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Beaucatcher Mountain is located in a portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range known as the Great Craggy Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina.Its name was said to have been coined in the mid-1800s [2] by James W. Patton, who once teased his sister-in-law, Charlotte Kerry, after watching her stroll the mountainside with her "beau".
The neighborhood has been a vibrant Black community since the 1880s, [2] although African American presence there dates back to the earliest times of slavery in western North Carolina. [2] The neighborhood flourished through the first half of the twentieth century, even as the practices of urban renewal began in the city in the 1950s. [ 2 ]
30th Annual Dickens of a Christmas: On Dec. 3 not far from Greenville in downtown Spartanburg, the 30th annual Dickens of a Christmas event will kick off at 6 p.m. and run until 9 p.m. The event ...
The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (reporting mark BLU) is a Class III shortline railroad operating over 91.8 miles (147.7 kilometres) of track in Western North Carolina.The railroad is owned by Watco of Pittsburg, Kansas, and operates three lines that connect in the Asheville area that were previously owned by Norfolk Southern.
The Interstate-26 Connector project is a $1.3 billion N.C. Department of Transportation project designing a median-divided freeway, accessible only by interchanges, that will connect I-26 in ...
NC 146 travels east and at just over 1.5 miles (2.4 km), immediately after crossing the French Broad River, intersects Interstate 26/U.S. 74 at exit 37. Passing exit 37, NC 146 enters the Asheville city limits and passes north of Lake Julian and Julian Lake Park before nearing its eastern end.
The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a 42-acre (17 ha) zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville. It was originally opened in 1925 and known as Recreation Park Zoo, Craig Park Zoo, [2] and Asheville City Zoo and housed a wide variety of native and non-native wildlife. [3]
The name change was effective January 1, 2012. U.S. Cellular will pay $810,000 or more over five years and up to $1.35 million over eight years. The money will help with $5.5 million in renovations. [4] On May 29, 2019, Asheville City Council approved a bid from Harrah's Cherokee. The five-year $3.25 million deal took effect in 2020. [13]