by Dale Wayne Slusser – November 2026 We value our historic housing stock in Asheville, but don’t often think about how it came to be or what factors, like time and economic conditions, contributed to their building. Those of us in Asheville and Buncombe County... 
By Dale Wayne Slusser -September 2026 “There stands our old homestead, doomed and abandoned, scarred, and worn by decades of time, it stands as a symbol of endurance and love, of hardships and hopes of our pioneer ancestors.” – Helen Gash Pearce, 1961 The area... 
By Dale Wayne Slusser – August 2026 “On his farm and nursery at Oteen is one of the largest collections of plants in the south….”. -Asheville Citizen-Times, April 10, 1932 Chauncey D. Beadle was for sixty years a renowned horticulturalist associated with George... 
By Dale Wayne Slusser If there be one who’s sick and weak, With hectic rose upon her cheek, And wishes health, then let her go, And taste thy waters, Swannanoa*. Thy beauteous waters as they roll Bring health to body, strength to soul; No lovelier sight this world can... 
by Dale Wayne Slusser – February 2026 Marigold Cottage, one of an assemblage of cottages built in Albemarle Park, is unique among its neighbors (and almost every other house in Asheville) in that it has no street frontage or access, being accessible only from an... 
by Dale Wayne Slusser – January 2026 The urgent need for more housing for veterans returning home at the close of World War II was both a national and local crisis. In February of 1946, President Harry Truman gained bipartisan approval from Congress for what... 
Boom to Bust: A Cautionary TaleNovember 10, 2026
Forgotten Houses of Azalea – Part 1: Samuel Davidson’s Cabin & “Swannanoa Farm” (Gash Far…September 8, 2026
C.D. Beadle’s Farm & Nursery in OteenAugust 11, 2026