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Swannanoa Valley Museum honors Beacon blankets

published in the Mountain XpressApril 11, 2019 by Thomas Calder Rebecca Williams was asleep inside her Grovemont home, unaware of the conflagration that illuminated the early morning sky. Her husband, Jerry Pope, woke her …

Martin Music

By Anne Chesky Smith In the midst of the Great Depression, Marcus Lafayette Martin moved his family east to Swannanoa, North Carolina, where he was able to find work in …

Swannanoa’s Downtown

by Anne Chesky Smith Though Swannanoa’s downtown is small, its long and vibrant history includes the honor of being the home once of America’s largest blanket manufacturer. In the late …