Tag: Newspaper Articles

Black Cemeteries

Some of the many African American cemeteries in Henderson county have disappeared over the years.  Others are being restored.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/NC/20050223/news/606079976/HT

Vegetables for the Tailgate Market

Alma Logan Avery sold vegetables she grew on her farm in Lake Lure at the Tailgate market.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/NC/20040705/News/606053642/HT

Flat Rock’s Rosenwald School

Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, donated funds to build 5,000 schools for African Americans in the 1920’s.  One of them was in East Flat Rock.   https://www.boldlife.com/learning-from-the-past/

The Kingdom of Happy Land

Freed slaves founded the Kingdom of Happy Land in the 1870’s near today’s Lake Summit. With money they earned as porters carrying packages up the mountain to Saluda, they bought land from the Davis family’s plantation, Oakland.  There is little documentation about the Kingdom and 

Chauffeurs and Merry Garden Casino

Henderson County’s licensed chauffeurs included several African Americans like Fred Potts.  The Merry Garden Casino in Flat Rock attracted nationally known swing bands.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/lifestyle/20200207/beyond-banks-driving-fairfax-grinder-and-further-chauffeuring-trivia

Greenbook Guest House

The Landina Guest House was one of many Black-owned businesses that served the Black community in the days of segregation.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190714/beyond-banks-doing-it-by-green-book

Brooklyn Community

Brooklyn was a vibrant community near Hendersonville’s old train depot.  It had a variety of Black-owned businesses before urban renewal projects reconfigured the area in the late 1960’s.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/NC/20160228/News/606017614/HT   https://thelaurelofasheville.com/communities/history-feature-hendersonville-community-lives-in-memories-of-its-residents/

Slave Cemeteries in Clear Creek

Two slave cemeteries, with graves marked by elongated fieldstones, have been located around Clear Creek.  Slaves were sometimes buried at churches like St. John in the Wilderness and Ebenezer Baptist Church.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/NC/20050506/News/606051140/HT

Edwards Family in Flat Rock

Venus and Caesar Edwards were freed slaves from South Carolina who settled in Flat Rock and helped to found Mud Creek Missionary Baptist church.   https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20040201/glimpse-into-past

Logan Community Chapel

Logan Community Chapel was founded by freed slaves in 1865.     https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20170212/nonprofit-aims-to-preserve-logan-community-chapel