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WNCHA Presents: Narrow Gauge Logging Railroads of the Champion Fibre Company

by Anne Smith | Nov 23, 2021

Join the Western North Carolina Historical Association on Zoom Tuesday, November 23 at 6PM as we bring you this virtual event featuring guest Gerald (Jerry) Ledford. In 1905, paper manufacturer Peter Gibson Thomson came to western North Carolina in search of pulpwood...

Tour: Horace Kephart’s Bryson City

by Editor | Nov 14, 2020

“The richness of the Great Smoky forest has been the wonder and admiration of everyone who has traversed it.” – Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders On Saturday, November 14, the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) and WNCHA Vice President...