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Pages in category "People from Denver, North Carolina" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), billionaire who created the Biltmore Estate in the North Carolina mountains; it is the largest privately owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville) Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Tech, inventor and civil rights advocate ...
Lorraine Granado (1948–2019), environmental, peace and social justice activist and organizer who co-founded the Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network and Neighbors for a Toxic-Free Community in Denver; John E. Manders (1895–1973), 17th Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska [453] William McGaa (1824–1867), mountain man, co-founder of ...
United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849, and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. There was a Dry Pond Post Office beginning right before the Civil War, although it moved across the line to Catawba County near what is now Kiestler's Store Road in December 1868.
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922 by descendants of freed slaves, and is a one-story, frame building with Gothic Revival design influences. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a tall, pyramidal-roof bell tower ...
The Mountain Times is published every Thursday, with issues available at nearly 250 locations throughout the High Country. In addition to the regular weekly edition, the Mountain Times also publishes three seasonal publications—Summer Times, Autumn Times and Winter Times, which serve as visitor guides to the High Country.
Tommy Faile (September 15, 1928 – August 2, 1998) was an American songwriter and singer best known for composing "Phantom 309", singing "The Legend of the Brown Mountain Lights", his deep voice and comic onstage banter.
In an interview, Denver said of the song's creation "Mike sat down and showed me this guitar lick and suddenly the whole thing came together. It was just what the piece needed. When I realized what I had — another anthem, maybe; a true expression of one's self, maybe — we changed the sequencing of the album we'd just completed, and then we ...