by Dale Wayne Slusser Gone forever from thy borders, But immortal in thy name, Are the Red men of the Forest! Be thou Keeper of their fame! Paler races dwell beside thee, Celt & Saxon till thy lands… – poem, “Swannanoa: Nymph of Beauty” All the...
by Dale Wayne Slusser It all started with a cottage by the river. One day in 2013, I was driving on the road that runs along the north side of the Swannanoa River, near the historic Biltmore Village, when I noticed an abandoned shingle-styled cottage, sitting at the...
by Dale Wayne Slusser – December 10, 2024 O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. In her above soliloquy from...
by Dale Wayne Slusser – December 2024 “More than 1,000,000 new spindles were added to the Southern textile mills in 1924 and 1925. While Eastern and Northern capitalists continue to purchase established plants and erect new mills, Southern capital is being...
By Dale Wayne Slusser- September 10, 2024 In the heart of Asheville’s historic Charlotte Street neighborhood, in the shadow of the historic Manor and Albemarle Park grounds, is a humble two-story house built by African-American John William Bowman and his wife...
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