Brevard, North Carolina, land of waterfalls, is tucked into a lush valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Brevard was founded as the county seat of Transylvania County in 1861, the year that North Carolina seceded from the Union. Wealthy families from South Carolina's Lowcountry had long summered in the mountains and, even after the war, the region maintained its powerful pull. The arrival of the railroads brought tourists to Brevard from all over the country-including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone-and the logging industry attracted entrepreneurs who made their fortunes here.
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Having lived in Brevard for 27 years, author Susan M. Lefler has had ample opportunity to discover what makes it unique. Her play The Twelfth Star was produced at Brevard Music Center in 1987 as part of Transylvania County's celebration of the bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Her work, both poetry and fiction, has appeared in numerous journals and she is a writer and editor for Smoky Mountain Living magazine.
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The first residents of the area that would become Brevard were the Cherokee people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Transylvania County, Civil War, North Carolina, Lake Toxaway, French Broad River, Brevard College, Pisgah Forest, World War, Brevard Institute, Broad Street, Davidson River, Red House, South Carolina, Courtesy of Pat Austin, Toxaway Company, Gloucester Lumber Company, Joseph Silversteen, Pisgah National Forest, West Main Street, Beulah Mae Zachary, East Main Street, Epworth School, Franklin Hotel, Philip's Episcopal Church, United States New!
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The first residents of the area that would become Brevard were the Cherokee people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Transylvania County, Civil War, North Carolina, Lake Toxaway, French Broad River, Brevard College, Pisgah Forest, World War, Brevard Institute, Broad Street, Davidson River, Red House, South Carolina, Courtesy of Pat Austin, Toxaway Company, Gloucester Lumber Company, Joseph Silversteen, Pisgah National Forest, West Main Street, Beulah Mae Zachary, East Main Street, Epworth School, Franklin Hotel, Philip's Episcopal Church, United States New!
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- Civil War (Draw History) by Nancy Clayton on page 14, page 16, and page 56
- The American Revolution (Events and Outcomes) by Dale Anderson on page 75
- Benjamin Franklin by Esmond Wright on page 29
- Transylvania Beginnings: A History by Mary Jane McCrary in Back Matter
- The Civil War: In the Writings of Col. G.F.R. Henderson by G. F. R. Henderson on page 112
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