Hollywood Comes to Cashiers
Thompson Roberts Zachary, known as T. R. or Tom, wrote his will in 1916, and part of his instructions to his executors can still be observed today. Section IV […]
Thompson Roberts Zachary, known as T. R. or Tom, wrote his will in 1916, and part of his instructions to his executors can still be observed today. Section IV […]
This is the first in a series of three articles saluting the botanical history of the Highlands Plateau, based upon research of the Laurel Garden Club’s Land Stewards and Ran […]
On a Civil War battlefield, Confederate Cpl. Jeptha P. Slatten lay on the ground, wounded but still alive. Despite the pain of his wounds he was mentally disassociated from the […]
In the early 1900s, Highlands’ go-to doc was the highly-regarded Dr. Mary E. Lapham. When she left to head a Red Cross Mission in war-torn Europe, the Red Cross sent […]
The October issue of The Laurel contained an article about Neal Zachary’s tombstone in the Upper Zachary Cemetery in Cashiers which was lacking his date of death and a plea […]
It’s almost New Year’s Day, 2016. Roll back to New Year’s Day, 1884, when a new city ordinance went into effect. It was one of many as Highlands transitioned from […]
Thinking about Christmas in Highlands evokes memories of “True Americana” – maybe even makes you think of the Currier and Ives Christmas cards that your parents shared with their friends […]
The Woodland people, a highly organized farming culture, appeared in the South around 1,000 BCE (before the Common Era), about the time of the mound building cultures. The Woodland people […]
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