Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) city directory [1938], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1938
Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 900

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Mount Pisgah and the Rat

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View of Lake Lure and the valley. The top of Chimney Rock is in the foreground

More than 70 artificial lakes, located in all parts of the "Land of the Sky," provide opportunities for boating, sailing and fishing. Through the mountains many hundreds of miles of trails are open to the hiker and horseman. Streams of the region are well stocked in most cases with brook and rainbow trout, and the five game preserves in the west- ern North Carolina region provide good hunt- ing for deer in the surrounding terrain during the open hunting seasons. Bear, quail, rabbits and other small game are also plentiful in most of the mountain regions, and during the open season, nimrods from practically every state in the Union come to this section. During four seasons, deer hunts have been held in the Pisgah National Game Preserve.

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

Trout Fishing

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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.

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 manufacturing mica products, hosiery, dimension lumber, furniture, food products, barrel staves, rayon gar- American Enka Plant ments, and other articles.

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, marble quarries, copper mines and many other diversi- fied mineral develop- ments add to the import- ance of the mining indus- try here. Recent reopen- ing of old gold mines, for which this region was once famous, and discov- ery of new gold ore de- posits, has focussed min- ing interest on this devel- opment 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 coun- ties, Asheville is one of the most important trade centers of North Carolina, the city having rated sec- ond in retail trade in the state in recent compila- tions.

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 shopping 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 Asheville, Tryon, Linville, Hendersonville and Blowing Rock, the Asheville Dog Show and the annual invitation golf tournaments 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.

Arcade Bldg.

Asheville, N. C.

This Publication Is The Product of a Member of

R BONO RBLico ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICAN

1898

DIRE DIRCORREO

Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) city directory [1938], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1938 Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co. Number of Pages: 900

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1938
Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 900