revolutionary War in WNC with a guided hike. Many of us are […]
ReadWNC Series: The Ballad of Frankie Silver
ZoomOur ReadWNC series concludes Tuesday, October 4 with author Sharyn McCrumb discussing the true events behind her novel The Ballad of Frankie Silver. In this series, authors and historians explore […]
WNCHA History Hour: Lost Cove, North Carolina
ZoomJoin the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, October 6 at 6pm via Zoom for this program exploring the lost community of Lost Cove in Yancey County. This event […]