by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Oct 14, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
“The Drovers’ Roads” map from Terry Ruscin’s book, A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina. Images by the author. In the early 19th century, there were few roads in the North Carolina Mountains. More often than not, what qualified for a road was a...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Jun 22, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
Local author and HFR Inc member David Sullivan has completed work on his second novel, the first book in a trilogy titled “Encounters at Flat Rock”. The book is a SciFy-themed crime thriller set in… you guessed it! Partial proceeds from the sale of the book will go to...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | May 15, 2021 | Bartram, Blogs
Let’s Cultivate Curiosity Bartram R. Bear represents three generations of the “First Family of Botany in America”. The botany movement consisted of farmers, politicians, and explorers who were passionate about native plants. The function of illustration and written...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | May 5, 2021 | Blogs
David Dethero and Historic Flat Rock, Inc. dedicate a Franklinia Tree at The Preserve and Bird Sanctuary Historic Flat Rock, Inc. on April 30, 2021 The Bartram Family and the Franklinia Tree Georgia was a British colony when in 1765 John and William Bartram observed...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Feb 24, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
Memorial stone for Henry Simmons. Photos by Missy Schenck unless otherwise stated. The Society of Necessity What Happened to the Promised Land?The dissolution of the Kingdom of the Happy Land was gradual. Work was a driving force, and residents began to drift away to...
