The Dam Plane

by Catherine Twomey It must have been a particularly cold February in Asheville; the kind we rarely have anymore. It was 1977 and the small jewel of Kenilworth Lake had frozen solid. A single engine Piper PA 12 Super Cruiser flew south and east of downtown Asheville...
The River-Rock/Cobblestone Tradition of Montreat

The River-Rock/Cobblestone Tradition of Montreat

by Dale Wayne Slusser Montreat started in 1897 as a summer religious conference ground.  Now after 125 years, Montreat has evolved into an incorporated town within which lie not only the religious conference ground, but also a Christian liberal arts college, a...
“The Thomas Wolfe Cabin” and The Log Cabin Revival

“The Thomas Wolfe Cabin” and The Log Cabin Revival

by Dale Wayne Slusser A small unassuming log cabin, which sits on a bluff just above the John B. Lewis soccer fields in East Asheville, and which is now sadly in need of restoration, is famously known as “The Thomas Wolfe Cabin”, although Thomas Wolfe never owned it,...