Celebrate Avery County's and Banner Elk's 100th Birthdays in 2011...
‘Centennial Book’ sheds light on Avery history
“Avery County Heritage: Centennial Edition” is back.Read more...
Our Avery County: June 1912: Newland town lots go up for sale
In just a few months, we are going to be approaching the anniversary of another one of those important events in Avery County’s historyRead more...
Centennial Spotlight: 2011 – A great year for Avery County history
You only get to celebrate your 100th birthday once, and Avery
County seems to have done it right. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: The new generation carries the torch of proud forefathers
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Avery post offices – past and present
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: A historiography of Avery County
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: ‘There's gold in them there hills:’ Mica mining in Avery County
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: A glimpse of the iron mines at Cranberry
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the
100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of
the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery
County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Have you ever been to ‘Chicken Town?’
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Early Avery County teachers
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Things in Avery County that go bump in the night
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: ‘To get to Avery County, you had to go through Tennessee’
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Have you ever been to Lenoir Park?
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the
100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of
the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery
County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Exploring Grandfather Mountain in the 18th and 19th centuries
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: The hard, cold hand of war
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.
Most of the time, when we think about the Civil War in present-day Avery County, we think about those who marched away to fight for the blue and gray. Read more...
Most of the time, when we think about the Civil War in present-day Avery County, we think about those who marched away to fight for the blue and gray. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Shepherd Monroe Dugger's reminders of fall's ‘Singers’
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Avery Baptist Association
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February. Read more...
Centennial Spotlight: Railroad depots in Avery County
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the 100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery County posed in our print editions in January and February.
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Centennial Spotlight: The race is on
Every week in 2011, The Avery Journal-Times is celebrating the
100th birthdays of Avery County and Banner Elk with a Centennial Spotlight compiled by members of
the local community. This week, we continue to provide answers to the 100 questions about Avery
County posed in our print editions in January and February. Inside this week’s story, readers
will find answers to questions No. 31, 33 and 92, which were: 31. What did Josiah Wedgwood get
from Avery County?33. What is Avery County's connection to the Indy 500?92. Howard C. Marmon,
designer of the car that won the first Indianapolis 500, spent his childhood at Cloudland Hotel on
Roan Mountain and what Linville inn?Read more...