Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1939], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 820

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Trout Fishing

Horseback-riding along the many enticing mountain trails is one of the favorite recrea- tions among visitors. Horse shows at Tryon, Blowing Rock, Hendersonville and Linville each year are events of great interest to follow- ers of equestrian activities.

In the mountain region near Asheville are located nearly 50 camps for boys and girls, which operate during the sumer months and provide excellent summer recreational programs for thousands of boys and girls of school age.

In western North Carolina also are located the great religious assem- blies, sites for summer recreation and conferences for the members of a number of denominations. These include the Baptist assembly at Ridgecrest, the Presbyterian assembly at Montreat, the Y.M.C.A. assem- bly at Blue Ridge, the Methodist assembly at Lake Junaluska, the assembly of the Associate Reform Presbyterian Church at Bon Clarken near Hendersonville, and the Episcopal assembly at Lake Kanuga.

PREFACE

Asheville Senior High School

CLIMATE AND HEALTH

An unsurpassed climate, which combines light, cool, exhilarating summers and mild winters, a large percentage of sunny days, mountain- protection from severe storms and a dry atmosphere, has long been a principal attraction of Asheville and the western portion of North Caro- lina. The health-giving qualities of this climate have been a factor in luring here many health-seekers in search of surcease from many dif- ferent afflictions. Many well-equipped sanatoria for the treatment of pulmonary and nervous afflictions are located in and near Asheville. Most notable among these sanatoria are the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Oteen, just east of the city limits, and the North Carolina State Tubercu- losis Hospital, near Black Mountain.

INDUSTRIES

In addition to the large volume of tourist trade which the city en- joys, Asheville is a center for indus- tries. Located near here are the great rayon plant of the American Enka Corp .; the huge pulp and paper plant of the Champion Fibre Co., at Canton; the Sayles-Biltmore Bleacheries; the Beacon Mfg. Co., makers of blankets; the Hans Rees Tannery; the National Casket Co .; and numerous other plants American Enka Plant manufacturing mica products, hosiery, dimension lumber, furniture, food products, barrel staves, rayon garments, and other articles.

Near Brevard is located the new cigarette paper mill of the Ecusta Paper Corp., where fine cigarette papers will be made from native flax.

The native industries which produce homespun woolens, rugs, na- tive pottery, native ironwork, and numerous other woven and manu- factured articles, are noted throughout the country.

Asheville is also a center for rapid growth in mining activities. Mica and feldspar mines near Spruce Pine, quartz mines, granite quarries,

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vermiculite mines, mar- ble quarries, copper mines and many other diversified mineral de- velopments add to the importance of the mining industry here. Recent re- opening of old gold mines, for which this reg- ion was once famous, and discovery of new gold ore deposits, has focussed mining interest on this development in the last few years.

AGRICULTURE

Western North Carolina is noted for its production of apples, Tryon grapes, cattle and burley tobacco. Asheville is a marketing center for these products, the city having two sales warehouses for tobacco and an auction center for cattle and other farm ani- mals. The region is a gen- eral farming area also, and many crops are pro- duced. Timber is also a noted crop in the high- lands.

TRADE AND COMMERCE

As the principal com- mercial center for 18 counties, Asheville is one of the most import- ant trade centers of North Carolina, the city having rated second in retail trade in the state in re- cent compilations.

Due to its large trade area and the many hun- dreds of thousands of vis- itors touring western North Carolina at all sea- sons of the year, the city has become one of the finest high-class shop- ping centers in the South.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Asheville's tourist season, which extends throughout the year and reaches high peaks in the spring, summer and autumn, has inspired many events of unusual nature.

Rhododendron Blossoms in the "Land of the Sky"

The Rhododendron Festival, held each year at the high point of the flowering season for the mountain rhododendron, is one of the most spectacular civic celebrations of the country. Presenting four colorful parades, a series of brilliant balls, spectacles and social affairs, the Festival has earned international fame.

Each August the mountain folk of the highlands gather at Asheville to present their annual Mountain Folk Festival, an event which is almost unique in its presentation of folk music and folk dances.

Horse shows held in Tryon, Linville, Hendersonville and Blowing Rock, the Asheville Dog Show and the annual invitation golf tourna- ments at the Asheville and Biltmore Forest country clubs are events of major importance.

WATER SUPPLY

Asheville's water supply is the purest to be found. The water, coming from the summits of the high peaks, is noted for its soft quality and its lack of impurities. The city water system is one of the few gravity systems in existence.

For further information regarding Asheville and vicinity, write

ASHEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FRED L. WEEDE, Mgr.

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Asheville, N. C.

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Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1939], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1939 Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 820