A City Child’s Visit to Cashiers: History
To a young Jane Nardy, Cashiers was a magical realm where every moment was to be savored.
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Article Author: Jane Gibson Nardy - Cashiers Historical Society
Crossing Into Cashiers NC
For a young Jane Nardy, Cashiers was a magical destination, but getting there was an exciting adventure in itself.
Love of Place
John Zachary’s peripatetic daughters always managed to make it home to the Cashiers Valley.
A Civil War Escape
Connections forged in a desperate Civil War escape were revisited decades later by the participants.
1886 Cashiers Quake
Rock Mountain’s distinctive Rainbow Crack emerged upon the rock face like a bolt in the night.
Cemetery Mystery: Cashiers NC History
Though his influence upon the community is still felt today, many of the details of Frank Allen’s life and death remain cloaked in mystery.
Passmore Grocery Store & Gas Station | Cashiers History
Several times during this summer of 2020 there have been articles in the Crossroads Chronicle newspaper about future development planned on the site of the Wormy Chestnut on US 64, […]
What’s in a Name?
There have been articles in The Laurel about how Cashiers and Glenville got their names and now it’s time to discuss how Jackson County got its name. The earliest settlers […]
Census & Genealogy Partnership
During my 30 year career as a certified professional genealogist, one of the most helpful tools I used was the United States Population Census Schedule. Starting with the year 1790, […]
Kirk’s Raiders
During the 1990s, one of my Cashiers cousins, the late Madge Dillard Merrell, asked me to find out who was the man behind “Kirk’s Raiders” or “Kirk’s Army.” Since she […]
