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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Spring has Sprung!!!
Blue sky, birds singing, opportunities abound!
Come for a visit and enjoy!!
I took this picture on Main Street Yesterday, just couldn't pass up the opportunity!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Folk School Fall Festival This Weekend! (October 3 & 4)
Folk School Fall Festival This Weekend! (October 3 & 4)
Come to Brasstown this weekend and celebrate fall with us! The 36th Folk School Fall Festival is Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th, 2009, from 10 am - 5 pm daily.
There will be over 200 craft and art vendors this year, live music and dance on two stages, incredible food made by local vendors, kids activities, and craft demonstrations throughout campus.
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for kids 12-17, and free for those under 12. For a sneak-preview, you can download the entire program from our website to see the entertainment lineup and the vendors that will be here this year. We hope you'll make Fall Festival one of your annual traditions!
Monday, August 24, 2009
9th Annual Heritage Walk & Festival
Visit http://www.heritagepartners.org/ and click on the 9th annual Heritage Walk & Festival for all the scoop on Saturday, September 5 in the historic downtown business district and Konehete Park along the Valley River. FUN! Also featured on this web site is the Murphy River Walk, the Scenic Circle I and II guides to outdoor eco-attractions, and more. As one who lives and works in this great place to be, we hope you will enjoy visiting this web site for yet another taste of all our community has to offer.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Skirmish at Hanging Dog Creek was one of Civil War's last
For a month after Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, the Civil War continued in the mountains. The last clash — or skirmish, or battle — east of the Mississippi occurred May 6 on Hanging Dog Creek.
Hanging Dog Creek tumbles through what is now the Nantahala Game Land, north of Murphy, and flows into the Hiwassee River, passing under Old Joe Brown Highway, once a Tennessee-North Carolina toll road. Along this road, during the final actions of the war, a deserter-turned-raider named Capt. Aker directed his band of men across the mountain boundary into North Carolina.
In Murphy, Aker's group set fire to the courthouse. It then headed north up the Valley River Valley to Valleytown, as Margaret Walker Freel documented in her Cherokee County history, “Our Heritage.” The raiders were after food. Unlike East Tennessee, eaten up by camping armies, Western North Carolina had game — and livestock.
“With only a small home guard and the women folks left to protect the vast rugged terrain, raiders found it easy pickings,” says Bill Carver, native Cherokee County author and storyteller. Carver points out that the Buncombe Turnpike and its feeder roads supported a cowboy trade here that beat what would pass out West.
A great memorial to that era survives in the Old Tatham House in Valleytown, near Andrews. In 1833, Thomas Tatham built a two-story log structure for his young wife, Polly, and their future large family. Writer John Parris celebrated Polly in a piece titled “A Breath of the Past.”
Barely 110 pounds and just 5 feet tall, Parris relates, Polly raised sheep, wove wool, plowed fields and chopped wood. “Her home,” he notes, “was a haven for neighbor women during the Civil War, when her own husband and five sons were off fighting for the Lost Cause.”
Aker's raiders never threatened Polly, for they'd turned and headed home when they discovered that Confederate soldiers under the command of Stephen Whitaker (of Thomas' Legion) were encamped there. “These men were definitely still in Confederate service,” says Terrell Garren, local author and Civil War scholar.
Gen. James Green Martin, commander of Confederate troops in Western North Carolina, had not surrendered to the local Union commander, Col. William C. Bartlett, until their meeting in Waynesville on May 7. When Whitaker heard, he surrendered in Franklin on May 12.
Rob Neufeld writes the local history feature, “Visiting Our Past,” for the Citizen-Times. He is the author of “A Popular History of Western North Carolina” and “Asheville's River Arts District.” Contact him at RNeufeld@charter.net or 768-2665.
Hanging Dog Creek tumbles through what is now the Nantahala Game Land, north of Murphy, and flows into the Hiwassee River, passing under Old Joe Brown Highway, once a Tennessee-North Carolina toll road. Along this road, during the final actions of the war, a deserter-turned-raider named Capt. Aker directed his band of men across the mountain boundary into North Carolina.
In Murphy, Aker's group set fire to the courthouse. It then headed north up the Valley River Valley to Valleytown, as Margaret Walker Freel documented in her Cherokee County history, “Our Heritage.” The raiders were after food. Unlike East Tennessee, eaten up by camping armies, Western North Carolina had game — and livestock.
“With only a small home guard and the women folks left to protect the vast rugged terrain, raiders found it easy pickings,” says Bill Carver, native Cherokee County author and storyteller. Carver points out that the Buncombe Turnpike and its feeder roads supported a cowboy trade here that beat what would pass out West.
A great memorial to that era survives in the Old Tatham House in Valleytown, near Andrews. In 1833, Thomas Tatham built a two-story log structure for his young wife, Polly, and their future large family. Writer John Parris celebrated Polly in a piece titled “A Breath of the Past.”
Barely 110 pounds and just 5 feet tall, Parris relates, Polly raised sheep, wove wool, plowed fields and chopped wood. “Her home,” he notes, “was a haven for neighbor women during the Civil War, when her own husband and five sons were off fighting for the Lost Cause.”
Aker's raiders never threatened Polly, for they'd turned and headed home when they discovered that Confederate soldiers under the command of Stephen Whitaker (of Thomas' Legion) were encamped there. “These men were definitely still in Confederate service,” says Terrell Garren, local author and Civil War scholar.
Gen. James Green Martin, commander of Confederate troops in Western North Carolina, had not surrendered to the local Union commander, Col. William C. Bartlett, until their meeting in Waynesville on May 7. When Whitaker heard, he surrendered in Franklin on May 12.
Rob Neufeld writes the local history feature, “Visiting Our Past,” for the Citizen-Times. He is the author of “A Popular History of Western North Carolina” and “Asheville's River Arts District.” Contact him at RNeufeld@charter.net or 768-2665.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Happy 4th of July!!
Murphy Hometown Fourth of July Celebration Celebrate our nations's birthday with a good old-fashioned hometown celebration! From the 5-K run to, great food, music, crafters, kids games, cake walk, fishing tournament and more events than you can shake a stick at! It all starts at 8 am and ends with a spectacular fireworks display at dark. Organized by The Business Women of Cherokee County, Town of Murphy and the Recreation Dept., the event draws thousands of visitors from near and far. Highlights include a fly-over "Peanut Drop" and greased pig contest and is held at Konehete Park in downtown Murphy. Contact Jamie Keener at 828-837-8851 for more information.
From ERA Carolina Mountain Homes.....Have a save and wonderful 4th!!!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Our Lakes are Full!!
I just wanted to share some pics I took over Memorial Weekend. Need a vacation? Call ERA Carolina Mountain Homes for Vacation Rentals. Need a Retirement place? Murphy is the perfect spot!! Beautiful Lakes, Beautiful Mountains, and 2hours from everywhere!! Call one of our Wonderful Agents to find the perfect place for you!!
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