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Asheville - 0-1800 The Early Settlers -
Asheville Pioneers who settled Western North Carolina were mostly of Irish/Scottish descent.
Before European colonization, the Asheville region served as open game land.
Entering, settlers saw a wi...More
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Asheville - 1800-1850 -
A road parallel to the French Broad River made a path into east Tennessee in 1828. This passage opened the gateway from the west, bringing settlers driving herds of hogs, sheep and cattle from Kentuck...More
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Asheville - 1850-1900 -
Asheville was not always known as peaceful, elegant or especially inviting. This mountain city became a vital Confederate military center during the Civil War. The first company of soldiers west of th...More
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Asheville - 1900-1920 -
As the 1900s approached, Asheville's economic growth exploded. Religious assemblies,
an opera house and a convention auditorium drew urban culture to the area. The
"Asheville Board of Trade," de...More
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Asheville - 1920-1930 -
Like many American cities, Asheville celebrated a booming economy in the 1920s,
blissfully ignorant of an awaiting financial doom. Consumer confidence soared
in Asheville as a thriving downtown quic...More
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Asheville - 1930-1940 -
Asheville's financial boom was silenced abruptly on Nov. 20, 1930, when the
Central Bank and Trust Company, major holder of county funds, became insolvent.
The great depression descended on Bunc...More
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Asheville - 1940-1960 -
During World War II, German prisoners were camped in Hot Springs. German and
Italian Diplomats were held at the Grove Park Inn until they were traded for
American Diplomats held in Germany an...More
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Asheville - 1960-1980 -
The Appalachian Trail, first built in 1968, expressed the public's high priority
of the outdoors.
Until 1977, Asheville had no money to invest in "urban renewal" so
popular during the 1950s and...More
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Asheville - 1980-2000 -
By 1980, Downtown Asheville was largely abandoned by businesses as suburban malls put severe economic pressure on those shops that remained. After hours downtown was virtually abandoned, with none of ...More
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Asheville - Asheville Today -
Today Asheville boasts a thriving downtown bustling with visitors from all over the world. Consistently voted one of the best places to live in the US, new residents are flocking here as technology m...More
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