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As with everyone else in the country right now, Cashiers Historical Society is reviewing their full calendar of seasonal events and fundraisers to accommodate the disruptions caused by COVID-19. At […]
As with everyone else in the country right now, Cashiers Historical Society is reviewing their full calendar of seasonal events and fundraisers to accommodate the disruptions caused by COVID-19. At […]
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, […]
Highlands graduated from a tiny settlement to a town in the early 1880s. From 1881-83 the midwest and northeast contributed many of Highlands’ first families, among them: Illinois’s H.M. Bascom […]
Longevity and sustainability are two things that are often hard for non-profits to achieve, but Cashiers Historical Society is the very picture of success on both counts. Now in […]
Just for the fun of it, write down five predictions you have for the Plateau for 2070 and tuck it away. Perhaps you see Highlands and Cashiers merging. Do you […]
The Hamburg Village, later known as Glenville, was considered a small business center with three stores, boarding houses, blacksmith shops and stables. There were several grist mills operating including a […]
When the first Woman’s Rights Convention was held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, women’s fashion was as tight-laced as their lives! Cinched-in corsets and heavy, long skirts that […]
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 […]
Last month, thanks to DST, we added a little more daylight to our spring workday. Whether Daylight Saving Time is your friend or foe, it is an irreversible part of […]
As far as we can tell from here at the end of March, Cashiers Historical Society’s plans for a busy 2020 season remain in place. At this time, Zachary-Tolbert House […]
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