by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Nov 19, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
Have you noticed? Giving Tuesday is arriving early in 2021 on Tuesday November 30th! Giving Tuesday is a special day each year to support all Nonprofits. The date is the first Tuesday following Black Friday which appears to have already descended upon us. For HFR we...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Oct 31, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
The Carolina Special — note the steam coming out of the helper engine in the rear of the train. Image courtesy Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society. The story of transportation in Western North Carolina began with drovers traveling on foot and...
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 | 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...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Feb 16, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
The Kingdom of the Happy Land Several years ago I mentioned to my dear friend, John “Chip” Laurens of Charleston and Flat Rock, that I was writing a book on the summer camps of the Green River Valley. He immediately responded to my comment with “Miss, you’ve got to...
