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Tuesday History: Impressions of Asheville from 1911 | Mountain Xpress

Posted by on June 21, 2016


In 1911, W.A. Shafor of Hamilton, Ohio visited Asheville. During his stay, he felt compelled to write down as much as he could about this unusual city, for his friends and family back home. Below is a section of his letter, which was published in his hometown newspaper in Hamilton. The Asheville Citizen-Times reprinted Shafor’s letter years later, in 1941. Shafor’s writing, along with that of many others, can be found at Pack Memorial Library’s Special Collections, North Carolina Room. 
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