Whodunnit – Highlands Style
Our little mountain town looks so tranquil, but there’re plenty of shady characters lurking in the pages of Death on the Mountain.
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Article Category: History in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC
Chambers Realty: 80 Years in the Making
Buoyed by a track record that stretches back to the 1940s, Chambers Realty and Vacation Rentals has emerged from a global pandemic into a white hot real estate market.
Delicious Valleys and Mighty Mountains
The observations of the intrepid William Gilmore Simms capture an untrammeled Plateau where the Wild Places were truly wild.
Cashiers History: Jan Wyatt Symposium
A symposium set for June 18 at The Orchard Restaurant Events Barn will examine the vital role that river cane played in the culture of the Cherokee who made their home on the Plateau.
Jan Wyatt Symposium
A symposium set for June 18 at The Orchard Restaurant Events Barn will examine the vital role that river cane played in the culture of the Cherokee who made their home on the Plateau.
Moonshine & Moccasins
Strong Brew and the Demands of the Tax Man fed the resentments that boiled over into the Moccasin War.
The Wash-Away at Toxaway
Toxaway Inn set the standard for the Sybaritic Mountain Getaway over 100 years ago.
Experience Life as It Was
The Cashiers Historical Society is setting its gaze upon a busy 25th year, yet its vision extends far into the past.
Postmaster Baxter White
Highlands Postmaster Baxter White brought a healthy dose of Mountain Fortitude to his responsibilities.
A Civil War Escape
Connections forged in a desperate Civil War escape were revisited decades later by the participants.