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...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Dec 15, 2020 | Blogs, Historic
Nestled on a wooded hilltop above the northern gateway to Flat Rock, sits the Church of St. John in the Wilderness, the oldest Episcopal Church in Western North Carolina. Like a shepherd keeping watch over his flock, St. John’s appears to stand guard over the Village...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Sep 17, 2020 | Blogs, Historic
A Lowndes family history Since the early days of the colony that became known as “The Little Charleston of the Mountains,” the Lowndes family of Charleston was here. Of English descent, they were planters who made their fortunes in sugar and rice and public servants...
